Wednesday, February 24, 6 pm
John E. Reeves Great Hall
Guest speaker: Omoyemi Akerele — Founder and Creative director of Lagos Fashion and Design Week and Style House Files
Africa has been identified as the new home of couture by such luminaries as Vogue Italia Editor in Chief Franca Sozzani. Hand of Fashion series host Simone Cipriani will discuss African couture fashion with Omoyemi Akerele, the creator of Lagos Fashion and Design Week.
This event is part of the Hand of Fashion, a series of discussions intended to widen the understanding of sustainability in fashion design, enable and encourage sustainable thinking, and help establish a new normal in the fashion industry. Free and open to the public, but an RSVP is requested. For more information, and to register, visit fitnyc.edu/handoffashion. The Hand of Fashion is a sponsored by the schools of Art and Design and Graduate Studies.