DESIGNER BRANDS IN FOCUS (GFDW 2015) CONTEMPORARY AFRICA EXHIBITION

  BRAND // NATIVE BELLE UKCHILDRENWEAR       BRAND // ADUBEA JENSEN BEADED HANDBANGS SOCIAL IMPACT FASHION – MADE IN GHANA           BRAND // STUDIO 189 ETHICAL FASHION BRAND MADE IN GHANA / AFRICA                  BRAND // BOHTEN EYEWEARSUSTAINABLE FASHION SOURCED IN GHANA      …

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION BRAND DFNG

DFNG is an amazing platform that gives exclusive brands and designers the opportunity to showcase their work on an international level in a unique and exciting way. With a focus on the West African female market, DFNG provides top quality services and access to a fresh new market. Handpicking only the best designers allows DFNG…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE NANA MENYIN KWOFIE

At the age of twenty, Nana Menyin Kwofie enrolled in a secretarial school, but her love for fashion led her to drop out and thus began her journey to pursue her dream career. As an apprentice to Mrs Monique Sergoe, a Zaire-born fashion designer, she learned enough to eventually start her own women’s wear label…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW NTAADEPA

Ntaadepa is an emerging Ghanaian clothing line that caters for casual but timeless pieces using mainly wax prints mixed with other manmade and cotton fabrics. Ama Frema Oppong the creative head behind the collections is an Industrial Arts, Textiles Graduate from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She has been working in the fashion…

GET TO KNOW EFFECTIVE HAIR CARE BRAND ORGANIC ROOT STIMULATOR ORS™

Organic Root Stimulator™ recently re-branded to ORS™ stands as the number one brand in the Ethnic Hair care market, offering a full range of products that combines the best of science and nature to give the hair exactly what it needs to thrive and flourish.  ORS™ products were conceived, developed and marketed by Namasté Laboratories,…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE

Nana Menyin Kwofie passion for creativity led her to pursue her dream career in fashion working as an apprentice in the industry, as well as starting her own label before taking a journey to further study the course at Radford University, graduating this year. Her growth as a designer led to her love for tailor-made…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE IRENE OCRAN

Irene Ocran is from Akosombo (the “Hydro Town”), in Ghana’s Eastern Region. Over time she developed an interest in textiles and the study of clothing, which led to her receiving a higher national diploma in fashion design from Ho Polytechnic. For her national service, she served in the fashion department of Tamale Polytechnic. In 2005, she…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE YUSSIF FADILATU

Born in Nima Accra, Yussif Fadilatu hails from Ghana’s Upper Western region. She has a history of studying advanced Fashion prior to attending university, and her first industrial attachment introduced her to the manufacturing aspects of the fashion industry. Yussif considers Gareth Pugh, Alexander McQueen, Dior and Hussein Chalayan to be her role models, as well as the…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW DONOMA COLLECTIONS

Judth Afedi is an up and coming fashion designer who graduated from Vogue Style School Of Fashion and Design in 2011, she recently launched her brand Donoma. Judith aims to focus her brand on a clothing line aimed at enlightening Africans unique fabrics and styles to meet and blend today’s Fashion world. Donoma was birthed…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW MODELLA B

Angella Modupe Roth-Benson the creative head behind the label, has over 25 years of experience in the fashion industry with a healthy list of loyal clientele both in Ghana and abroad. Angella started under the label Ambro Fashion, now called MODELLA B. MODELLA B is a blend of classic African and European fabrics to create…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW NEW AFRICAN WOMAN MAGAZINE

NEW AFRICAN WOMAN is one of the magazines from IC Publications, the Pan African publishing house based in London. Our other magazines include the NEW AFRICAN and AFRICAN BUSINESS magazines and their equivalents in French published in Paris.To Magazine aims to inspire rather than impose and to expertly advise rather than dictate to readers and…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW SO AESTHETIC MAKE UP

A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to meet the ever inspiring lady behind the most talked about makeup brand in Ghana. I met Sacha Okoh the brainchild behind the brand in London Holborn, I was lucky enough to interview her which I will be publishing it very soon for you all to read about…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW FASHION RISING

Eve Ensler and her nonprofit, V-Day, aim to change this statistic with One Billion Rising, a global call to action for people to “walk out, dance, rise up and demand” a stop to the violence. To support this movement, a group of designers recently created Fashion Rising, a collection that will hopefully develop sustainable fashion…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW NICHOLE BY HAGUANNA

Nichole By Haguanna brand creates handmade fashion accessories for the modern and sophisticated woman. Inspired by African leather, textures and craftsmanship, the collection sits perfectly between contemporary and high fashion design. Nicole by Haguanna is commitment to exceptional quality using only the best materials and employing skilled artisans to produce her designs. With a love…

#GFDW2013 EXHIBITION: GET TO KNOW TASH’O JEWELRY

Tash’Ornee Enterprise, is a wholly indigenous proudly Nigerian company passionately dedicated to creating handcrafted jewelry for women not afraid to make bold fashion statements. The Creative Director Mojisola Arowosegbe,infuses every piece with the passion and love that she has for her art. Tash’O’s unique jewellery pieces are an ode to the fusion of African and Western…