Tetteh Adzedu is a
Ghana
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ian
fashion designer
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. He was born in 1949 in
Odumase Krobo
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Prominent sites
The town is a proposed site for the construction of ...
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Adzedu initially learned to be a tailor, and went on with a study in fashion design. In 1978 he graduated at the
Ardis School of Fashion Design in
Washington, D.C.
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He focuses uniquely on preserving and reviving African tunic
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s for men. According to his own qualification, he is a stubborn traditionalist. Tunics from his brand are worn by several African heads of state. For these high class clients, he does not alter the basic designs. In general though, he does experiment with embroideries and applications. Although he sticks to techniques from the haute couture
(; ; French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. The term ''haute couture'' generally refers to a specific type of upper garment common in Europe during the 16th to the ...
, he is known for not losing the social dimension of clothing.[Trouw (10 December 1998]
''Mode kan Afrika óók een belangrijke impuls geven''
Next to his fashion brand ''Adzedu of Shapes'', he is committed to promote African fashion in general, as a training in his own fashion school and as a former chairman of the Ghana Fashion Designers Association.Oumou Sy
Oumou Sy (born 1952 in Podor, Senegal) is a Senegalese fashion designer frequently referred to as "Senegal's Queen of Couture".CulturCooperation, "Portrait", op. cit. She designed the wardrobe for the Senegalese singers Baaba Maal and Youssou N' ...
from Senegal
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and Alphadi
Alphadi (born Sidahmed Seidnaly; 1 June 1957) is a notable Nigerien fashion designer often known as the "Magician of the Desert". He is Mauritanian, from an upper caste lineage, on both his parents sides. Alphadi was born in Timbuktu, Mali, but m ...
from Mali
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Ghanaian artists
Ghanaian fashion designers
Living people
1949 births
People from Eastern Region (Ghana)