African Fashion Week Nigeria is a social enterprise that provides a platform to help promote Nigerian brands through worldwide visisbility and distribution and manufactturing.

You guessed it people- I pulled that straight from their website. Thought it was an appropriate beginning.

AFWN2016 is the second fashion show I have attended so far. My major problem with attending events was this: I just didnt't know what to do with myself. I didn't know anyone and I'd just feel awkward and just stand by the side. At least at fashion shows you just sit and watch.

Afwn took place over a course of three days of which I attended only the last two.

So let's go with what I wore first...

Day 3:


This wasn't what I planned initially but when all fails, you can always count on your (little?) red dress. Paired it with heels and my bag from day two. Not very original I know but it was my plan B and we all know how those never compare to plan A.

Day 2:

This was definitely planned. Went with my LBD with lace details on the sleeves, black accessories and a statement choker.

My highlights:

-O'Saunders' use of hand painted florals print.


If you an avid follower of this blog or my Instagram (please follow me?), you'll know all about my (slight) floral obsession. She took this to another level with her beautiful designs and authetic paintings. So lovely. I gasped when the first model walked the runway.


-El Amanah's incorporation of black  and lemon.

Or is this yellow? I'm not quite sure. The collection might've not been particularly artistic and all but I loved it for reasons I can't exactly explain.

-Nipo skin everything!



I loved this collection so much. During the show, people's tweets were being projected on a screen and a particular person kept on hyping the collection. I was then curious to see what the hype was about. I have to say, he delivered and more.

I liked the feathers on the accessories, the play with fabric, the collection was just so beautiful and I loved it.

-The fact that I recognized some people and vice versa!


That was so cool. I was really dragging my feet on going but since "attending three fashion shows" was on my to-do list this year (yup, expect more recaps!), I just decided to forget how tired I was and it was worth it. I had fun and was inspired to attend the second day.