Fashion Weeks in Africa
Africa is home to a vibrant and diverse fashion scene, with Fashion Weeks in major cities showcasing the richness of African creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage. From Lagos to Cape Town, these events provide a global platform for designers, brands, and fashion enthusiasts to connect and celebrate African style.
Explore Fashion Weeks Across Africa
Cape Town Fashion Week
Cape Town Fashion Week 2025 will feature a Premium Pop-Up at the One & Only Cape Town in Feb 2025. The pop-up will allow shoppers to buy the latest trends from the runway
- Date: February 2025 (TBD)
- Time: TBD
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Paris Africa Fashion Reception
The Africa Fashion Reception is being positioned as the largest African Fashion Market. It will be held twice annually, once in Paris and another one in an African country.
- Date: February 2025 (TBD)
- Location: Paris France
The Morocco Fashion Week
Marrakech Fashion Week is a prestigious event that celebrates fashion and design in the enchanting setting of Marrakech, Morocco's iconic city
- Date: March 2025
- Location:Marrakech, Morocco
Arise Fashion Week
Arise Fashion Week is an annual fashion event in Lagos, Nigeria that celebrates African culture and style. The event features collections from African designers, as well as musical performances.. Arise Fashion Week has been described as one of the biggest artistic events on the African continent
- Date: March 2025 (TBD)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
South African Fashion Week
SA Fashion Week has been paving the way for the retail sector to support SA designers via our trade shows, designer PopUp Shops and other initiatives.
- Date: April 2025 (TBD)
- Location:Johannesburg, South Africa
Zanzibar Fashion Week
Zanzibar Fashion Week is a new initiative dedicated to celebrating fashion created in or inspired by the beautiful island of Zanzibar, Tanzania.
- Date: July 2025 (TBD)
- Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Durban Fashion Fair
Durban fashion fair is a premier annual fashion event, celebrating the talent of new and established designers, bringing over 50 of Durban's hottest designers to the catwalk over 3 days of shows!
- Date: August 2025 (TBD)
- Location:Durban, South Africa
Lagos Fashion and Design Week
Lagos Fashion Week is an annual multi-day clothing trade show that takes place in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in 2011 by Omoyemi Akerele and it is Africa’s largest fashion event drawing considerable media attention, nationally and internationally.
- Date: October 2025 (TBD)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Africa Sourcing Fashion Week
Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week is known for having Africa ́s biggest textile conference. The event will have over 500 international manufacturers and exporters from 25 countries to showcase their products and innovations to over 5,000 trade professionals and sourcing industry from around the world.
- Date: August 2025 (TBD)
- Location:Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Swahili Fashion Week
Swahili Fashion Week is THE biggest and largest annual fashion event in the whole of Africa providing platform for fashion and accessory designers from Swahili speaking countries and beyond to showcase their talent, market their creativity and network with clientele and the international fashion industry.
- Date: December 2025 (TBD)
- Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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