Africa Fashion Week London Celebrates Culture with Ojude Oba Inspired Designs

Africa Fashion Week London continued its vibrant celebration of African style and heritage with its Sunday catwalk, Cultural Day. The event showcased the Ojude Oba inspired catwalk, alongside captivating cultural performances, underscoring AFWL’s commitment to preserving African culture for future generations.

The Ojude Oba inspired catwalk paid homage to the rich traditions of African royalty, blending contemporary fashion with symbolic designs that reflect historical narratives and ceremonial attire. Models including Princess ‘Omooba’ Adesile strutted in vibrant fabrics, intricate patterns, and regal accessories, capturing the essence of African artistry in every step.

Africa Fashion Week London 2025. Photo Credit: Monika Schailbe

Complementing the runway was a dynamic cultural performance segment, featuring music, dance, and storytelling that brought African heritage to life. The performances celebrated diverse traditions, highlighting the continent’s creativity and the stories that shape its communities.

AFWL’s Cultural Day is designed to ensure that African culture remains alive and accessible for the next generation. Through fashion, performance, and education, the festival provides a platform for emerging and established designers to showcase their heritage while inspiring audiences to embrace and preserve Africa’s rich cultural legacy.

The Sunday showcase not only celebrated fashion as a form of artistic expression but also reinforced the AFWL’s mission to bridge tradition and modernity, reminding attendees that African culture is not just history, it is a living, evolving story.

With this cultural immersion, AFWL continues to position itself as a premier platform for African creativity, offering an unforgettable experience that honours the past while inspiring the future of fashion.

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.