Poqua PoQu’s embroidered wax print cloths are divine …..

Boxing Kitten‘s African wax print shirt and shorts with an embellished design on its back….making the shirt uber special…

After a hundred years in the fashion industry its not only the design of a dress -say, or the cut of a suit, or how elegant a shift dress -fits that attracts me to a collection but -the material its made from…


With over three plus years experience at Ghana Rising blog, -I’ve never come across a collection by a Ghanaian designer that’s dared to go-beyond-the-norm and invest in a varied, more luxurious wax print cotton mix cloth with -say; silk, or linen or viscose, jersey or whatever… Nope, its always the same ole, same ole 100% cotton cloth and you know what… some designers don’t even bother to line their garments.. Anyway I’m excited, I think things are about to change…

I was flicking through fashion label, Poqua PoQu’s facebook photographs and low-and-behold… I stumbled across what can only be described as the beginnings of Ghanaian designers -becoming truly creative/ experimental with Africa’s staple cloth of choice -the wax print -and adding embroidery and embellishment et al to said material.
Thus these embroidered wax print cloths by Poqua PoQu’s make for a much more luxurious, textured feel…

Congratulations then to design label, Poqua PoQu for leading the way; -Ghana Rising hopes to see you pushing boundaries, getting more creative -and experimenting with this common cloths, because the more you do/add to said cloths -more special it becomes…

I’ve included the last photograph above by Boxing Kitten, -an American label that uses Ghanaian/African wax print cloths in an uber modern way because their design team -know their stuff.

Just feast your eyes on the embellished detail at the back of their fabulous shirt -and you suddenly know why celebrities flock to buy/wear their designs, -we can all see the serious amounts of work that’s gone into this garment?…

So here's hoping …we see more Ghanaian designers -working with textile manufacturers in Ghana and beyond to create/improve/innovate the humble Ghanaian/African wax print cloth before using them to design..

Here’s to Ghanaian designers sewing, distressing, knitting, weaving, embellishing, embroidering said garments -and offering us, their discerning clients, -more choices -say, of materials and textures -making whatever they creative, -more special..

For more information about the Poqua PoQu label visit: https://www.facebook.com/poqua