©ourtesy of By Tim Hume, for CNN
Designers (CNN) in New York, London, Paris and Milan have been the traditional compass points of world fashion,
Lagos has typically not even figured on the fashion event map. But according to Penny McDonald, organizer of the
Arise Magazine Fashion Week
held in Nigeria’s largest city last week, that is unlikely to be the
case for much longer. She said the event, which drew 77 designers and
big names including supermodel
Alek Wek,
British couturier Ozwald Boateng and up-and-coming model Dudley
O’Shaughnessy, had gone a long way to establishing Lagos as Africa’s
fashion capital, a city with international style credentials. “It’s
raised the bar,” said McDonald, international managing director for
Arise,
a title which describes itself as Africa’s global style and culture
magazine. “Everyone knows it’s New York, London, Paris and Milan — and
we see this as the fifth destination now. We’re hoping to make Lagos a
fashion destination, part of the fashion season.”
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