.Adhering to a three-year respite, Lagos Room Programme went back to the Lagos Fashion trend Week routine. Adeju Thompson, who won the International Woolmark Reward in 2023, has devoted the past couple of years creating his title abroad. That meant showcasing his assortments in major fashion financings including Paris, where he most just recently shown spring 2025 in June. Right now, though, he really felt an urge to find home and also glorify the metropolitan area where everything started." I prefer this to believe that a good homecoming," Thompson claimed in front of his program. "I take a great deal motivation coming from Nigeria as well as Lagos, it's only ideal that Lagos gets to relish my work too." He had 2 vital objectives for this compilation: to celebrate customizing and Lagos fashion trend. For Thompson, it was actually an option to take one thing traditional and placed a speculative or even unique spin on it. His trademark baggy pants are inspired by standard Yoruba (a nationality in Nigeria) workwear, but within this assortment a few of them featured shoelace outlining on the hem, which added a bit of modernity and womanliness to a garment related to labor. "I'm blending International codes with Yoruba style language, and turning points on their head," he pointed out. That additionally took form in a hoodie created through a 90-year-old expert dyer and musician in the Southern region of Nigeria, that dedicated hours to hand drawing art work on the garment. Initially look, it looked like your traditional hoodie, however closer evaluation showed a level of detail that can't be actually dismissed. As in previous selections, Adire printing---- an early indigo-dyeing method used through Yoruba girls in southwest Nigeria---- appeared throughout." There is actually a level of craftsmanship listed here that folks don't anticipate from the continent," he mentioned. Past that, Thompson was actually making from an area of weakness and level of sensitivity, one thing that is actually challenging to accomplish in a community where office practicality often outweighs imagination.