Oyindamola Aleshilonye Desirée Iyama Femi Ajose Gift Olohije Noble Igwe - Lagos Fashion Week Hosts Green Access Finalists

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 .#GreenAccess2021 by Lagos Fashion Week  is a program geared towards engaging the next generation of creators and to encourage sustainable thinking and practices within the fashion industry.

Sessions will be facilitated by Nkwo Onwuka who has mentored Green Access finalists since the platform’s inception in 2018, Fashion Open Studio  - Official partners of Lagos Fashion Week’s Woven Threads and collaborate with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Fashion Initiative to create 2 webinar sessions on 'Circular Design for Fashion'  

Gift Olohije, founder/creative director LOHIJE - a brand Inspired by African art history and is predominantly crafting garments using conscious design processes and materials such as discarded coconut shells to replace plastic buttons 

Green Access is a talent discovery platform by Lagos Fashion Week with the vision to encourage designers to create with a strong focus on strengthening our circular fashion ecosystem.

Femi Ajose, founder/creative director Cute-Saint - an African sustainable genderless brand, creating authentic designs using locally produced organic fabrics and batiks made by local artisans

Desirée Iyama, founder/creative director Desirée Iyama - a slow fashion sustainable fashion brand that designs timeless pieces for women using locally sourced deadstock/upcycled fabrics.

Funke Asinobi-Ola, co-founder FIA - a contemporary womenswear brand that creates fun, artsy, unconventional designs.
Oyindamola Aleshilonye, founder/creative director KADIJU - a women-led fashion line focuses on conscious production and design using a combination of deadstock fabrics and recycled materials, sourced locally in limited quantities to eliminate waste and foster mindful consumption. 

Fatima Lagundoye, founder/creative director Y’WANDELAG - a traditionally modern and structurally fluid brand born of the need to preserve the ancient weaving technique of the Aso-Oke

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