For Immediate Release# GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK – A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION CONTINUES TO PUT GHANA ON THE GLOBAL FASHION MAP. Accra, 5 November 2013 – Ghana Fashion & Design Week® (GFDW) in its second year running took the city of Ghana’s capital Accra by storm, from the 11 – 13 Oct…
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013 – 1981
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013 – HOUSE OF MARIE
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013 – TAP DESIGNS
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013 – AJEPOMAA DESIGN GALERY
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013–AKOAH TSIBO-TAKYI-New Talent
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GHANA FASHION & DESIGN WEEK 2013 – GLORIAH ADABLAH-New Talent
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#GFDW2013 : GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE AKOAH TSIBO-TAKYE
Suzy, Akoah became inclined towards art and design in high school. Continuing to pursue these interests led to her enrollment in Radford University College to pursue a degree in Fashion Design. Designers like Roberto Cavalli and Oscar de la Renta are favorites of hers, and she sees herself moving into fashion engineering – solving problems within the fashion…
#GFDW2013 : GET TO KNOW FASHION GRADUATE GLORIA ADABLA
Gloria Pamela Adabla trained at Ho Polytechnic where she pursued a higher national diploma certificate in fashion, and in the University of Education, Kumasi, Ghana where she received a certificate in education. Her vision is to become an internationally known milliner. She look up to Rachel Trevor-Morgan, an award-winning hats and headpieces milliner and a particular…
#GFDW2013 : GET TO KNOW FASHION BRAND TRISH O. COUTURE
Trish O Couture is known for its fairy tale themes, femininity and romantic aesthetic. Patricia Onumonu, popularly called Trish by friends, is an ex-model and beauty queen who contested for local beauty pageant in her youth. She was inspired by her mum who used to be a seamstress and learnt how to start beading from the age of 12. With…
#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…
#GFDW2013 : GET TO KNOW FASHION DESIGNER TUEDOR AND WRIGHT
Tuedor and Wright is a love affair with colour, heritage, culture and life. The brand collections are lovingly produced to work in reality, but also allow a chance to indulge in a bit of escapism, with exotic inspirations influenced by Japan and West Africa. Tuedor and Wright blends vibrant African fabrics which takes center stage…
#GFDW2013 : GET TO KNOW JEWELLERY DESIGNER EMEFA COLE
London-based emerging jeweller and sculptor Emefa Cole, crafts distinctively bold jewellery. Characterised by imaginative flare, Emefa began constructing an artistic space for her inventive designs during her training at the renowned Sir John Cass School of Art and Design, London. It was during her studies there that her Erosion range, a suit of rings was…
#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 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…