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Guest blog – An interview with Nana Yaa Aboagyewaa
19 Jan 2015

Guest blog – An interview with Nana Yaa Aboagyewaa

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Nana Yaa is one of our office services team, here at Notting Hill. Sometimes Nana is on reception and greets me, and everyone else, with such warmth and interest. I told her about her blog, and she told me about … Continued

African fabrics, Ghana, Kente cloth, menswear, trainers
An interview with Betty Margai – Housing officer and shoe maker!
24 Nov 2014

An interview with Betty Margai – Housing officer and shoe maker!

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Betty works for Notting Hill Housing. She is a Housing Officer and looks after 130 tenants in Hounslow. But she started out in Fashion, so we met up to talk about it. Tell us about your background in fashion, Betty I … Continued

African fabric, funerals, Ghana, shoes
Guest blog – Maame-Yaa Bempah
20 Oct 2014

Guest blog – Maame-Yaa Bempah

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration, Style advice | 6

I recently posted about natural grey hair, and my own decision to stop bleaching and colouring my hair. I got a great reaction from my friend Michala who tweeted that like grey hair, “Afro hair just needs to be embraced for … Continued

Afro hair, Ghana, natural beauty, natural hair
African fashions at Notting Hill
20 Aug 2014

African fashions at Notting Hill

by fabrickated | posted in: History of fashion, Inspiration | 3

Very few staff at Notting Hill wear anything other than modern contemporary clothes for their work. We don’t have uniforms or a dress code. But when it comes to dressing up for parties our teams really like to push the … Continued

African fabric, Ethiopia, Ghana, headwraps, Nigeria

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