Calling All Fashion Enthusiasts: Models, Designers And Fashion Entrepreneurs, Lagos Fashion Design Week Is Here!!!

14:35 - 28 October 2013

Calling Fashion Creatives, <strong>MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week Awards is BACK</strong>, and you can win up to 4 Million Naira! Nigerian fashion has metamorphosed from being merely cultural to a way of life. A whole new generation of fashion designers, fashion creatives and fashion taste makers have made it desirable to be seen wearing clothes made by Nigerian designers. This influence has gradually spread and is being represented on runways around the world. Last year, M...

This years stakes have been raised! With Cash Prizes from From 2 Million to 4 Million Naira to be won from MTN, Master Classes facilitated by British Council and prizes from RIM Blackberry, MTN LFDW’s Official Technical Partner. MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) which is scheduled to take place from the 24th -27th of October 2012, is calling out to all Young designers and Creative Entrepreneurs willing to participate in the awards categories.

CATEGORIES:

• MTN British Council Young Designer of the Year (YDE), which attracts a cash

prize of N4,000,000, business mentoring and capacity building working workshops.

• British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur of the Year (YCE), which attracts a

cash prize of N2,000,000 and a tour of the London Fashion week.

• MTN Young Model of the Year which attracts a cash prize of N1,000,000 and a

modelling contract.

One of the primary aims of LFDW is the development of the Creative sector, and we believe providing adequate support and encouragement is a step in the right direction. Application forms are available for download on the official website www.lagosfashionanddesignweek.com. All applications close on the 10th of August 2012.

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