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WOVEN THREADS VII: “CRAFTED” 9TH – 12TH APRIL, 2026 Venue: 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island Facilitated by Verde by Cadwell (@verdebycadwell ) — Curated by Sunny Dolat Co-Founder, The Nest Collective Cultural Producer & Creative Director, Nairobi — This edition of Woven Threads centres craft as method, process, and system, focusing on how materials are understood, and how production is sustained within a circular framework. The physical presentations and installations feature designers and practitioners working across textiles, material innovation, and form. CRAFTED expands into a programme of talks, workshops, and live demonstrations, including sessions on upcycling and reconstruction, conversations with the curator, and panel discussions on circularity, material futures, and responsible production. Live demonstrations present weaving, macramé, and adaptive reuse in practice. Through these approaches, CRAFTED addresses waste by extending material life, encouraging reuse, and rethinking how fashion is produced and consumed. It brings together designers, makers, and cultural producers to engage with fashion as a system shaped by material, labour, and community. IRAPADA launches as a SHF and Bestseller Foundation research supported by LAWMA, examining waste within Lagos’ fashion ecosystem. The initiative works with selected designers to transform pre- and post-consumer waste into new collections, while introducing systems for waste tracking, documentation, and responsible material use. Woven Threads VII is an initiative of Style House Files and Lagos Fashion Week. Woven Threads VII is Open to the public from 10th – 12th April 2026 At 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island. Photography: @adedamola_op Creative Direction : @sunnydolat Produced by : @stylehousefiles Makeup : @casskoncept1 Designer : @Hertunba @pettretaylor Models : @bethmodelafrica

WOVEN THREADS VII: “CRAFTED” 9TH – 12TH APRIL, 2026 Venue: 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island Facilitated by Verde by Cadwell (@verdebycadwell ) — Curated by Sunny Dolat Co-Founder, The Nest Collective Cultural Producer & Creative Director, Nairobi — This edition of Woven Threads centres craft as method, process, and system, focusing on how materials are understood, and how production is sustained within a circular framework. The physical presentations and installations feature designers and practitioners working across textiles, material innovation, and form. CRAFTED expands into a programme of talks, workshops, and live demonstrations, including sessions on upcycling and reconstruction, conversations with the curator, and panel discussions on circularity, material futures, and responsible production. Live demonstrations present weaving, macramé, and adaptive reuse in practice. Through these approaches, CRAFTED addresses waste by extending material life, encouraging reuse, and rethinking how fashion is produced and consumed. It brings together designers, makers, and cultural producers to engage with fashion as a system shaped by material, labour, and community. IRAPADA launches as a SHF and Bestseller Foundation research supported by LAWMA, examining waste within Lagos’ fashion ecosystem. The initiative works with selected designers to transform pre- and post-consumer waste into new collections, while introducing systems for waste tracking, documentation, and responsible material use. Woven Threads VII is an initiative of Style House Files and Lagos Fashion Week. Woven Threads VII is Open to the public from 10th – 12th April 2026 At 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island. Photography: @adedamola_op Creative Direction : @sunnydolat Produced by : @stylehousefiles Makeup : @casskoncept1 Designer : @thisisusng @nkwo_official Models : @bethmodelafrica

WOVEN THREADS VII: “CRAFTED” 9TH – 12TH APRIL, 2026 Venue: 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island Facilitated by Verde by Cadwell (@verdebycadwell ) — Curated by Sunny Dolat Co-Founder, The Nest Collective Cultural Producer & Creative Director, Nairobi — This edition of Woven Threads centres craft as method, process, and system, focusing on how materials are understood, and how production is sustained within a circular framework. The physical presentations and installations feature designers and practitioners working across textiles, material innovation, and form. CRAFTED expands into a programme of talks, workshops, and live demonstrations, including sessions on upcycling and reconstruction, conversations with the curator, and panel discussions on circularity, material futures, and responsible production. Live demonstrations present weaving, macramé, and adaptive reuse in practice. Through these approaches, CRAFTED addresses waste by extending material life, encouraging reuse, and rethinking how fashion is produced and consumed. It brings together designers, makers, and cultural producers to engage with fashion as a system shaped by material, labour, and community. IRAPADA launches as a SHF and Bestseller Foundation research supported by LAWMA, examining waste within Lagos’ fashion ecosystem. The initiative works with selected designers to transform pre- and post-consumer waste into new collections, while introducing systems for waste tracking, documentation, and responsible material use. Woven Threads VII is an initiative of Style House Files and Lagos Fashion Week. Woven Threads VII is Open to the public from 10th – 12th April 2026 At 274A Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island. Photography: @adedamola_op Creative Direction : @sunnydolat Produced by : @stylehousefiles Makeup : @casskoncept1 Designer : @Hertunba (Shot at the Hertunba studio with creative director, Florentina @the_florentyna and members of the Hertunba design team) Models : @bethmodelafrica

Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED Backstage getting ready with Hertunba (@hertunba ) Final moments before the runway. Looks came together through small, precise adjustments. Styling, fittings, and finishing touches shaped how each piece would be seen in motion. The garments held strong structure. Corseted forms, defined seams, and controlled silhouettes directed the body and posture. Striped textiles introduced rhythm, with colour placed to emphasise line and form.

PRESS COVERAGE: MARIE CLAIRE NIGERIA (@marieclairenigeria ) Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED In this feature, Marie Claire Nigeria highlights a selection of designers presented within the programme, focusing on practices grounded in material awareness and responsible production. The coverage places attention on how collections respond to reuse, craftsmanship, and the realities of making within current systems. The perspective stays close to the work. It traces how garments hold process, how designers approach sourcing, and how intention carries through to the final form. Read the full feature via the link in bio.

Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED Revisiting the ReWork Lab with @tuntunre The session focused on material reuse as a way of thinking and working. It broke down how existing textiles move through reconstruction and adaptation, and how value is reassigned through deliberate decisions. Temilade Salami led a live walkthrough of the process. She unpacked each stage clearly, showing how garments evolve from what already exists, and what guides those choices. Participants engaged through observation and dialogue. They followed the transformation step by step, asked questions, and built a clearer understanding of the system behind the work.

Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED Exhibition spotlight: NAKOI (@__nakoi__ ) Garments built through recovery and reuse. Materials move across pieces, cut, reworked, and placed again with intention. What once sat apart returns in new form, held together through stitch, layering, and surface detail. Textiles carry visible marks of handling. Painted figures, printed fragments, and stitched imagery sit directly on cloth, turning each garment into a record of memory and presence. Nothing is neutral. Every element holds weight. Silhouettes remain open and adaptable. Loose forms, wraps, and extended panels allow the material to lead. Structure stays minimal, giving space for texture and surface to define the work.

PRESS COVERAGE: DEBONAIR AFRIK Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED continues to shape industry dialogue beyond the exhibition space. In this feature, Debonair Afrik highlights Omoyemi Akerele’s opening keynote, setting the tone for CRAFTED as a study of craft as method, process, and system. The address placed clear focus on how materials are sourced, how garments are constructed, and how responsibility must sit across the full value chain. Read the full feature on Debonair Afrik via the link in bio 💫

IRAPADA A return to material. A return to process. A return to responsibility. This film documents the thinking behind IRAPADA, a research project by Style House Files in collaboration with Bestseller Foundation, supported by LAWMA. It looks closely at textile waste in Lagos and asks direct questions about how materials move, where value is lost, and what needs to change. Waste does not begin at disposal. It begins at design. It continues through production, distribution, and use. IRAPADA places focus on this full system. It calls for a shift in how we produce, how we consume, and how we assign value to materials already in circulation. This is a short excerpt. Watch the full film on our YouTube page. Link in bio.

Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED Exhibition spotlight: This Is Us (@thisisusng ) “Beneath the Veil” brings focus to the process behind indigo dyed textiles. A material often seen as finished is unpacked, step by step, to show the labour, time, and knowledge held within it. Raw elements sit alongside the final garment. Indigo leaves, ash, wood, and dyed cloth trace the journey from source to surface, placing the textile back into context. Rooted in Northern Nigeria, the cloth carries history across trade, identity, and protection, holding meaning beyond use.

WOVEN THREADS VII: CRAFTED Before the garment is worn, it is defined. In this series, the setting shifts away from the workshop. The process is no longer in view, but it remains present in the piece itself. This sits within the core of CRAFTED. Not only how something is made, but how it is held, seen, and understood once complete. Labour does not disappear. It is carried forward in form. Across Woven Threads, craft moves between process and outcome. Between making and meaning.

Backstage with NYA (@nya_lagos ) The collection presented on the Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED runway leaned into fluidity and ease. Soft silhouettes moved with the body, with draped forms, light layering, and minimal structure shaping each look. Accessories brought a point of contrast. A structured wooden bag appeared across some looks, adding weight and form against the softness of the garments.