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Photos: Maccasio Wraps Up ‘Wear Ghana Month’ With Smock Show

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Rapper Sherif Abdul Majeed ‘Maccasio’ has crowned the 2018 ‘Wear Ghana Month’ with a spectacular concert  dubbed “The Smock Show”.

The show came off on March 31, 2018 at the Tamale Stadium.

“The Smock Show”, attracted several thousands of music lovers from northern Ghana.

Maccasio submits that the concert was to “promote made in Ghana wears and also our culture“. As well as to “climax Wear Ghana Month in the Northern Region” .

Background

Maccasio was recently crowned “Best New Act” at the maiden 3Music Awards.

Maccasio is author of three albums: Boussu (2014), and Oshihila Nkpe (2015), and Ninsala (2017). He has collaborated on projects with sought-after mainstream acts including Kofi Kinaata, Zeal (VVIP), Mugeez, and dancehall star Shatta Wale.

Photos from the Smock Show below;

 

 

Photos: Checkeout These Amazing Products Made With Ghanaian ‘Fugu’ Cloth

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The ‘fugu’ or smock is the most distinctive dress from northern Ghana which has gained national significance.

From the dawn of civilisation, man has had an intense relationship with nature. And one of the basic natural products that man uses for various purposes is Cotton.

Cotton is known for its versatility, use and natural comfort. It is used to make all kinds of clothes and  materials for domestic use, as well as industrial purposes.

Cotton fiber is woven or knitted into fabrics such as the “fugu” and “Kente.”

Tamale, Bolgatanga, Wa,  Daboya, Yendi and its environs have a particularly strong tradition of weaving fugu.

The best known fugu is Daboya (meaning, “our brother is better than us”). Daboya fugus are famous for their beauty, patterns, colours, motifs, artistic appearance and texture.

There are so many items, ranging from shoes, bags, purses, earrings etc that can be made with the fugu. As we have just a few days to wrap up for the ‘Wear Ghana Month’, we bring you a few of such items.

Check them out below;

1. Clothes for both men and women

2. Ties

Bags

3. Clothes for women

4. Slippers

Photos credit: Instagram

@fufu_klothing, @bglfugu15, @fugu_plus

Photos: Checkout These Colorful Kente Weddings For The ‘Wear Ghana Month’

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The month of March is the ‘Wear Ghana Month’.

Wear Ghana Month,” a national campaign to promote the country’s cloth cultural heritage and boost the local textile and fashion industries.

The launch for this year’s took place in Accra under the theme,“Wear Ghana to promote the fashion industry.”

This is to be celebrated every March, Ghana’s independence month. The campaign is in honour of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana who was passionate about the Ghanaian cultural heritage.

Spearheading the event are; the National Commission on Culture (NCC), the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Street Fashion Train.

The month-long activity include a seminar for industry players, fashion show and exhibitions.

Other activities are a social media challenge which involves the public.

Here, the public are expected to flaunt their made in Ghana attires under the tag #wearghanamonth on all social media platforms. There will also be prizes and an awards ceremony to recognize various personalities for their contribution to the industry’s growth.

The month so far has been very ‘Ghanaian’. No coat, no International designer saga, only made-in Ghana products.

It has been all colorful one as social media was filled with Ghanaian products.

Many Ghanaians took turns to showcase their talents in the craft industry. A visit to the social media pages of some designers shows amazing products.

And when it come to the ‘slayers’ too, they never disappointed us.

One thing that was also predominant about the month was ‘Kente Weddings’

I call them ‘Kente Weddings’ because the couples indeed ‘Slayed’ in the Kente cloth.

Ghaflafgh.com has come across a few of these colorful Kente weddings.

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Photos Credit:Instagram

Selly Galley ‘Rocks’ In African Prints For “Wear Ghana Month”

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The 2018 Wear Ghana Month was officially launched few days ago in Accra.

The wear Ghana Month is an initiative with various aims.

One of such is to encourage Ghanaians to patronize and use locally made-in-Ghana products.

The theme for this year’s is  “Wear Ghana to promote the fashion industry.”

As part of this year’s celebration, organizers did not leave out the full participation of the general public.

One is for Ghanaians to take pictures of themselves in their unique made in Ghana clothes. Afterwards, (#)hashtag them on all our social media pages (facebook, Instagram and tweeter-@wearghanamonth) with the name of the designer or beautician to qualify for a special treat.

Ghaflagh.com has come across a few celebrities who are massively partaking in this program. They’ve shared some colorful photos of themselves in various Ghana made clothes on social media.

One of such people is the award-winning actress and TV Personality, Selly Galley.

Her clothes are from Privonne Clothings with the name privonne_ on Instagram.

Checkout the photos below and don’t forget you can also partake in this;

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgXztS8l6uS/?taken-by=privonne_

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgQNBcyFjDP/?taken-by=privonne_

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgSz2UHl4ew/?taken-by=privonne_

 

 

 

Photos: Sister Deborah Stuns In These Kente Kimono Clothes

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Ghanaian Romanian born, Deborah Owusu-Bonsu has lightened up the fashion world by combining Ghanaian culture with that of the Japanese.

Deborah Vanessa or Sister Derby as she’s affectionately called is known for her immense love for culture.

Culture, they say is a way of life, which defines ones origin. That notwithstanding, culture is dynamic and is prone to change. Now there are many fashionistas out there that do a lot of slaying in Ghana but how many of them really portray the Ghanaian culture in their fashion?

Well, Sister Derby has just nailed it. We all know what a Kente Cloth is and the value we attach to it.  Just like the Kente Cloth, the Japanese kimono is one of the world’s instantly recognizable traditional garments. The word “kimono“, actually means a “thing to wear” (ki “wear” and mono “thing”). Up until the mid 19th century it was the form of dress worn by everyone in Japan. It is a long, loose traditional Japanese robe with wide sleeves, tied with a sash. 

Deborah Vanessa is a presenter, musician and model. She has over the years demonstrated her love for fashion and culture through her photos on social media. This particular one is no exception as she beautifully radiates in these Kente Kimono clothes. What a beautiful way to mark the  ‘Wear Ghana Month‘

Check out the pictures below and let us know what you think;

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgB1d1bgTC6/?taken-by=sisterdeborah

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgEXfoRAiGy/?taken-by=sisterdeborah

 

NCC Joins Street Fashion Train To Declare March As ‘Wear Ghana Month’

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The National Commission on Culture and Street Fashion Train have declared and set apart the month of March as “Wear Ghana Month”.

Aims/Goals of the initiative;

The group, have set the following as their goals;

1. promote Ghana’s cloth culture and heritage.

2. to promote our local textile industry and reward creativity in Ghana’s fashion industry.

3. to recognize, nurture, support and promote regional fashion talent annually to the global market. This to be done through awareness creation.

4. highlighting Ghana as the next fashion destination which will in turn promote trade boost tourism.

They hope to achieve these by encouraging Ghanaians to wear made in Ghana’ clothes and other fashion accessories that are produced locally for both corporate and social functions.

The theme for this year’s edition of the Wear Ghana Month is captured as “Wear Ghana to promote the fashion industry in Ghana”

The following are the activities for the month of March 2018.

a. 9th March- Launching of Wear Ghana MONTH at the National Theatre.

b. 14th March –  Seminar at National the Theatre.

c. 23rd-24th of March – fashion show and exhibition and

d. 25th March – Ghana Fashion Industry Honours/awards – both activities will take place at LA-PALM RoyalBeach hotel in Accra.

The itinerary for the program include;

Afashion show, exhibitions of made in Ghana clothes and other fashion accessories at the National theatre. There will also be a component of the program dubbed “the Wear Ghana Challenge (#WEARGHANACHALLENGE). Here, the general public are expected to take pictures of themselves in their unique made in Ghana clothes. Afterwards, (#)hashtag them on all our social media pages (facebook, Instagram and tweeter-@wearghanamonth) with the name of the designer or beautician to qualify for a special treat. The whole event will be climaxed with an awards night dubbed (GHANA FASHION INDUSTRYHONOURS/AWARDS). Here, fashion industry players nationwide who have contributed to the growth of the industry in Ghana will be rewarded and honred.

In line with the above, the National Commission on Culture and Street Fashion Train have decided to dedicate the Wear Ghana Month in honour of the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. A Pan Africanist who led us to achieve independence; who was also very passionate about our culture and heritage.

The NCC and Street Fashion Train is therefore appealing to all well-meaning Ghanaians especially the youth to join forces with them to promote the Wear Ghana campaign in the month of March. This is because by wearing Ghana you are keeping our local textile industries in business. You are also creating more employment opportunities for fashion industry players. Not forgetting the fact that you’ll be helping government to generate revenue for development.

In conclusion, they’re urging all Ghanaians throughout the country to wear and use made-in-Ghana clothes. Together with other accessories that are produced.