Spring/Summer 2027 · 28 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Lagos
Bold prints, sharp tailoring, joyful colour.
What stood out in Lagos
The season's trends →
Every show, by colour
One bar per collection, split into the colours measured from its garments. Sort the shows, or tap a colour to rank the houses that wore it.
- 1Studio Imo58 looksPink
- 2Lush Hair47 looksPink
- 3Ibilola Ogundipe43 looksCobalt blue
- 4Imad Eduso43 looksChocolate brown
- 5Bridget Awosika39 looksBlack
- 6Nya39 looksWhite
- 7Studio Namnyak39 looksNavy
- 8Sahrazad38 looksBlack
- 9Ugo Monye37 looksSilver
- 10Dukun34 looksCharcoal
- 11Israella Kobla33 looksNavy
- 12Jzo33 looksNavy
The palette
- Black12%
- Navy8%
- White8%
- Silver8%
- Red7%
- Charcoal6%
Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).
What was worn together
- Black over black7%3.7× expected
- Navy over navy5%5.0× expected
- Silver over silver4%5.3× expected
- White over white3%4.1× expected
- Red over red3%7.8× expected
- Burgundy over burgundy3%10.2× expected
Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.
Lagos against the season
From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbersFitted was 2.8× as common in Lagos as in other cities.
- Fitted2.8×
- Column2.4×
- Draped2.3×
- Asymmetric+70%
- Inverted triangle−9%
- Straight−24%
- High-rise−25%
- Oversized−27%
Lagos other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often
Lagos in the season's story
All five shifts →9 fashion weeks · June–October 2026
Dark gave way to light
Share of garment area. Copenhagen, São Paulo and Lagos wore more white, cream and pale grey than black and charcoal; no fashion week before August did.
9 fashion weeks · June–October 2026
The season saved its colour for last
Average vividness of the clothes at each fashion week (colour saturation, 0 is grey). The three most vivid weeks were the last three; Lagos was the most vivid of all.
Texture and shine
Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbersTexture
Lagos's clothes were the most textured of any city.
Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.
Shine
Lagos sat mid-pack on shine.
Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.
Traditions on the Lagos runway
Cultural influences →277 looks across 37 of 50 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (18.0% of the looks).
From where
What, and who
- Adire · Bakusoraya, Bornstar, Christie Brown
- Aso oke · Christie Brown, Cute Saint, Cynthia Abila
- Buba and sokoto · Bakusoraya, Cute Saint, Dust OF The Earth
- Cowrie shells · Bornstar, Cute Saint, Cynthia Abila
- Fila cap · Bakusoraya, Dukun, Dust OF The Earth
- Boubou / grand boubou · Bornstar, Elie Kuame, Heineken x This Is Us
The character of the clothes
Lagos was the most vivid and most textured city of the season so far, and warmer than most.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVivid
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printed
Lagos the other 8 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment
The fortnightly digest
Lagos is one of 17 cities we read
Get the fortnightly digest: how Lagos compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.