The eyes of the world will soon converge on Accra, Ghana for
the Ghana Fashion & Design Week 2016.
Running from the 21th to 23rd of October 2016, this year’s event has
been tagged; the Neo Africa edition.
Fashion designers, models, artists, fashion buyers,
journalists and fashion lovers from the world over will meet to witness what
makes Ghana’s fashion unique at the Luxury Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra.
The Ghana Fashion and
Design Week GFDW 2016 will feature trade shows, runway shows and fashion
parties. These events create the right atmosphere for local and global labels
to connect, establish common grounds for collaborations while celebrating the
artistic genius of Ghana.
The Ghana Fashion & Design Week program will include
●
The GFDW Runway Shows, they present new season collections
from designers in Ghana to the world.
● Fashion
workshops that enable information exchange, knowledge transfer and networking
opportunities.
●
GFDW Showrooms featuring fashion products, accessories and
textiles.
These fashion events introduce promising artists from 2nd Image Academy, HOD Fashion Design and the various fashion houses around Accra.
This year’s event has a designated slot for new upcoming
fashion graduates; some talents who will display their collections include Radiant Jackson, Michael Owusu and Julia
Shika Odamtten.
While not all Fashion
events of the GFDW will be open to the public, if you happen to be in Accra
this time of the year, take a moment to explore the fashion landscape in Accra.
You can shop for some
of last season’s fashion items in the Vlisco store at the Accra Mall; the store
features designers expressing their work on fabrics. They sell fashion
accessories, clothes, shoes and bags.
Visit the RenéeQ
label Boutique in the Marina Mall, Osu to explore their range Ghanaian fashion
with a blend of foreign brands like Prada, Kurt Geiger and Zara.
The Christie Brown Boutique is renowned for reinventing
contemporary Ghanaian fashion; they sell traditional beads, couture pieces,
accessories and good fabric.
For International visitors who
might want to book hotels near
the event venue, La Palm
Royal Beach hotel and Labadi beach hotel are along the La road, Accra.
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