Nigeria: Lagos Fashion Week Looks Beyond The Catwalk To Fashion's Future

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[Bird Story Agency] A new coalition is challenging African fashion to turn its long traditions of repair, reuse and community production into a modern industrial strategy that keeps more jobs, knowledge and economic value on the continent.

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