Every Lagos Fashion Week season has its own breakout moments, but some designers have become familiar names on the schedule. They return with new collections, evolving ideas and distinct design languages that make their shows worth looking out for.

From Eki Silk’s fluid separates to Pepperrow’s craft-led contemporary womenswear, these designers have built a relationship with the Lagos Fashion Week runway over several editions. Looking through the official archives from 2022 to 2025 reveals a group of labels that have consistently contributed to the event’s changing fashion landscape. As we look towards the 2026 edition, here are ten designers whose work deserves a closer look.

Eki Silk

Few labels have the runway history of Eki Silk. Formerly known as Eki Orleans, the brand was launched in 2009 and has appeared in the Lagos Fashion Week archives from 2015 through 2025. Its signature soft silks, flowing chiffons, fluid draping and versatile separates give the collections an unmistakable ease. African-inspired prints often provide the starting point for its designs, resulting in pieces that balance comfort with considered elegance.

AJANÉÉ Studio

AJANÉÉ brings a more experimental approach to contemporary fashion. Founded by Ajani Luqman, the label explores individuality and identity through unconventional clothing, repurposing and mindful consumption. Its inclusion in the Green Access showcase in 2023 introduced its approach to a wider Lagos Fashion Week audience, and the brand returned to the official schedule in 2024 and 2025. It is a label to watch for its interest in reworking materials rather than treating fashion as a constant cycle of newness.

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Pepperrow

Pepperrow has established a recognisable place on the Lagos Fashion Week schedule, with appearances recorded in 2019 and every year from 2022 through 2025. The contemporary womenswear label combines romantic design with an interest in local craft, working with artisans on techniques that include handwoven aso-oke, batik dyeing and upcycled materials. Its collections show how traditional methods can inform modern ready-to-wear without losing their connection to craftsmanship.

Jewel Jemila

Jewel Jemila is another name that has become familiar to Lagos Fashion Week audiences. The label appeared on the 2023, 2024 and 2025 schedules, bringing its own perspective to contemporary womenswear. Its runway looks have included jewel-toned colours, elegant dresses and occasionwear with an emphasis on silhouette. In a fashion week known for its range of aesthetics, Jewel Jemila contributes to the conversation around dressing up and making a statement through colour and form.

Ibilola Ogundipe

Ibilola Ogundipe has appeared on the Lagos Fashion Week schedule through its retail platform in both 2024 and 2025. The label’s presence reflects the importance of the event’s retail initiative in connecting designers and fashion businesses with new audiences. Rather than focusing only on the spectacle of the runway, this part of the programme also draws attention to the brands building a place for themselves in Nigeria’s fashion market. Ibilola Ogundipe is one of the names to keep on the radar as that conversation develops.

NKWO

NKWO, founded by Nkwo Onwuka, brings sustainability and textile innovation into the Lagos Fashion Week conversation. The label works with upcycled denim, locally made cotton, leftover fabrics and its own DAKALA CLOTH, a textile developed as part of its efforts to reduce waste. Its runway history includes appearances in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2025. Across these editions, NKWO has demonstrated how artisanal methods and material experimentation can shape contemporary African fashion.

OSHOBOR

OSHOBOR has featured in several Lagos Fashion Week editions, including the Green Access showcase in 2022 and the main schedule in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Its continued presence puts it among the labels contributing to the platform’s evolving mix of established and emerging design voices. The brand’s appearances also reflect Lagos Fashion Week’s commitment to creating space for different approaches to design, craft and contemporary African identity.

Éki Kéré

Éki Kéré approaches fashion through the lens of African craftsmanship, using artisanal techniques and contemporary design to explore the relationship between heritage and modernity. The label appeared on the Lagos Fashion Week schedule in 2022 and 2023 and has also participated in the wider Woven Threads programme. Its emphasis on craft and reducing fashion waste makes it a relevant part of the industry’s ongoing conversation about how clothes are made, as well as how they look.

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Desirée Iyama

Founded in July 2020, Desirée Iyama is a slow-fashion womenswear label built around a feminine, timeless and functional aesthetic. Its approach includes locally sourced fabrics, limited production and garments made to order, with leftover materials repurposed into accessories. The brand appeared at Lagos Fashion Week in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, making it one of the more consistent names in recent editions. Its collections offer a thoughtful take on occasionwear while keeping production practices in view.

OLOOH

OLOOH has appeared on the Lagos Fashion Week schedules in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Its repeated presence reflects the range of designers who have helped make the platform a space for discovering and following Nigerian fashion labels over time. Alongside the better-known runway names, designers like OLOOH give returning audiences a reason to follow each season closely and see how their work develops from one collection to the next.

The designers who make every season worth watching

Lagos Fashion Week is as much about the designers who return season after season as it is about the new names making their debut. These labels bring different priorities to the runway, from textile experimentation and sustainable production to fluid occasionwear and contemporary interpretations of Nigerian craft.

Their repeated appearances also tell a wider story about the fashion industry: building a label takes more than one successful collection. It takes consistency, a recognisable point of view and the ability to keep developing the work.

As Lagos Fashion Week prepares for another edition, these are the designers whose evolving collections are worth following.