March 25, 2016
As part of the Student Council Week celebration, the Photography Club and the Fashion and Design Club put together a fashion show to showcase student talent and creativity. Themed ‘Monochrome’ this year, the annual catwalk event in its second year running brought together designers from Ashesi, Radford University and Valley View University.
Aside being an avenue for up and coming designers to display their works, the fashion show was an opportunity to appreciate the different kinds of ways people choose to present themselves. “Fashion isn’t always about the expensive clothes, jewellery and all that seems to go with looking good,” said Jane Amerley Annan ’17, President of the Fashion and Design Club. “Looking good makes me happy and confident and that’s why I went into [fashion] – I just love it. Fashion gives each and everyone an identity. That is the beauty I see in it. We all define who we are through fashion and that makes it so effortless. Like monochrome, our theme inspired by our runway, it is either one or the other. This shows the simplicity; being comfortable with your choices because that is what you own and that is what appeals to you.”
Ashesi’s Norton Motulsky Hall was packed with students, guests and fashion enthusiasts who cheered as models sashayed along the black and white-checkerboard runway in clothing put together by the young designers. The show was interspersed with musical and spoken word performances from students of Ashesi.
Monochrome featured several design lines from a talented crop of designers looking to push the frontiers of the fashion world; from sunglasses with bamboo frames to traditional smocks. “One thing I realized in the local fashion industry is that when it comes to traditional wear, people focus more on the southern Kente than on the northern one,” said Anna Naami ’16. “Being from Tamale, I was exposed to a wide variety of designs of the [Kente] cloth. The people there wear it regularly, but don’t take it a step further to make designs. Eventually, I hope to hire a fashion designer or a tailor to work on some designs.”
Clothing and designs featured included the kimono line from Upendo Couture by Jane Amerley Annan ’17, traditional smocks by Anna Naami ’16 , M&D Crochic by Nana Ama and Ama from Valley View University, Originblaq, Hot Du Froid by Dorcas Kpogoh from Radford University College and bamboo framed sunglasses by the Kingzmen.
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