The 2025 edition of the Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) Fashion Weekend is scheduled to take place between November 8 and 9.
The eight edition of the fashion weekend is scheduled to take place at the GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos.The GTCO is an annual free initiative by GTB designed to spotlight Africa’s fashion creativity on the global stage while supporting the growth of the continent’s fashion industry.The two-day event offers guests a captivating experience of Africa’s most exciting designs and trends.
It also provides emerging fashion businesses in Nigeria with a valuable opportunity to reach more consumers and engage industry experts at no cost.The event will also include six masterclass sessions which will host internationally recognised professionals across fashion, modelling and makeup.Each day of the event will close with a series of epic runway shows featuring Africa’s finest designers and renowned international designers.
For this year’s edition, there will be 12 runway shows. The designers taking the runway this year include Mulawwan, Sassy By Etty, Illona Atelier and Nya Lagos.
Segun Agbaje, group CEO of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, disclosed that the fashion weekend aims to showcase talent and innovation across the continent and also to “inspire shared, sustainable, and people-centered growth”.“Our focus every year remains Promoting Enterprise. By bringing together emerging and established voices in fashion, we continue to highlight the ingenuity and diversity that define African creativity, while reaffirming our commitment to promoting enterprise in ways that enrich lives and strengthen communities,” he said.
Looking ahead our goal is not only to showcase the remarkable talent, innovation, and enterprise that define the continent’s fashion landscape, but also to inspire shared, sustainable, and people-centered growth.”
