Ghanaian Fashion

Smock

• The smock and Kente cloth are the national dress of Ghana.
• Smocks are primarily worn by men.

Kente weaving

• weaving is a common method of making clothes
• weavers are often men and begin very young with the art
• kente is well known globablly and can be seen in the US at graduations adorned primarily Black graduates

• sturdy fabrics rich in color and detail are prioritized

• wax printing is a form of fabric dyeing that originates from Niger
• clothing made with wax print is made by a seamstress or tailor for individuals, designed to fit their body and to their desired style.

Fashion today in Ghana

• traditional style is often blended with western influence
• kente cloth incorporated with plain
• or wax print incorporated with plain

about the author:

Rebecca Levine, majoring in African American Studies and minoring in Religious Studies, Junior at the University of Puget Sound, originally from Los Angeles, what I am most looking forward to in Ghana is the culture (music, dancing, food, fashion, etc.)