Time to Trash Talk guys!!!
With just a day more to go before their Big Day we met up with VintageGH to find out more about their upcoming fashion show.
Read our chat below:
- Tell us about Trash Talk?
Trash
Talk is a fashion showcase which highlights brands made here in Ghana
that operate as ethical and socially responsible brands. We believe the
fashion industry is growing at quite an impressive rate and in order for
it all to be sustainable we need to promote a level of consciousness in
fashion that gives it life, meaning and greater purpose.
- How did the idea for Trash Talk come about?
Trash
Talk is all about creativity and innovation. Our head designer, Jojo
Abot has always loved up-cycling and reusing materials such as scrap
leather, fabrics, wood and plastic among other things in the creation of
artistic pieces. We wanted to extend that opportunity to other
designers to do the same, all in support of a positive message.
Trash Talk offers that exciting opportunity.
As a brand,
our goal has always been to be strong collaborators. We are a brand
that hopes to unite labels in ways that create platforms for us all to
grow together. We want to create something that young people can relate
to and feel a part of. We want to use fashion, music and art to promote
messages that will educate and empower in a way that hopefully results
in both economic and social growth. We want our generation to set a
positive pace for future fashion kings and queens.
- Who is going to be at Trash Talk?(People playing a role at the event)
VintageGh
Osei-Duro
Della
Bohten
Akataasia
Ajepomaa
Partners:
FashionistaGh
Still by Letsa
- How did you select the designers showcasing?
We
selected designers that have done a wonderful job so far of reinvesting
in their communities and people. Brands that promote African values and
have a strong youth influence. We wanted brands that stand for
something greater than fashion and we believe we found them!
- What impact do you want to make on the fashion industry with Trash Talk?
Trash
Talk will be an ongoing project and we plan on having many more
editions. Our hope is that through this project we can draw out Ghanaian
brands both here and abroad and dare them to think of fashion in more
sustainable and socially responsible ways. Our work speaks volumes of
our personal values as designers and we hope that Ghana will one day be
celebrated as a country promoting fashion with a conscience.
- Who should be at Trash Talk?
Everyone!
- What should patrons expect at the event?
You can expect a night of innovation, fantasy and fashion.
- Ghana's creative industry seems to be growing fast. Where do you see it 5 years from now?
If
things go the way we dream, Ghana will indeed be a positive reference
for creative communities all over the world. We will attract our youth
abroad home and together we will build the infrastructure necessary for
Ghana to indeed be a leading creative space. Our creativity will have
heart.
- There seems to be an ethical fashion market growing in the country, do you think it can be sustained and what do you see for the future of ethical fashion in Ghana.
The
ethical fashion market is growing and we are happy to be part of the
story. It can most certainly be sustained as long as we all make a
commitment to sustain it. We believe in the power of the people. Our
future will be as we will it...
- VintageGH has always supported collaborative work.Why?
It's
our brand. It's what we believe in. Simple. We look back on our story
as Ghanaians and our best times were times when we stood together for a
cause. That is the path to a greater future for Ghana, each man linking
arms with the other while pushing for collective progress.
- Any benefits so far?
We
are only 3 months old so the future awaits us. The greatest benefit so
far has been working with brands who see the value in our message and
are eager just as we are to promote a new consciousness in fashion here
in Ghana and abroad.
