Mai Atafo, Ini-Dima Okojie, More Attend Lagos Bridal Fashion Week 2018 Press Cocktail
With just a few days to the Lagos Bridal Fashion Week Events, LBFW held a press cocktail on the 26th of April 2018, at Temple Muse Victoria Island, Lagos.
Guests in attendance included: Afua Osei, Mai Atafo, Simi Esiri, Ink Eze, Ini Dima-Okojie, Mimi Onalaja, Emmanuel Oyeleke, Morayo and Jide Odukoya of JOP Studios, and Gbenga Artsmith amongst others.
An event founded by the Call Her Classic Fashion Agency, Lagos Bridal Fashion Week is an initiative established to promote the Nigerian Bridal Fashion industry throughout the African continent and beyond.
To kick off the event, Ayomide, Founder of Call Her Classic and Lagos Bridal Fashion Week said,
“We are extremely excited to bring to you Lagos Bridal Fashion Week, Nigeria’s First Bridal Fashion Week which puts us on the map amongst other renowned Bridal Fashion Weeks in the world including London, Barcelona and New York. We can all agree that there is a growing demand and patronage for home grown wedding/bridal brands. We have decided to use this opportunity to support the local businesses by offering them exposure to brides not only in Nigeria but around Africa. We are also giving other African designers access to a new market – Nigerian brides”.
Lagos Bridal Week Project Manager, Stephanie Omenai talked through the three-day experience which will feature a curated list of Pan-African bridal designers for the daily runway shows, Masterclasses by renowned wedding industry leaders and the LBFW Bridal Boutique. The boutique will house a collection of vendors retailing bridal (and wedding) items as well as private rooms for consultations with designers and bridal stylists.
