.Adhering to a three-year interim, Lagos Space Program returned to the Lagos Fashion Week timetable. Adeju Thompson, who succeeded the International Woolmark Prize in 2023, has spent the past handful of years developing his name abroad. That indicated showcasing his assortments in significant style capitals consisting of Paris, where he very most just recently offered spring 2025 in June.
Now, though, he felt an urge to follow home and pay homage to the urban area where all of it started.” I desire this to feel like a good homecoming,” Thompson claimed in front of his series. “I take a lot creativity from Nigeria and Lagos, it is actually just best that Lagos comes to have my job extremely.” He possessed two key purposes for this selection: to celebrate modifying and also Lagos style. For Thompson, it was actually a possibility to take something standard and also placed a speculative or unique spin on it.
His trademark baggy slacks are actually inspired through typical Yoruba (an ethnic group in Nigeria) workwear, however in this particular assortment a few of them featured shoelace detailing on the hem, which incorporated a bit of originality and feminineness to a garment connected with work. “I am actually combining International codes with Yoruba style language, and also transforming traits on their scalp,” he stated. That likewise materialized in a hoodie created through a 90-year-old master dyer and also musician in the Southern area of Nigeria, who committed hrs to hand drawing artwork on the garment.
At first glance, it resembled your regular hoodie, however closer inspection exposed a level of particular that can not be actually overlooked. As in previous collections, Adire print—- an ancient indigo-dyeing procedure made use of by Yoruba girls in southwest Nigeria—- appeared throughout.” There’s a degree of workmanship here that individuals don’t get out of the continent,” he mentioned. Beyond that, Thompson was actually developing from a place of susceptibility as well as sensitivity, something that’s challenging to accomplish in an ecosystem where industrial practicality typically outweighs creativity.