GTBank Fashion Weekend Set to hold in November 11th to 12th 2017. This will be the second edition of the GTBank Fashion Weekend.

Organizers say the two-day event which will take place at the GTCentre, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos. It offers small businesses in the Nigerian Fashion Industry a free and captivating platform to connect with a wider segment of their consumers as well as experts in their industry.

GTBank Fashion Weekend Set to hold in November

The show is staged as part of the Guarantee Trust bank’s efforts to showcase the best of Africa’s Fashion to a global audience while promoting the continent’s growing fashion industry.

“The 2017 GTBank Fashion Weekend will not only give visibility to the amazing talents and entrepreneurial drive of our people at home, it will also connect them with fashion leaders abroad, in order to build local capacity and expertise across the entire Fashion Value Chain,” said Mr. Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank.
The event which made debut in 2016 was said to have attracted over 30,000 guests during the 2-day period, a series of master classes, runway shows and a curated retail exhibition.

“This year’s Fashion Master Classes will feature global fashion experts such as reality TV personality and runway coach J Alexander, best known for his work on America’s Next Top Model, to renowned fashion entrepreneur and celebrity stylist, June Ambrose to award winning fashion designer, Giles Deacon,” said Agbaje.

Other fashion and global media experts scheduled to host master classes include; Vanessa De Luca, Editor in-Chief of Essence Magazine; Vanessa Kingori, publisher of British GQ Magazine; Nigerian photographer TY Bello; professional Makeup Artist and Educator, Danessa Myricks; and Fashion Editor & Style Consultant, Shiona Turini.

Dozens of small businesses will showcase a diverse range of carefully curated affordable and luxury apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty items, and much more. As part of the retail experience there will be a crafts market featuring indigenous fabric and accessories. Each day of the event will close with a series of epic Runway shows featuring Africa’s finest designers and renowned international designers.