Category: Fashion News
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Milan Men’s AW23 fashion week has kicked off with Gucci’s first solo men’s show in three years. Expectations were high, most of us curious to see what a post Michele Gucci looked like, after his departure last year. Models walked down the circular runway around a live band as they played soft rock music. The…
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Each year, Pantone sets the mood of the year with a colour prediction that goes on to influence design across apparel, beauty, interior decor, graphics and more. In 2022 the colour was Very Peri, a vibrant blue-purple tone. If you were to mix Very Peri with the hot Barbiecore/Valentino pink that was all the rage…
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December is the time of the year in African countries like Nigeria and Ghana when people come together to celebrate the end of the year and kick off the holiday season with music, dancing, and a lot of fabulous fashion. People travel in from all over, especially black people from the US and the UK.…
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Almost a decade on from his iconic interview scolding American journalist, radio personality, executive producer and former rapper Sway about how to run business ventures, Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – seems to have realised that contrary to what he said back then, Sway might indeed have had the answers. After…
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Astra are a team of young black designers, coders and digital artists building a one of a kind digital fashion experience in the Metaverse. Astraverse.xyz is a startup gamifying retail with web3 technology. Those of you who aren’t metaverse/tech savvy (me too, don’t worry!) might be wondering, what does this all mean? Let me break…
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With a new name and a new creative director, Ferragamo reintroduced themselves in September with their SS23 collection. Once the go to brand for young VIPs, Maximilian Davis’ SS23 debut at Ferragamo conjured up fantasies of luxury getaways but without their traditionally conservative aesthetic. Now, in their Pre-Fall 23 collection, this conversation continues as Davis…
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![Street Souk: a look inside Nigeria’s biggest streetwear convention [@streetsouk]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_6834.jpg)
Street Souk, Nigeria’s biggest streetwear convention, returned last weekend and it was a sight to behold. The event brought together some of the most fashionable and creative individuals from all corners of the country, and the street style was nothing short of extraordinary. Founded in 2018 by Iretidayo ‘Ireti’ Zaccheaus, Street Souk is an annual…
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Known Source, a new online marketplace founded by friends Henry McNeill-Njoku and Theo El-Kattan, is changing the way we shop second-hand. In recent years the growth of the resale industry and platforms such as Depop and ASOS Marketplace has led to sellers forgoing quality, instead just offering as many products as possible. Henry and Theo…
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Out of office is on, the first snow has fallen in London, 2022 is basically done. Before we focus on setting goals for the next year and eating a bit too much, let’s look back at the biggest fashion moments of 2022, as told to us by Eva Chen, head of fashion at Instagram. As…
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Just four weeks after Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele’s abrupt exit, the Kering-owned brand announced their return to Milan men’s fashion week for the first time in three years. Michele’s signature of blurring the lines between menswear and womenswear, made the move to a single co-ed show a logical one. Thus, this retrograding towards antiquated…