Tag: Fashion


  • Slowing down fast fashion:  How to re-wear and re-style your workwear

    This womxn’s history month we are acknowledging the strength and achievements of women all over the world. With more and more women becoming entrepreneurs, business owners and overall bosses, the demand for fashionable women’s workwear is rising. Women are no longer afraid to wear suit pants and blazers, styling the traditionally male look with a…

  • Dissecting fashion in music videos : Let’s get fashionable with Dua Lipa

    This weekend English singer and model Dua Lipa released her new video for the song “let’s get physical workout video”. Watching the music video this weekend I got a wave of fashion inspiration as well as excitement for summer. Music videos with character and bold style have a way of moving into the fashion scene…

  • 5 tips on how to make shopping a self – love experience

    For some shopping can be a long and daunting task, while for some it can be a beautiful experience of self-exploration and an act of self-love. For those of us scheduling a spring shopping trip here’s how to make this trip a self-love experience 1. Go by yourself or with one other person. Back in…

  • Celebrating Ghana’s independence: FEARNOMAN clothing [@fearnomanclothing]

    FEAR NO MAN clothing designed by Kulaperry is a Ghanian based streetwear brand with a mysterious logo that has intrigued fashion fans. CEO of the brand explains the logo represents his African heritage. Similarly to colours on a flag, the designer uses the colours to represent different aspects the brand stands for. The white represents…

  • Celebrating Ghana’s independence: Meet Christie Brown, the Ghanian brand changing the ‘angry black women narrative’ [@ChristieBrowngh]

    Happy Ghanian independence day to all our Ghanian GUAP readers! Here at GUAP we welcome and celebrate diverse talents who are underrepresented in the media, this is the place to discover and support artists from all walks of life. In celebration of Ghana’s independence day, we are celebrating Ghanian based luxury fashion brand, Christie Brown…

  • Supporting women in the industry: why aren’t women at the top of a female-dominated industry?

    Women play a large role in the fashion industry often filling up more than 80% of the places in fashion schools as well as entry-level fashion jobs. Unfortunately, as these women climb up the ranks the invisible ceiling appears with only a few of those women making it to top positions in companies. Things have…

  • GUAP’s fashion forecast: what to expect on the streets this season

    Now that fashion week is coming to an end, fashion editors, fashion buyers and professionals across the industry are planning for the season, ready to release items inspired by this year’s fashion week designers, including both new and innovative designers and the old classic favourites. This year we got a varied range of collections and…

  • Transcultural fashion: Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize [@KennethIze]  shakes the globe with an ingenious show at PFW

    Making his official debut at Paris fashion week the Nigerian designer created a show-stopping eclectic and varied collection grabbing the attention of individuals from all over the world. His combination of Nigerian influence and fabric as well as part of his Austrian upbringing and materials from Austria, including lace, made for a transcultural collection illustrating…

  • What I learnt from street style at Paris fashion week

    No One can tell you how to dress  With Paris being one of the top fashion hubs of the world we have looked to Paris for our fashion inspiration, for what we should and shouldn’t wear. Digital media platforms such as Instagram and blogs have created a whole new world of opinion leaders with anyone…

  • The New Generation of Fashion

    FAD (Fashion Awareness Direct) is a charity which helps young people make it in the fashion. Their programme equips young people with the skills, confidence and network to fulfil their aspirations in the industry. The designers who take part in the project also got the chance to show their designs in the most recent season…