Fashion: Aya Morrison's Bella Vita S/S 2014 Collection

"A chic, moderate-end luxury line of womens' RTW clothing, print-inspired beachwear/resort wear, bespoke unisex couture pieces, fashion bags and accessories.

Beachwear/Swimwear is our speciality! Get the perfect Aya swimsuit for your swimming needs. If you plan on staying in the water frequently, you may want to invest in our ever sporty bathing suit. However, if you plan on sun bathing or just to show off your sexy bikini body, you may want to choose a swimsuit based on fashion. A swim cover-up is optional. Either way, Aya Morrison has you covered! Visit us for all your destination needs." Aya Morrison

Paulina says: I'm truly loving Aya Morrison's Bella Vita S/S 2014 swimwear Collection --and had to share it with yousssssss... How sexy are they? For more info visit: http://www.ayamorrison.com/ & ttps://www.facebook.com/pages/3-Aya-Morrison-3/305028511822
 

Introducing Charlotte Prive -Ghana's latest fashion darling.............

　
"Exclusive custom and ready-to-wear women's fashion designed and made in Accra, Ghana by Charlotte." Charlotte Prive


　
Nana Aba says: New to La Ghana Rising Blog's radar is another gorgeous high fashion label hailing from Ghana called Charlotte Prive!!!

I'm uber excited about Charlotte Prive, feted by Accra's 'Fash Pack' as the most 'exclusive' and luxurious label available in Ghana -right now!!!

Charlotte Prive is an aspirational label, not only offering luxury ready-to-wear, but bespoke, custom-made pieces designed and made to fit you like a glove --in Accra Ghana!!!

Note, Ghana's latest fashion darling is more than just a society label, it is a beautiful, well made fashion brand that has the cachet to be stocked in the hottest boutiques around the world -and I can't wait to see it stocked in London (and beyond)...

For more info about Charlotte Prive visit: https://www.facebook.com/charlotteghana

A Must Visit: Veda Indian Restaurant Ghana.............

"Returning to the simple magnificence and wholesomeness of Indian cuisine is like returning to a lost way of life. When flavour was not smothered under spices, sauces and gravies like today's impatient age of fast food. Just the season's fresh produce, tender meats and carefully selected spices marinated through the long night and cooked on the lingering charcoal fire, till food reaches ripeness and each spice surrendered its fragrant secrets........... Our Philosophy... Guest is God (based on the Indian philosophy of Atithi Devo Bhavo)" Veda Ghana


Nana Aba say: For quality, authentic Indian food in plush, lush surroundings and elegant ambiance check out Veda Indian Restaurant situated in Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana (between Papaye and GT bank on Spintex Road). For more info visit: http://www.vedaghana.com/
https://www.facebook.com/VedaGhana


More Info:
"From Birthday Parties to Anniversaries or just a family get-together. Veda Authentic Indian Restaurant can cater for small parties of 10 up to larger parties serving exquisite cuisine to everyone. Available to book for private parties." Veda Ghana

Objects of Desire: 100% Silk Woven Neckties by Diviniti Wear

 

 

 Paulina says: I'm very happy to celebrate fab luxury menswear brand Diviniti Wear as I'm crazy about their must-have quality 100% Silk Woven Neckties. Uber elegant and very dapper-dandy-about-town, Diviniti Wear neckties can be dressed up or down and I think every man should have one!!!

I think 2014 is going to be all bout menswear -don't you? It must be the zeitgeist as there are numerous luxury menswear brands by Ghanaian designers -springing up all over the place -very inspiring, me thinks...

Please note, neckties are not just for men!!! Add one of the above Diviniti Wear neckties to your crisp white shirt and Ghanaian wax-print trousers combo and get strutting, or head down to London Fashion Week. For more info or to purchase one of the above neckties or view the rest of the collection visit: https://www.facebook.com/divinitiwear


　

More Info: "The divinity wear brand is a new Ghanaian based fashion house with a High fashion trend that appeals to the affluent and those who value integrity and respect from what they wear and appear to be.

We believe African perspectives and values can still be communicated through the channels of western collection models to which the world can learn from.

We began our production through our divinity wear ADINKRA PROJECT, which uses the West Africa Adinkra symbols to design and produce rich and high quality 100% Silk Neckties that will appeal to the corporate man, the groom or the fashionista.

Our divinity wear ADINKRA PROJECT has also developed a customized gift sets with high quality 100% silk woven neckties, with options of adding other accessories such as our specially crafted cufflinks as well as pocket squares for men and women who will want to buy gifts for their loved ones, friends, colleagues and family.

We also produce exclusive custom made neckties and gift set for individuals, corporate institutions and people groups who will want to be identified through distinction." Diviniti Wear

 

Kaya Energy Bar & Design Accra: Ghana gets its first luxury raw food restaurant.....

 

 

Paulina says: The weather in London has been a nightmare, my little man now has the beginnings of a cold, -still I mustn't grumble, -there are many in the UK truly suffering with floods et al.

Anyways I was talking to La Accra socialite last night and she mentioned that she was very cross with me -with regards to my lack of forthcoming post(s) about that new plastic surgery place in Accra Ghana -she wants me to post it before someone else does!!!

Again I had to let Ms Jagger-jagger know that I took precious timeout from my tight-over-fraught schedule to message said plastic surgery place ---to ask to speak to its founding surgeon and at least
four happy customers/clients for me to interview etc, -and they failed to get back to me -and as I 've stated here on Ghana Rising Blog in the past, -I will not post something as serious as a plastic surgery on La blog without having some real facts....and testimonials.

Still, La Accra socialite reminded me about the newly opened chichi Kaya Energy Bar & Design Accra, -known locally by Accra's style elite and expat community as Kaya, and informed me that they had now uploaded images onto their FB fan page -very good!!!

Its soooooooooo important for all businesses to have a FB page -even more sooo than a website -at timessss. The honest-to-goodness truth is that I'm contacted daily by businesses who 'get the power of La Ghana Rising blog post' but ------I tend to only write about 10% of said businesses as I often don't understand what they are selling, -one,  -and two, ---most don't have up-to-date websites and the few that do, -the website are utter rubbish!!! Thus, I tend to prefer FB, its free after all.. -Plus, all said businesses have to do, is update their fan page daily ---but this also -is very difficult for some!!!

Anywaysssss, La Accra socialite is raving about Kaya and its trendy-new-to-Ghana-and-Africa-green-credentials...

According to La Accra socialite, Accra's urbanites have been crying out for somewhere uber elegant, well elegant enough for them to take their visiting friends (the likes of you and me), a venue that understands that the 'world of the fashionable and the fabulous' no longer do sugar but raw food -and Kaya is that with bells on!!!

Apparently Kaya, -a contemporary concept bar-and-restaurant-come-chic-design-furniture-and lifestyle-store (they are selling most of the quality elegant furniture you see in the photos above) -is the place to be if you want true exclusivity and beautifully prepared healthy food, including raw food as we have already established (though I can't quite see the likes of my father going in for all that raw food stuff) -in the most serene, gorgeous surroundings in Accra's chic Cantonment postcode. ...and you know what, I can't wait to check out it...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the haute folks behind this 'green' venture and gorgeous venue for adding more icing to Ghana's burgeoning sexy lifestyle cake... For more info about Kaya (Energy Bar & Design Accra) visit: http://kayaenergybaranddesign.com/ &
https://www.facebook.com/KayaGhana


　

More Info:
Raw Food Restaurant, Nature Shop & Gallery

Description: Kaya Energy Bar & Design is a conscious life-style concept of blending a bar, raw food restaurant and designer show-room, offering furniture, textiles, jewellery, cosmetics, super-foods and other products of natural and organic origin.

In beautifully decorated showroom, terraces and gardens (see attached pictures), KAYA serves natural and healthy drinks, all prepared with fresh fruit, vegetables, organic seeds and super-foods.

A raw food menu (first of that kind in Africa) is created by Green Chef Darko Juric. Why eat raw food? Cooking is the major factor that destroys the vitality and essential nutrients in the food. Eating our food raw improves our health and well-being.  


**Credit: All photos come courtesy of Kaya Energy Bar & Design Accra
 

Are Akans (Ghanaians) the direct descendants of Esau?

"The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan."  Genesis 36:27
 　

Paulina says: Did you know that Akan is the name of one of Ezer's sons? Ezer is a direct descendant of Esau in Genesis in the Bible???

　

More info: Genesis 36 (New International Version).....

Esau’s Descendants

36 This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

 

² Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite— ³ also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

⁴ Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, ⁵ and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

⁶ Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. ⁷ Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. ⁸ So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

⁹ This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

¹⁰ These are the names of Esau’s sons:

Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

 

¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz:

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.

¹² Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

¹³ The sons of Reuel:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁴ The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:

Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

 

¹⁵ These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants:

The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:

Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, ¹⁶ Korah,^[a] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

 

¹⁷ The sons of Esau’s son Reuel:

Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁸ The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:

Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

 

¹⁹ These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

²⁰ These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹ Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

²² The sons of Lotan:

Hori and Homam.^[b] Timna was Lotan’s sister.

²³ The sons of Shobal:

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

²⁴ The sons of Zibeon:

Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs^[c] in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

²⁵ The children of Anah:

Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

²⁶ The sons of Dishon^[d]:

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

 

²⁷ The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

²⁸ The sons of Dishan:

Uz and Aran.

²⁹ These were the Horite chiefs:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ³⁰ Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

　

 

Credit/Source: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+36&version=NIV




Esau
Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder twin brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites.^[ Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel (the Hebrew name Yaacov meaning "Heel-holder"). Isaac was sixty years old and Rebekah is believed to have been younger when the boys were born. The grandfather Abraham was still alive, being 160 years old at that time.

Esau, a "man of the field" became a hunter who had "rough" qualities that distinguished him from his twin brother. Jacob was a shy or simple man, depending on the translation of the Hebrew word "Tam" (which also means "relatively perfect man"). Throughout Genesis, Esau is frequently shown as being supplanted by his younger twin Jacob (Israel).
  Do read  about Esau and the selling of his birth right for food and much more (its all sooo very interesting) via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau



More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan,_son_of_Ezer#Akan

Looking for a high-end wedding photographer in Ghana -call Kwame Pocho......

Soooo beautiful, sooo serene, sooo romantic.....soooo together...God Bless their union -forever!!!

Beautiful lakeside wedding location for the above bride and groom in Ghana...

 Elegant vintage car used for a high-end wedding in Ghana -I'm still waiting for contact info -will keep yousss in the loop....

 Lovely chic wedding decoration with yellow accents.... The fresh yellow flowers are truly lovely and fresh...

An elegant bridesmaid captured in black and white by wedding photographer du jour Kwame Pocho..

 

"Daddy here comes your bride -my mummy" --toooooo cute!!!

 

 A yummy collection of the most romantic cupcakes with red rose details for a wedding cake -just fabulous...

 The bride and groom with their bridesmaids and groomsmen.......cute!!!

Three beautiful bridesmaids in delicate lace, with elegant glossy, sleek, slick back hair -carrying a lovely varied array of pretty romantic tropical bouquets -just exquisite!!!!  

A very handsome groom with his equally handsome groomsmen all very dapper and dandy... I love it....I'm beyond inspired.



　
Paulina says: Some of you paaaaaaaaaaa, you hold me to my every word (laughter) and will not let me go (or forget) with regards to the big Luxury Weddings in Ghana List thingy, I started two years ago and promised to share with yousssssssss...

Anyway I must start by confirming that yes its true........I can only be reached via my FB account page, sorry but I can't cope with anymore viruses!!!

Just message me, and if you turn out to be Kosher, I will then, and only then, send you my new email address....

Anywayssss, I'm still working on said list -but as I've received soooooooo much requests for photographers, even though I have shared a few with you (see past posts) -I thought I would mention (again) Accra based wedding photographer extraordinaire Kwame Pocho and his Team1000words who have now cornered the very high-end Ghanaian wedding market!!! He ....honest to goodness has photographed the yummiest, plushest, society weddings et al in Ghana...

To view a portfolio full of the loveliest moments/details and weddings with beautiful elegant brides, real fresh flowers/bouquets, some of Ghana's most romantic and most breathtakingly beautiful venues/locations, lovely wedding decorations, society guests, the best wedding fashions, yummy wedding cakes et al with no weird 80's make-up or hairstyles, or brides wearing creepy polyester fingerless gloves (mercy) -you know this photographer knows his stuff and sooooo do his clients!!!! 

Thus, I think I will let Mr Pocho's beautifully captured wedding photos above and the rest of his yummy-full-to-bursting portfolio do the talking....
So if you're planning the poshest wedding in Ghana, or are after more info, or want to book Kwame Pocho --visit: http://team1000words.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/team1000words --

P.s --please note, that with all things weddings -the best day of (most) peoples lives, its important that you meet the photographer(s), view their portfolio(s) and find out if they can work with you (and yours) to give you what you want. Note, I will not be held responsible to anything less than perfect. xxx


****Credit: All photos come courtesy of Kwame Pocho