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![5 Ideas for Luxurious Gift Giving This Christmas ft [@DewWoods_], [thebreaksocial] + more](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/am.-pm.jpeg)
There’s just over two weeks left until Christmas Day, and if you are a last minute shopper/gift giver like me this guide is for you. Avoid the rushed thought scramble of deciding what to get a loved one for Christmas with the selection of gift ideas below that are quality, luxurious, Black-owned, and best of…
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Contribution by Adwoa Owusu-Barnieh. Farewell Amor (2020) is a heartfelt, understated feature film by director and writer Ekwa Msangi. It is a story about an Angolan family reuniting in New York after 17 long years of separation, and their attempts to redress the disconnect caused by existing across separate cultures. This tender melodrama explores the significance…
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By Cosmas Ojemen Son Of A Father, Father Of A Son is the first installment of a visual series which aims to portray familial relationships and the soft microcosms from which they develop by Cosmas Ojemen, Nez and Ruby Okoro. Featuring Father Femi Dada, more often known as “Rasta,” who farms with his two sons,…
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A GUAP editorial by Edward Maurice Hartley The formula for high-fashion today contains some complicated alchemy, but we can attempt to distill it down to its parts. A handful of gothic revivalism mixed into Y2K dystopianism. A pep of prep mixed with punk dilute. Schoolgirl skirts, swamp-core and swarovski crystals. This aesthetic mix might seem…
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Lauren Hurrell says, ‘Take Me To The River: New Orleans leaves you with the notion that New Orleans isn’t just a place, but an identity that doesn’t leave you, and so where those people went, they have taken music with them, to share the spirit of New Orleans around the world beyond the city itself’.…
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Words by: Blossom Maduafokwa “Music allows me to express myself in a completely free way. It lets me connect with my inner self.” – Brisa Nunjo For 20-year-old Brisa Nunjo, making music has basically always been inevitable. Born and raised in the bustling global city of Barcelona, she grew up in a household with a…
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By Suzannah Gabriel Black Hurts is an exploration of double consciousness and liminality amongst black British youths in the UK by Photographer Suzannah Gabriel. Black Hurts touches on the Black Lives Matter movement and the Mark Duggan murder whilst touching on the representation of the hoodie, and the London riots. Gabriel also explores the phrase…
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On the 28th November 2021, it was announced that Virgil Abloh, Designer, DJ, Husband and Father, had died due to cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Virgil’s death came as an unpleasant shock to the system for everyone. Despite battling cancer for two years, there had been no signs of what Virgil and his…
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![The Bold Beginnings of [@Chrissiemilan] and [@ChrisJammer] in Collaboration with BULLDOG Gin](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bulldog-thumb-180x180.jpg)
We all have our personal origin story behind why we are in the positions we are in today. In popular culture, we often celebrate the idea of humble beginnings but aren’t typically made aware of some of the bold beginnings, initiated by key decisions made by people, that changed the trajectory of their life. BULLDOG…
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From the 50’s, Levi’s found themselves continually adopted as the de-facto uniform for radical, non-conformist groups; musicians, poets, greasers, hippies. All chose the functionality and ‘dangerous label attached to denim to personify their ideals.