Located in Accra, Ghana, Kantamanto Market is the largest second-hand apparel market in West Africa—and it’s brimming with clothes from North America, the UK, China, Korea and Australia. It’s partly “waste management” for those countries (and has a devastating effect on Ghana, as tons of this clothing is unusable and becomes landfill), but it has also “helped popularize the term ‘Obroni Wawu,’ which directly translates …
A counterpoint to the daytime hustle and bustle of the Wall Street neighborhood is the quiet oasis that is Hairstory, located many floors up in a discreet building. Shoes are taken off before entering the living room area, where sunlight streams in through big windows. Though it seems more like a beautiful apartment at first glance, the space is in fact home to a mini-revolution …
Advertorial content: Throughout the holiday season, festive get-togethers are about as bountiful as Black Friday sales. Whether it’s an office party, meeting the in-laws or a New Year’s Eve bash, dressing for the occasion is a necessity. To avoid falling into the ugly sweater trap, we caught up with Dwight Fenton, Vice President of Design at luxury menswear label Bonobos for his tips on styling …
