Woven Threads Announces 2026 Edition, “CRAFTED”

Style House Files (SHF) is pleased to announce the 2026 edition of Woven Threads, featuring the theme: “CRAFTED.” Taking place from April 9th to 12th, the platform will bring together designers and innovators to explore practical, locally rooted pathways toward a more sustainable fashion ecosystem.

Since its inception, Woven Threads has convened hundreds of designers, innovators, and industry stakeholders to advance circularity, sustainability, and responsible production across Africa’s fashion and textile value chains. The platform continues to sit at the center of conversations on craft, materiality, and systems-led thinking shaping the future of fashion on the continent.

Building on the success of the 2025 cross-continental dialogues in London and Lagos, this year’s edition introduces “CRAFTED”, a three-day experience that spotlights contemporary circular design, material innovation, and systems-led thinking. The 2026 platform approaches sustainability as a lived practice embedded in material knowledge, community-based production, and adaptive reuse. Craft is positioned not as heritage alone, but as an active framework informing how fashion is made, scaled, and sustained across the continent.

Woven Threads will unfold as a curated, design-led environment comprising:

• An Exhibition: Showcasing the continent’s finest circular designers and innovators.
• A Knowledge Exchange: Facilitating dialogues on material intelligence and systems-led thinking.
• A Marketplace: Connecting craft-focused businesses, textile entrepreneurs, and accessories brands with global partners.
• The Showcase: Positioning Africa as a site of knowledge and solutions where traditional practices and modern ideas converge.

Together, these elements reinforce Woven Threads’ role as both a cultural platform and an industry-facing convening space within Lagos Fashion Week’s broader ecosystem.

About Style House Files

Founded in 2011, Style House Files (SHF) is a leading creative business development agency dedicated to driving innovation, sustainability, and economic growth within the African fashion industry. As a multifaceted ecosystem, SHF serves as a designer incubator, industry connector, and the curator of Lagos Fashion Week. With over a decade of experience, SHF has created more than 14,000 jobs and supported over 1,000 fashion businesses. The agency is committed to promoting ethical practices through initiatives like Green Access and fostering diverse collaborations that elevate Africa’s creative economy on a global scale.

About Woven Threads

Woven Threads is Style House Files’ platform dedicated to advancing circularity, sustainability, and responsible production across Africa’s fashion and textile value chains. It remains a vital pillar of the mission to build a transformative fashion ecosystem on the continent.

About Lagos Fashion Week

Lagos Fashion Week (Lagos FW) is a leading platform shaping the future of fashion in Africa through creativity, collaboration, and community. Produced by Style House Files, the event convenes designers, artisans, buyers, consumers, and media from across the continent and beyond to experience the best of African design.

Beyond the runway, Lagos FW serves as a catalyst for enterprise and cultural exchange, driving conversations around innovation, impact, and inclusivity within Africa’s creative economy.