Fashion Focus Talks, the annual seminars held before the
Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design Week, ended with the finale in Lagos on
Friday August 11, 2017. The fashion seminar featured Eku Edewor, TV presenter
and model; Ink Eze, Founder AsoebiBella; and Tsemaye Binitie, Fashion Designer
as speakers.
The events, targeted at emerging and aspiring fashion
entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 35, were held between August 7 – 11 in Enugu,
Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos respectively.
Themed 'From Passion to Profit', the 2017 Fashion Focus
Talks featured a series of carefully curated classes aimed at opening up
creative minds to explore different, and sometimes alternative ways of making
their careers profitable.
This year, the series also featured fashion industry
stakeholders Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Photographer and Publisher of Style Mania
Magazine; Zara Odu, Brand Developer; George Okoro, Photographer; Omoyemi
Akerele, Founder of Style House Files; Yummie Ogbebor, Bolaji Fawehinmi, Few
Model Management Director; and Ezinne Chinkata, a Fashion Consultant.
“Heineken has remained a committed partner of Africa’s
biggest fashion event through its sponsorship of Lagos Fashion and Design Week.
Through ‘Fashion Focus Talks’ Heineken creates opportunities for young
emerging, fashion entrepreneurs to discover more about the fashion
industry, said Aminah Jagun, Assistant Brand Manager, Heineken NB Plc.”
The Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2017 themed,
'Africa: Shaping Fashion’s Future', will return for its 7th edition from 25-28
October, 2017.
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