This year’s edition of both the AFWL & AFWN marks the 14th and the 10th anniversary editions of the award winning twin fashion platforms founded by the effervescent and highly resourceful Olori Aderonke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi
What began like an acorn then blossomed impressively into an Iroko tree that has gotten all comers kudos!
It hasn’t been an easy journey by any chance, but we thank God for where we have gotten so far. As 14 & 10 editions are no jokes whatsoever.!
The AFWL is the premier international African fashion showcase platform that began in London in 2011 at the Gibson Hall to a rapturous ovation and that has over the years, showcased to the world thousands of brands of African heritage from around the globe to an impressive audience counts.
The grand success of the mother brand, the AFWL, was what birthed the impressive daughter brand the AFWN with base in Lagos, Nigeria.
The London dates for the AFWL 2024 are Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12, 2024, at the Kensington and Chelsea Conference and Events Centre
Hornton Street.
London, England.
W8 7NX.
While the AFWN (Africa Fashion Week Nigeria) 2024 would hold between 7 & 9, December 2024, at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. It promises to be 3 extraordinary days of fashion & style.
The theme for both editions is ‘Traditional Textiles and Royal Regalia’.
Olori Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi, as we all know, is also the founder of the impressive Adire Odua brand with a base in Ile-Ife, Osun State. She is a royal princess of the source (Ile-Ife) as her late grandfather was an Ooni-Orisa himself, whilst also a wife of His Imperial Majesty Alaiyeluwa Oba Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Olofin Adimula Ooni-Orisa of Ile-Ife. Who is the most colourful and, by extension,the Most Stylish Monarch in Africa by far. But who is also an awardwinning royal father, and also the able Ambassador Plenipotentiary of both brands. So authenticity is not in doubt at all by any yardstick.
The adire fabric of which Olori Aderonke is a major exponent is actually one of the most ‘authentic traditional fabrics’ from Nigeria that says so much about our great culture and tradition.
So, no wonder the year’s theme is focused on traditional fabrics and royal regalia.
Kabiyesi (Oba Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II) has supported the twin brands from when he was an heir to the throne and a businessman and that royal support hasn’t subsided since he ascended on the most revered throne in Africa.
This is the reason he has decided to grace this press conference to show how important these events are to him and to showcase his full support to his hardworking wife (olori), whilst also showing what our culture and tradition means to him. As he promotes both at any given opportunity.
These 2 events in London & Lagos promises to be the best yet in the series so far!
