Meta AI and Nigerian Designer Ifeanyi Nwune Unveil “Transcendence” at Africa Fashion Week London
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- August 14, 2025
In a groundbreaking fusion of technology and style, Meta AI, in partnership with renowned Nigerian designer Ifeanyi Nwune’s I.N. Official, debuted Transcendence, the first-ever AI-powered fashion collection, at Africa Fashion Week London, closing the highly anticipated 7pm catwalk show in spectacular style.
The venue, Space House, proved a fitting backdrop for the collection, which represented a bold step into the future of fashion – blending cutting-edge AI creativity, cultural richness and an avant-garde vision of African design. Using Meta’s advanced AI tools, Nwune and his team collaborated with the technology to conceptualise, design, and refine a series of innovative garments that push the boundaries of what’s possible in the fashion industry.
The showcase attracted notable fashion influencers Kwadwo Adutwum, Way Of Yaw, Oluwaseyi Classic and Demi Colleen, media personalities, and industry stakeholders, who witnessed how Meta AI’s creative tools can empower African designers to innovate on a global stage.
From futuristic silhouettes to intricate, AI-generated patterns, Transcendence showcases the power of human–AI collaboration. Each piece tells a story of cultural evolution, where heritage meets high-tech, and imagination meets innovation.
Meta’s AI technology played a pivotal role in bringing the concept to life, generating initial design prompts, pattern concepts, and moodboards, which were then refined by Nwune’s creative team. The result is a harmonious blend of human artistry and artificial intelligence, a testament to the limitless possibilities at the intersection of fashion and technology.
Transcendence received a standing ovation, cementing its place as a landmark moment for both African fashion and AI-assisted design on the global stage.
ABOUT AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON
| Africa Fashion Week London’s annual catwalk and exhibition event is one of the world’s largest and longest-running showcases of African and African-inspired fashion & design. Now in its 15th year, Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) has hosted 3000 emerging and established designers and exhibitors to 75,000 visitors, including buyers, retailers, industry professionals and global media. Overall, 26 African countries and 67 countries have been represented, including diaspora designers from Brazil, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the Americas. Additionally, AFWL has produced 12 third-party events such as the Southbank Centre’s Africa Utopia and Meltdown Festival, The Mayor of London’s Africa on the Square, and The Africa Centre’s Summer Festival. Such is the importance of AFWL, that the initiative positively impacts, directly and indirectly, over 5000 individuals annually including SMEs, designers, tailors, textile designers, students, visitors, models, stylists, photographers, journalists, caterers, artists, tech and production staff and lovers of fashion. |
