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Lagos Fashion Week 2026 · Runway show Co-ed

Nkwo

18 looks, shown 28 October 2026 in Lagos. Known this season for upcycled / deadstock (visible), slashed / laser-cut, denim.

18Looks
1.3%Of the week's looks
44th / 50Largest show
NavyLead colour

The collection, look by look

SS27

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 18
NavyDenim blueSilverBlackBurgundyWhiteCharcoalPink
Look 11

Look 1 of 18

Navy kaftan dress with oversized beige floral resist motifs

Nkwo's indigo-toned kaftan carries graphic beige blooms that read as hand-resist dyeing. Bottle-cap embellished slides and a knotted net bag give the look its upcycled, craft-led point of view.

Navy 76%Beige 13%Denim blue 6%Grey 5%
Shape
asymmetric · oversized · straight
Pieces
kaftan
Fabric
cotton
Details
cut-away · hand-painted · slits · floral
Styling
sandals
Mood
playful · relaxed · serene

What set Nkwo apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Upcycled / deadstock (visible) materialSlashed / laser-cut detailDenim materialExposed seams / deconstruction detailPatchwork print patternDeconstructed style

The palette

Share of garment area across 18 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Asymmetric72%
  • Straight / tubular44%
  • Oversized44%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder22%
  • Column17%

Share of the 18 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 18 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Skirt28%
  • Blazer22%
  • Top (unspecified)22%
  • Dress22%
  • Shirt17%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

3 of Nkwo's 18 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Nigeria.

  • Boubou / grand boubou · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 1

    Own region

    “Wide flowing square-cut body with very broad open sleeves and a V-neck slit, recalling boubou volume, shortened to a midi length with side slit.”

  • Akwete handwoven cloth · Igbo · West AfricaLook 10

    Home tradition

    “Handloomed narrow-panel cloth with supplementary-weft floats, open-weave ladder sections and woven fringed edges; NKWO label points to Akwete; alternatively aso oke.”

  • Indigo resist cloth · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 2

    Own region

    “Deep, uneven hand-dyed indigo with tonal variation, pieced panels and visible stitched seams evoking West African indigo-dyed strip cloth; could also read as Japanese aizome/boro.”

The character of the clothes

Nkwo's clothes were darker, more vivid, cooler, more textured, more casual, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterdarker than 82% of collections
  • MutedVividmore vivid than 82% of collections
  • CoolerWarmercooler than 99% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 96% of collections
  • CasualFormalmore casual than 81% of collections
  • ClassicDaringmore daring than 91% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 80% of collections

Nkwo against every other house measured so far

Also in Lagos, Spring/Summer 2027

Lagos field notes →
  1. 1Studio Imo58 looksPink
  2. 2Lush Hair47 looksPink
  3. 3Ibilola Ogundipe43 looksCobalt blue
  4. 4Imad Eduso43 looksChocolate brown
  5. 5Bridget Awosika39 looksBlack
  6. 6Nya39 looksWhite

The fortnightly digest

Nkwo, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.