.Adhering to a three-year interim, Lagos Space Programme came back to the Lagos Fashion trend Full week timetable. Adeju Thompson, who gained the International Woolmark Reward in 2023, has actually devoted the past few years building his title abroad. That indicated showcasing his collections in major fashion funds including Paris, where he most just recently presented spring 2025 in June.
Currently, though, he really felt a desire ahead home as well as pay homage to the urban area where it all began.” I desire this to seem like a great homecoming,” Thompson stated in advance of his show. “I take a great deal inspiration coming from Nigeria and Lagos, it’s simply appropriate that Lagos gets to relish my job very.” He possessed 2 essential purposes for this compilation: to celebrate customizing and also Lagos fashion. For Thompson, it was a possibility to take one thing traditional and placed a speculative or unusual twist on it.
His signature baggy slacks are actually inspired through standard Yoruba (an ethnic group in Nigeria) workwear, yet in this particular assortment a few of them included lace describing on the piping, which included a touch of modernity and also feminineness to a garment linked with labor. “I’m blending International codes with Yoruba style foreign language, and transforming things on their scalp,” he stated. That likewise materialized in a hoodie created by a 90-year-old master dyer and also musician in the Southern region of Nigeria, who committed hrs to palm sketch art pieces on the garment.
Initially glance, it seemed like your normal hoodie, however closer assessment showed a level of detail that can’t be overlooked. As in previous collections, Adire printing—- an ancient indigo-dyeing method made use of by Yoruba women in southwest Nigeria—- appeared throughout.” There is actually an amount of craftsmanship listed here that people don’t expect from the continent,” he claimed. Past that, Thompson was actually developing coming from a place of weakness and sensitivity, one thing that’s hard to do in an ecological community where industrial practicality commonly outweighs imagination.