Tag: community
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The next wave of creative talent shaping the scene from the ground up. The adidas UK x GUAP Originals Creator Network is back with another cohort of 20 amazing young individuals who are expected to do amazing things in this upcoming year! Supported over the next 7 months with bi-weekly workshops, access to industry mentors,…
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DLT The Recipe…Where do I even begin? What an absolutely fantastic, and incredible, and wonderful, and amazing day – Wow! I could end my article here and those that went would know EXACTLY why those words would be enough. On the 6th of July, the team behind Days Like This Brunch blessed us with such…
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If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it every day for the past two years. ‘Community’ is the word naturally driving post-COVID sentiment towards collective engagement, cultural fusions, and the inescapable “We outside” movement of a generation bent on proving they are, indeed, outside. From corporate giants to the intimate corners of our lives, the…
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Following a successful celebration of African Fashion in August 2022, V&A and GUAP collaborated once again to curate an evening of celebration, collaboration and education, but this time celebrating 75 years of Windrush. Photo by Tolu Elusadé It’s been 75 years since Caribbean communities from across its islands sailed into London’s embrace. A journey that ignited a…
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Iconic Irish ale brand Guinness and British African fashion brand LABRUM have collaborated on a collection sharing their joint love of celebrating family, friends and community. The limited edition capsule, featuring a co-created, one-of-a-kind print pays homage to LABRUM founder Foday Dumbuya’s joyful memories of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The print captures this electric feeling using…
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Days Like This (DLT) Brunch returns to Malta this May, 2023 and we are dddyiinnngggffoorrrittttt! Last years DLT Malta was absolutely incredible, a small sunny island that I never had any intention of visiting, became home to some of my favourite living memories. For those who missed out you’re definitely in for a treat as…
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This October, GUAP had the great privilege of meeting Ebinehita Iyere’s Milk Honey Bees, young girls from across London who have come together to leave a literary legacy, narrating and documenting the real life experiences of Black Girlhood, Unfiltered.
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Gen Z is leading the way in the Great Resignation and young people are re-evaluating how work fits into their lives – and not the other way around. Meta has identified a group of creators following this trend and disrupting the 9-5 – turning what they love into what they do. From fashion forecasters, curators…
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Real togetherness is an elusive force which is painstaking to achieve but euphoric to experience. It is the process of community being formed, new moments being shared and a singular goal being pursued. It is complemented by self-reflection, which reveals to us that we are best defined as being a part of wide, inclusive community…
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A gentrified ghetto seasoned with an amalgamation of black histories, cultures, sounds and hairstyles; Peckham remains a place of comfort, belonging and familiarity for London’s black population. Also referred to as ‘Little Lagos’, Peckham is known for its Nigerian subcultures due to the first wave of 1970s economic migrants from Nigeria, who have become a…