Lagos Fashion Week 2018 may be over, but it left behind no shortage of buzzworthy moments. We are calling our buzzworthy moments TECNO Camon X moments because it’s such a special device.
The four-day Lagos Fashion Week event brought with it incredible sartorial offerings for Spring/Summer 2019 and a lot of noteworthy highlights. If you couldn’t make it to the LFW2018 tents or you missed some days, we’ve got you covered.
The shows were as hot as the weather and each day fashion faves filed in for the Holy Grail of fashion events.
Need a recap of Lagos Fashion Week 2018? See all the fun we had at this year’s Fashion Business Series event tagged “The Gathering”, everything juicy from Day 2, all the unmissable runway moments and daring street style from Day 3and all the amazing closing shows on Day 4.
See all the runway shows from LFW2018 HERE
Celebrities took over the runways at Fashion Week. Among the model line up some favourite familiar faces made their runway debut including:
Seyi Shay sashayed during Tokyo James‘ Spring/Summer 2018 showcase. She rocked a made-to-fit leather trench coat with slinky heels.
Adunni Ade, Bolanle Olukanni, Abiri “Koko” Oluwabusayomi and BamBam surprised fans as they walked the runway for the Maybelline New York show with daring beauty looks done by the Nigerian team led by Bimpe Onakoya.
Kiki Osinbajo also hit the runway walking for Studio 189’s diverse show!
Tobi Bakre and Ayoola Ayolola followed suit for Ugo Monye‘s powerful show. They had on interesting face paint with well-tailored fits.
Nigerian model and newly minted Arise TV presenter Ojy Okpe, took the runways after a long break from being a full-time model. She looked like a total diva walking for House of Deola.
Yagazie Emezi and Ezinne Chinkata also made their runway debut last week. Documentary photographer Yagazie strutted in a white dress from Maki Oh‘s Buka inspired Spring/Summer 2018 collection.
While Fashion Entrepreneur, Ezinne walked for Gozel Green, Meena and Nkwo respectively.
Mai Atafo’s final bow featured a sweet moment with his daughter
After presenting an astounding showcase complete with a violinist playing live as models walked the runway in covetable utilitarian looks from the Urban Jungle collection, Mai Atafo came on stage for his final bow and guess who hopped up on stage right into his arms? His adorable daughter! – Too sweet for words.
A model walked the runway with her baby!
For Studio 189‘s diverse show, one of the models looked exceptionally phenomenal as she walked, danced and twirled on the runway in a “Studio 189” printed tee and a pleated A-line skirt —oh, and did we mention she was carrying her cute baby throughout the whole thing? It was very inspirational!
Photo Credit: Femi Alagbede @the.alfe