Cosmopolitanism and Women's Fashion in Ghana
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Cosmopolitanism and Women's Fashion in Ghana

History, Artistry and Nationalist Inspirations

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Cosmopolitanism and Women's Fashion in Ghana

History, Artistry and Nationalist Inspirations

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Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, this book delves into the rich world of Ghanaian fashion, demonstrating how, over time, local dress styles and materials have been fused with global trends to create innovative, high fashion garments that reflect a distinctly Ghanaian cosmopolitanism.

Ghana has a complex and diverse fashion culture which was in evidence before independence in 1957 and has continued to grow in reputation in the postcolonial period. In this book, Christopher Richards reflects on the contributions of the country's female fashion designers, who have employed fashion to innovate existing, culturally relevant dress styles, challenge gendered forms of dress, and make bold statements regarding women's sexuality. Treated as artworks, the book examines specific garments to illustrate the inherent complexity of their design and how fashion is often embedded with a blending of personal histories, cultural practices and global inspirations.

Reflecting in particular on the works of Laura Quartey, Letitia Obeng, Juliana Kweifio-Okai, Beatrice Arthur and Aisha Ayensu, this book makes an important and timely contribution to art history, fashion studies, anthropology, history, women's studies and African Studies.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000478556
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Introduction: The many modes of (African) fashion
  10. 2 Accra’s pre- and Independence-era fashion cultures
  11. 3 The forerunners of Ghana’s fashion designers: Letitia Obeng and Laura Quartey
  12. 4 “Paris-Trained, Osu-Domiciled”: Juliana “Chez Julie” Kweifio-Okai, Ghana’s first fashion designer
  13. 5 “I don’t do nice; it has to be interesting”: The designs of Beatrice “Bee” Arthur1
  14. 6 “The Spirit of the African Woman”: Aisha Ayensu and her brand, Christie Brown
  15. 7 The future of Ghanaian, and African, fashion
  16. Index