Legendary Gold Limited has announced that Nigeria’s premier fashion event – Nigeria Fashion Show is set to return next month. The African first fashion reality Tv show which debuted in 1997, is set to return with the zonal screenings on 16th, 18th and 20th October in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos respectively
The Nigeria Fashion Show is a competition for young and upcoming fashion designers from across Nigeria. It has been the biggest designers contest in Nigeria. Past winners have shot up to the top of the Nigerian fashion industry after winning the NFS with the prizes including all expense trips to participate in the international edition of the Nigeria Fashion Show in Paris, Milan, New York, London etc.
This year, 20 designers that will be selected from the 3 zonal screenings that will be unveiled in an event at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja 25th November, 2018. After the unveiling event, the 20 designers will be put in an incubator workshop for a month from where 10 designers will be eliminated. The final 10 designers will be presented at the grand finale of the Nigeria Fashion Show which will take place in Lagos in June 2019. The best designer at the grand finale will be declared Nigeria’s best designer
According to Lexy Mojo-Eyes, CEO of Legendary Gold Limited, “this is stepping up the game again for the Nigerian fashion industry. The goal is to discover and create new entrepreneurs in the Nigerian fashion industry”.
Partners include Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Design Essentials, Ethiopian Airlines, German Embassy in Nigeria, Atunda Entertainmenet, Ebony Life Tv, Studio 24. The Abuja event is co-organized by Yankee Entertainment
Past winners and participants include Zizi Cardow, Deola Sagoe, Mudi Africa, Frank Oshodi, Modela Couture, Nobel Afrique, Kese Jabare and several others.
