African Prints Are Hot and So Is Osei-Duro

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MN: What is your favorite aspect of Ghana?

Mathias: The heat, the people, the colors and vibrancy, the feeling of change and progression, of passion, of dirt and disparity, of hope and joy and sadness and love exuberance.

MN: What is your favorite city in Ghana?

Mathias: I am an Accra-gal…I suppose. Going out in Accra is my favorite place to go out in the entire world!

MN: Who is your clothing’s audience?

Mathias: Women between the ages of 19-39, who value fashion and the story behind the garments. [Women who] want to be in style, but not substitute the ethics behind it.

MN: We know your company is very serious about paying seamstresses fair wages. You also make sure your clothing is environmentally friendly. Why don’t more designers commission that their laborers get paid decent wages?

Mathias: I think it is changing, but it is also the consumer that needs to demand this. Many designers will only stick with the financial bottom line and not the social and environmental bottom lines as well.

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