Tag: Fashion
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![Be Your Own Tribe – Kwaleö’s [@kwaleoconcept] latest pop-up gallery](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_9679-180x180.jpg)
London based fashion brand Kwaleö hosted their latest pop-up gallery at Old Street last week. Across the week they hosted a series of exclusive screenings, creative workshops and DJ sets. Kwaleö directly translated from Swahili, means ‘Enjoy the Moment‘, and this is definitely prevalent in their branding. Initially, Kwaleö popped up on the London scene…
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![[@Abiolaxox] Brands On The Block Episode 5 [@Fadxstyles]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_4592-180x180.jpg)
I am back again with another brand on the block instalment, but this time it is with a clothing with a twist, an artistic twist. FadXstyles is a fashion house built on mixing art and fashion together the main aim of the brand is to allow people to wear art on an everyday basis. We had…
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![Adidas Originals [@adidasoriginals] X Olivia Oblanc Launch](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/adidas-180x180.jpg)
Last Thursday, Adidas Originals launched their unisex, 15 piece collection in collaboration with Olivia Oblanc. The launch was hosted by Dazed Mag and supported by ambassador Kendall Jenner. The brand new collection was displayed through an experimental presentation, followed by a selection of promotional screenings. The evening concluded with a selection of energetic DJ sets…
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Fly threads and empty beds is the title because that’s all this week has consisted of in the fashion industry. With the launch of Adidas’ latest designer collection, and Black Friday round the corner to your left outside your house, there’s more going on than I can tell you in a text, which is why…
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Are you woke? Would you consider yourself rooted, grounded? Our generation arguably burst the bubble of what is a popular culture history of appropriation. I mean come on, we can all think back to at least one 90’s music video where something was appropriated like there’s no damn tomorrow. Which is why I present to you…
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![Stormzy [@Stormzy] x Ozwald Boateng [@ozwald_boateng] lead Cambridge University’s Inaugural Motherland Conference](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DomininkasPhotography-4-of-64-180x180.jpg)
At over 800 years old, the University of Cambridge is older than the United States of America. This is more than enough time for certain outdated conventions, institutional, structural problems and attitudes to become entrenched within the system. During this time, it has operated like many other elite institutions have done – closed off to…
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No honestly, What am I supposed to do with it? Admit it or not, there was once a time in all our lives when Kanye West was our icon. From ‘The College Dropout’ album, to ‘The Life of Pablo’ discography, Kayne’s presented many albums with countless songs, that we’ve grown up with throughout our youth,…
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I want to say well done. Well done to you, and well done to the Instagram user on the left to you, the Twitter user on the right, the Snap-chatter at the back, because although it may not seem apparent now, or substantial a few years prior; we all had a pivotal contribution, in the…
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If you go through most fashion publications you will find an article about how difficult it is to get into fashion. Now imagine reading one of these articles and being based in a city doesn’t have a fashion industry that contributes largely to the economy like London or New York. Fashion designer Alina Chaykina is…
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![Meet Franceso – the visual artist behind [@TRAID] window displays](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Francesco_VA_GUAP_001-180x180.jpg)
The first time I walked passed a Traid store was in Hackney. What I love about Traid is that it is a charity which supports international development through the reusing of textiles, whilst still celebrating fashion. The most obvious way they do this is through their artistic and eye-catching window displays. Visual artist Francesco Colucci has…