PALMWINE IceCREAM is the gender-skewing Ghanaian label dripping in gold
Using secondhand clothes and accessories found at Accra’s Kantanamo Market – where more than 30,000 vendors gather to sell off thrifted goods – Kubi creates gender-skewing collections that incorporate cut-out tailoring, patched-together leather pants, asymmetric tops, and pelmet skirts. Signature flourishes of gold are seen throughout the brand’s line-up, in chainmail tops or eyelets hammered into hems, as part of his attempt to inject some fun into men’s fashion in Ghana. With PALMWINE IceCREAM’s offerings crafted using 70 per cent recycled garments, Kubi joins a host of exciti...