It was an evening of glamour and razzmatazz as Transcorp Hilton Abuja hosted the Nigeria Fashion Show reality TV series’ unveiling event.
In attendance were diplomats, captains of industry, top government functionaries, Abuja socialites and fashionistas. Guests arrived to the red carpet and networking cocktails from 5pm. The event which kicked off by 6.45pm was anchored by the duo of Julius Agwu and Inya Ode.
The 20 young designers that were being unveiled were introduced by Lexy Mojo-Eyes, CEO of Legendary Gold Limited, organizers of the Nigeria Fashion Show. The fashion show started with the 20 designers showing a collection of 5 pieces each. They presented their collection in the following categories – casuals for a male and female, corporate for a male and female and 1 evening for a female.
There were goodwill messages by Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, Managing Director of Transcorp Hilton, host partners of the event and His Excellency, the German Ambassador to Nigeria who were co-sponsors. There were also short remarks by 2 other partners – Tilahun Tadessa, traffic Manager of Ethiopian Airlines and Doyle Edeni, Managing Director of Blue Seal Group of Companies and Suso Initiative.
The evening was spiced up with music and comedy by Stainless, Attih Soul, Abbey Sax and Amuta Stone. Victoria Avemano Couture and Ogodor from Lagos and Abuja respectively presented their summer collections as guests designers.
It would be recalled that the 20 designers were selected out of 200 young designers from zonal preliminaries held in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos in October 2018.
