will take until september to come up with a winner. now on bbc news africa fashion: on its own terms. brenda emmanus explores the global impact of african fashion. african creatives are shifting the landscape of fashion by simply being themselves. there has evolved a single mindedness when coupled with creativity has produced a generation of innovators who have caught the world s attention and on a trip to ghana i got to understand why. i think it has a very kind of fresh energy, a very vibrant energy. we are just in a period now that african brands are just owning that, owning what we have and projecting it in however they see fit. africa has been shaped by diverse histories, cultural positions and influences. these have also served to create an exciting contemporary fashion scene which is as dynamic and eclectic as the continent itself. this ever evolving creative scene and booming fashion industry has inspired a landmark exhibition at the victoria and albert museum in lo
i ve been out in the sun. why did i call you darren king? i ve been out in the sun. why did i call you darren king? i call you darren king? adding ten ears onto me, shaun, it is shaun, isn t it? nicely out there, top temperature 26, a bit of fair weather cloud. england and wales should brighten up a bit as well northern ireland. a lot cooler here. top temperature 27 degrees. lovely evening in store for england and wales in particular, may be southern scotland, too. clear skies for england and wales. that moves into the north sea. some missed, low cloud and patchy fog pushing into the sea. max on mist. some warmer nights to come. the mist, low cloud and fog will hold back, we will get sunshine more widely across the uk tomorrow and the winds will be very light, heat continues to build tomorrow with a hot day than today with temperatures in the midlands towards the south east 27 29 c. darren bett, thank you, not least your generosity. now on bbc news, brenda emmanus ex
meth amphetmine pills were seized in east and southeast asia last year with gangs exploiting political instability in myanamar to ramp up drug production and trafficking hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are mo hussein, a former adviser to the conservative party, and benedicte paviot, who s is the uk correspondent for france 24. tomorrow s front pages, starting with thei it says that the possibility of a leadership challenge against the pm inches closer, as more tory mps call for borisjohnson to resign orface a confidence vote. in the telegraph police forces are routinely failing to answer 999 calls within target times in the wake of the pandemic, leaving nearly 3 million people a year waiting longer than the national target of 10 seconds. the daily mail says that ministers are facing mounting pressure to cut fuel taxes further after the cost of filling a family car with diesel passed 100 pounds for the first tim
piece for the v&a show, inspired by ghana s first prime minister and president, kwame nkrumah. so the kwame nkrumah piece was inspired by the straws and then the mask. with the mask, you see a face, which represents kwame nkrumah, and the star, which represents the star of africa. so the straws are black, which represents the black race. so putting this together represents african unity. retail outlets such as the lotte in accra have become showcases for this new breed of creative stars. stocking the great and the good of contemporary fashion from across africa, both local clientele and tourists serve to promote design excellence. so i started the lot in 2019, and at the time, there was a lot going on in the african fashion luxury space, but there wasn t a space people where people could actually come in a one stop sort of shop to experience african
on in the african fashion luxury space, but there wasn t a space people where people could actually come in a one stop sort of shop to experience african luxury and to see brands from all over the continent. so i think a lot of it has to do with well, i guess, social media. so now there s a lot more access to see what s on offer before you actually experience a product. and in ghana there s been a huge influx of people coming from all over the world, africa, europe and britain, so especially for the lotte, we have a lot of travellers who have seen or heard about the store through that time as well who come in, yes. the digital world has accelerated the expansion of the african fashion industry and provided its creatives with a host of platforms beyond retail outlets and catwalks to define what african fashion can be. focus has also turned on a new generation of photographers and image makers like nigerian stephen tayo, who is highly regarded for his unique vision of african style