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Person: Tolu Coker

British-Nigerian fashion designer and illustrator based in London, known for portraiture-led prints, upcycling and narratives of diaspora identity.

Homegrown to High Fashion: African Musicians’ Style Journey and Cultural Pride

Homegrown to High Fashion: African Musicians' Style Journey and Cultural Pride Burna Boy in Ozwald Boateng

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Burna Boy (@burnaboygram) Burna Boy in Ozwald Boateng at The Met Gala 2025 African musicians have long used fashion to reflect their cultural roots and global ambitions. In the early 2000s, as genres like Afrobeats gained momentum, artists championed local designers, wearing traditional fabrics […]

Threads of Influence VI: The 2025 Met Gala Host Committee – Tailored Bold

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The 2025 Met Gala’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” celebrates Black dandyism—a legacy of elegance, resistance, and identity that Guzangs has traced across centuries in its Threads of Influence series. From pre-colonial African regalia to modern-day suits steeped in story, this theme lands squarely in our archive. Beyond co-chairs Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell […]

Threads of Influence V: Met Gala Co-Chairs in Focus

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The 2025 Met Gala isn’t just a red carpet — it’s a cultural reckoning. With the Costume Institute’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” this year’s gala centers the sartorial legacy of Black men across the diaspora: from Harlem dapper to Savile Row rebels, Zoot suits to modern minimalism. It’s about how Black style — rooted […]

Threads of Influence IV: The Elegance of Defiance

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The art of tailoring has long been a site of Black resistance, elegance, and reinvention. From the studied poise of precolonial kings to the audacious flamboyance of the Sapeurs, tailoring has shaped how the world sees Black style — and how Black people see themselves. The 2025 Met Gala theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, affirms […]

Guzangs Joins the UN Fashion and Lifestyle Network

Three African fashion models backstage at Dakar Fashion Week, featuring one standing in an olive green dress and two seated wearing elegant gold and bronze patterned ensembles.

Fashion is more than fabric. It is history, movement, and resistance stitched into silhouette. It is storytelling in motion, a language spoken through thread, texture, and the way a garment shapes the body. At Guzangs, we have always believed that fashion is a cultural force, an archive of identity, and a bold statement of where […]

A Night of Next-Generation Fashion: Inside the 2025 LVMH Prize Semi-Finalists’ Showroom

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Paris, March 5, 2025 – The grand halls of the LVMH headquarters buzzed with anticipation as the fashion elite gathered for the LVMH Prize Semi-Finalists’ Showroom Cocktail Dinner. This prestigious event showcased the innovative visions of 20 semi-finalists, each vying for the coveted prize that propels emerging designers into the global spotlight.​ Among the attendees […]

Tolu Coker Honors Yoruba Heritage at GTCO Fashion Weekend

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  Tolu Coker’s OLAPEJU SS25 collection captivated the GTCO Fashion Weekend audience with a stunning tribute to Yoruba heritage and the strength of women. Inspired by the phrase “Where Wealth Gathers,” Coker redefined richness, focusing on cultural depth and resilience over monetary value. Each piece exuded modern elegance while celebrating the powerful women who shaped […]