Lagos, Nigeria – September 18, 2022: The Fashion Industry is in for another exciting
experience as the GTCO Fashion Weekend returns for its 6th edition in November. The highly
anticipated event is scheduled to hold on November 11th and 12th, 2023, at the GTCentre,
Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos.
The GTCO Fashion Weekend is an annual consumer-focused fair designed to showcase the
best of Africa’s Finest fashion to a global audience. Over the years, the event has firmly
established its place as an incubator for diverse talent, creativity, and enterprise in fashion
retail, bringing together some of Africa’s prominent fashion brands alongside relatively newer
labels to interact with universally celebrated fashion icons and engaging style personalities. In
keeping with tradition, this year’s event will feature insightful masterclasses and thrilling
runway shows together with free stalls for over 120 fashion retailers. Colourful façades, lively
music, and a delightful ambience are popular elements of GTCO fairs and work together to
create a multisensory, thoroughly fulfilling experience for all attendees.
Speaking on the 2023 GTCO Fashion Weekend, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty
Trust Holding Company Plc, Segun Agbaje, said; “Fashion is not just about making items of
clothing or style accessories, it is about exploring feelings and channelling creative
expressions to create experiences that resonate with various buyers, across different
markets. The GTCO Fashion Weekend is constantly evolving to reflect the rapid growth of the
global fashion industry in terms of size and sophistication, as we continue to draw on the
endless possibilities in fashion retail to create better outcomes for individuals, indigenous
businesses, and our communities.”
He further said; “The landscape for fashion design is always shifting; so too consumer needs.
The 2023 GTCO Fashion Weekend provides a unique opportunity for local fashion retailers to
seize on emerging trends and buyers’ preferences to reposition their businesses and thrive
amidst the uncertainties and complexities of the future.”
The GTCO Fashion weekend is one of the main platforms of Guaranty Trust Bank for
‘Promoting Enterprise’ primarily to benefit its growing retail and SME customer base as well
as support the indigenous Creatives Industry. Guaranty Trust Bank is the flagship subsidiary of
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, a leading financial services company providing banking
and non-banking services across eleven countries spanning West Africa, East Africa, and the
United Kingdom. The Group operates a diversified, ‘Proudly African’ franchise and is
renowned for its innovative approach to customer service and stakeholder engagement,
especially through its non-profit, consumer-focused fairs and capacity building initiatives for
small businesses, which has endeared the GTCO brand to millions of people across Africa and
beyond.
For more information on this event, please visit, https://fashionweekend.gtcoplc.com
Attendance is FREE.
Leave a comment
