{"id":8729,"date":"2013-12-02T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2013-12-02T05:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T09:00:25","slug":"abrantie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/abrantie\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Focus Ghana &#124; Abrantie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-3727575974\" class=\"afric-before-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-Banner\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 The man behind the \u201cA\u201d LOOK is <b>Oheneba Yaw Boamah;<\/b> a creative person who is all about design, fashion and film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 When I conversed with him, he told me how his journey began.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"afric-543806532\" class=\"afric-inbody afric-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><!-- \/21718337565\/AFW300 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0' style='width: 300px; height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"_Toc373166137\"><\/a>&#8220;It started as being a helping hand to my auntie, who&#8217;s a fashion designer. \u00a0I later studied Industrial Arts and majored in Fashion and Textiles at\u00a0<strong>Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.<\/strong> \u00a0Also, while attending the university, I developed ties with\u00a0<strong>Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL)<\/strong>. \u00a0Soon, I began to work for\u00a0<strong>Tex-styles Ghana Limited\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ghana Textiles Manufacturing Company (GTMC)\u00a0<\/strong>as a textile designer. \u00a0Today, there are several African print designs that I take credit for, including some customized prints for several entities, such as or related to ceremonies, political organizations, cooperte institutions, schools, and etc.&#8221;\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_8730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8730\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8730   lazyload\" alt=\"Abrantie\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie-1.jpg\" width=\"655\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abrantie<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_8731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8731\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie-4.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8731   lazyload\" alt=\"Abrantie\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie-4.jpg\" width=\"655\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abrantie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The \u201cA\u201d Look, OR the \u201cThe Abrantie Look\u201d, can visually be defined as \u2018The Look of a Gentleman\u2019.\u00a0 This idea came about when Oheneba began to think of men sporting gentle, classic clothes that are mixed with a touch of African style.\u00a0 Oheneba just showcased his recent collection at Glitz Africa fashion week.\u00a0 It consists of three separate lines.\u00a0<b>ABTcasual<\/b>\u00a0is all about classic native wear; all of the garments of this line are accompanied by a golden crest.\u00a0\u00a0<b>Man Colors<\/b>\u00a0consists of pants and shorts that are designed in a variety of colors; they are mostly made with cotton blends.\u00a0 Lastly,\u00a0<b>ABT Essentials<\/b>\u00a0are African accessories like bowties, pocket squares, and waist coats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8732\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/Abratie3.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8732   lazyload\" alt=\"Abrantie\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/Abratie3.jpg\" width=\"656\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abrantie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8733\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8733   lazyload\" alt=\"Abrantie\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/11\/abrantie2.jpg\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abrantie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is quite impressive to see that men are not being left out of the fashion revolution that is happening in Ghana. We love to see\u00a0<b>Abrantie.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credits to\u00a0<strong>OAB Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Jessica Konney<\/p>\n<p>Fashion Ambassador (Ghana)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"afric-3133987563\" class=\"afric-after-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-bottom\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The man behind the \u201cA\u201d LOOK is Oheneba Yaw Boamah; a creative person who is all about design, fashion and film. \u00a0 When I conversed with him, he told me how his journey began.\u00a0 &nbsp; &#8220;It started as being a helping hand to my auntie, who&#8217;s a fashion designer. \u00a0I later studied Industrial&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[2144,88,76,89,128,103,83,1430,201,1431,104,2145,2146,298,2147,219,911,2148,2149,187,2150,1407,222],"class_list":["post-8729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afw","category-made","category-news","tag-abrantie","tag-adiree","tag-adiree-pr","tag-africa","tag-africa-fashion","tag-african-designer","tag-african-fashion","tag-african-influences","tag-african-inspired","tag-african-inspired-fashion","tag-african-luxury","tag-african-mens-wear","tag-african-menswear","tag-african-print","tag-fashion-focus-ghana","tag-ghana","tag-luxury-african-fashion","tag-male","tag-male-fashion","tag-male-models","tag-males-fashion","tag-mens-wear","tag-menswear"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}