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Lagos Fashion Week
Omoyemi Akerele trained as a lawyer but later decided to become a stylist. In 2011, she founded Lagos Fashion Week and helped put Nigerian style on the map.
The annual four-day event launched the international careers of models, stylists and designers and has become a major fashion occasion attracting Africa's biggest celebs and a global audience.
(Photo: A model walks the runway, 2011. Credit: Lagos Fashion Week, Style House Files)