A wave of apps — Rewear, Krifted, Mirva Marketplace and Konga's new "pre-owned" section — is racing to digitize Nigeria's secondhand fashion trade, even as many sellers still close deals through WhatsApp and Instagram DMs.

Nigeria's men's grooming market, worth $311.7 million in 2024 and climbing toward $455.6 million by 2033, is being built by local entrepreneurs betting that the stigma around men's skincare is finally loosening.

Nollywood actress Beverly Naya revisited her 2020 documentary "Skin" in a July 2026 interview, citing WHO data that 77% of Nigerian women use skin-bleaching products, as NAFDAC tightens enforcement nationwide.

At 27, Lagos-born Mayowa Nicholas has become the first Nigerian model to front campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Saint Laurent and Calvin Klein, walking seven runway shows in a single SS26 season.

Abuja's Nigeria Fashion Week, running October 2-4 and separate from Lagos Fashion Week's late-October dates, is pitching Nigerian garment makers a route into Walmart's global retail ecosystem via a partnership with Bizness Group.

Africa Fashion Week London opens its 16th edition tomorrow at a new Central London venue, with five Nigerian design houses — from Aso Oke couture to bridalwear — on the confirmed 2026 lineup.

Men's Fashion Week lands in Lagos for three days from August 21, a menswear-only platform produced by Santiago Roberts and Tonye Hart, promising runway shows, brand activations and a full lineup still to come.

Up to 60% of Nigerian women buy wigs or extensions regularly, per Africa For Investors, yet most units are still imported from Asia. Why vendors are quietly ditching bone straight for glueless niches in 2026.

Egbaliganza pulled official delegations from over 50 countries into Abeokuta this March, backing a $1 billion adire dream. But machine-printed fakes are already flooding the very market the city's 2,000 dyers built.

Inflation of 33.2% and a Gen Z rebrand have turned okrika from stigma to status. Inside Katangua market and the TikTok hustle reshaping Lagos thrift, per Independent Nigeria and OMIREN.

Nigeria's wedding industry moves an estimated ₦1.2 trillion a year, per WithinNigeria. An essay on who profits from asoebi's weekly owambe economy — and why the corset gown became 2026's uniform.

Pregnancy news, a daughter named Eliana, an ₦18m birthday cake and a marriage defended on Snapchat — 2026 has made Veekee James as famous as any client she has ever dressed.

Three weeks into BBNaija Season 11, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu's Sunday-night looks — from a custom ATAFO opener to a sky-blue denim agbada — are trending as hard as the evictions, per BellaNaija and NaijaWhisper.

Lagos Fashion Week has set its 2026 dates: October 28 to November 1. The lineup and venue are still under wraps, but the platform now has to top a record-breaking 15th-anniversary season.