Apply for Heineken Lagos Fashion Week incubator programme - Fashion Focus Africa
Apply for Heineken Lagos Fashion Week’s incubator programme – Fashion Focus Africa is a program that is dedicated to the growth and promotion of
emerging talent in the African fashion industry.
Fashion Focus Africa is presented by Heineken Lagos Fashion Week in partnership with FetsWallet,
Avivere and Sunlight. Fashion Focus presents unique opportunities for emerging talents to harness their
skills through business development workshops, creative workshops, and mentorships. This long
opportunity affords young designers with some of the tools they need to grow.
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Fashion Focus Africa has encouraged designers
to hone their talent and develop much needed business acumen, that’s crucial
for building businesses that can attain commercial success in Africa and
beyond. Programme participants are provided with some mentoring, business and
creative workshops.
Alumni of the Fashion Focus Programme include
Orange Culture, Meena, Gozel Green, Mo Agusto, Titi Bello and Ejiro Amos
Tafiri. Past recipients of Fashion Focus Fund include: Emmy Kasbit - class of
2017/2018 and Cynthia Abila - class of 2018/2019. Both winners received a 5
Million Naira cash grant and business mentorship with Avivere
Why
should I Apply?
- Eligibility to apply for the #LagosFW Fashion Focus Fund
- Fellowship in Paris facilitated by Africa Fashion Fund
- Business and Creative Skills Workshop
- Business and Creative Mentoring
- Opportunity to showcase at Lagos Fashion Week in 2020
- Access to market opportunities
Application
Criteria
- Designers must have a minimum of 2 years working experience
- Designers will be required to send moodboards and sketches of their
work in addition to physical samples
- Designers must have existing points of sale
- Designers must be capable of developing and presenting a full
collection
What’s
the Application Deadline?
Friday
20th September 2019.
All
applications received will be reviewed. Ten (10) shortlisted applicants will be
invited to present their work to a selection panel at Lagos Fashion Week in
2020.
The 5
Finalists for the Fashion Focus Africa 2019/20 session will be announced and
programme will commence December 2019/ January 2020.
Fashion
Focus Africa is presented by Heineken Lagos Fashion Week in partnership with
FetsWallet, Avivere and Sunlight.
To apply, here
https://lagosfashionweek.typeform.com/to/NeOpYA
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