Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah

Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah is a male Ghanaian fashion designer and creative director of Bespoke fashion brand Abrantie the Gentleman in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Abrantie the Gentleman
Born
Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah

10 june 1982
Greater Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
OccupationFashion designer, entrepreneur
Known forCEO to Abrantie the Gentleman
Websitehttp://www.abrantiethegentleman.com/

Early life and education

Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah was born to Samuel Osei Boamah and Angela Owusu Agyei at Accra, Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Boamah attended his basic education at Prince of Peace International School and his senior education was at Koforidua Senior High Technical School. He studied Industrial Arts Industrial Arts and majored in Textiles at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[7] [8]

Career

Boamah started Abrantie brand after university. He worked at textiles firms in Ghana like; TexstyleGhana Limited (GTP) and Ghana Textiles Manufacturing Company(GTMC) from 2006 to 2012.[8] His creative ideas through the Abrantie the Gentleman has produced seven(7) different fashion collections such as; A-Look, Our Heritage, Alewa, Checkables, Ayeyi, G'Man, Adehyie.[9]

His work has been showcased at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Glitz Africa Fashion Week (Ghana), Durban Fashion Fair (South Africa), Samsung Fashion meets Gadget Show, Africa International Fashion Week (Nigeria), South African Menswear Week (Cape Town) and Expo 2015.[10]

Awards
  • Boamah was nominated as Menswear designer of the year 2018 at Glitz Style Awards[11][12][13]
  • Won Designer of the Year 2015 at Glitz Style Awards[14]
  • He was nominated as African Designer of the Year 2017 at the Glitz Africa Awards[15]
  • He won the Fashion Personality of the year 2017 at 40 Under 40 Awards.[16]
  • His brand Abrantie won Fashion Designer Of The Year 2017 at Exclusive Men of the Year’(EMYs) Africa Awards.[17]
  • His brand Abrantie got nominated as Designer of the Year (Men's Wear) at 2017 West African Fashion Award.[18]
  • The Abrantie brand won Fashion Icons Awards Next Rated Designer of the Year 2015.[19]

References
  1. "Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah". www.durbanfashionfair.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. "Unveiling The Face Behind ABRANTIE …Where African Tradition And Style Meet". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. "Abrantie The Gentleman collection dubbed G'MAN". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  4. "No Standard Fashion shows in Ghana - Abrantie complains". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  5. "'Give the fashion industry a listening ear' - Abrantie the gentleman". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  6. "FEATURE: INTERVIEW WITH OHENEBA NANA YAW BOAMAH, BRAND OWNER OF ABRANTIE CLOTHING". Pinterest.
  7. "6 Designers To Watch". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  8. "Abrantie TheGentleman".
  9. Olarewaju, Olamide. "Lookbook: Abrantie The Gentleman debuts ADEHYIE "ABT "17 Collection".
  10. S.p.A., Expo 2015. "'Fashion Kilowatts' or "I Kilowatt della Moda". Young Ghanaian creatives present their textile revolution combining tradition and modernity - Expo Milano 2015".
  11. adomonline. "Glitz Style Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  12. Arthur, Portia. "Check out full list of winners for the 2018 Glitz Style Awards".
  13. "Glitz Style Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". www.ghanaweb.com.
  14. ghanaweb. "Full lists of winners at 2015 Glitz Style Awards". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  15. writer. "GLITZ Africa announces nominees for Glitz Style Awards 2017". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  16. acquah. "Full list of winners at 2017 forty Under 40 Award". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  17. "Bususiness Ghana - News General". www.businessghana.com.
  18. westafricafashionaward. "2016 Nominees". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  19. "Winners Of Fashion Icons Industry Night & Nominees List For 2015 Main Event - FashionGHANA.com: 100% African Fashion". www.fashionghana.com.


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