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This week's contributors: Lydia, Doré Fasolati, this week's subjects: Habibi it’s Ramadan, New fashion, Fashion, politics, and human rights, Long-distance kissing device .

Habibi it’s Ramadan Ramadan is here again and we are in for all the forgiveness, miracles, and blessings this season has to offer. We are grateful to Allah for the gift of Life; Amin. Holiness is a norm for this period and we cannot do away with some fashion sense. Modest is key in this our first custom-made Ramadan clothing collection dubbed Habibi. This collection is well sourced from the highest quality and put together for the love of style, modesty, and People of Society; perfect for this season and beyond. It’s unique, luxurious, and simple but classy and speaks wealth and volume. This is a traditional Senegalese clothing called “Boubou”. Here’s how to style up and incorporate Odefille’s Habibi Ramadan collection without showing skin this season. This collection consists of 18 different dresses and 10 different men’s shirts made of high-quality silks, chiffon, and bazin.

Habibi Ramadan collection is either 2 piece set or a three-piece suit comprising a silk twill ankle-length kaftan or boubou with an inner dress and a scarf or a silk blend twill kaftan with an inner dress for ladies and silk long-sleeved shirts with cuffs.

New fashion? Of late I have been voicing my disappointment about some meaningless new fashions, with some of the fashion weeks showing more flesh than textile, in my view as a result of lack of new ideas. The “Big Four” in the fashion weeks are the Paris Fashion Week, the Milan Fashion Week, the New York Fashion Week, and the London Fashion Week. Also popular are the Arab Fashion Week (Dubai), the Vancouver Fashion Week, and the Russia Fashion Week. But out of nowhere, there is a newcomer, the Tokyo Fashion Week, showing exactly what I was hoping for, nothing like what showed in New York and Europe weeks earlier. The Japanese rejected every known fashion trend and rule, (if ever there were rules in fashion), making most others look outright dull. Emerging trends in their streetwear are bulky layering, platform boots, and voluminous ruffles

Fashion, politics, and human rights. Australia was “discovered” several times, around the year 1500 by the Portuguese (the first Europeans to come to Ghana as well), around 1600 by the Dutch, and around 1700 by the English (Great Britain or the United Kingdom came later, this England, UK, and GB matter is very confusing) and the English then made it a colony. As the vast territory was virtually empty they then started sending their prisoners and beggars to Australia, to inhabit it. Completely overrunning the original population, the Aboriginals. A bit similar to how the Red Indians were overrun in the USA. Or how the original Liberians were quickly colonized and outmaneuvered by the Black American ex-slaves who opted to return to Africa after slavery was abolished in the USA. Back to the Australian Aboriginals, who have their own particular form of artistic expressions, some now want to claim their rights and not be treated as second-class citizens again. But there are many different tribes within the 821,000 Aboriginals and about 250 distinct languages, so they have some difference of opinions amongst themselves. These different groups of aboriginals are difficult to reach and integrate into the main Australian society. To show their unique identity there now is a movement called First Nation (worth an article in itself) which shows indigenous fashions and designs. Wiradjuri (an aboriginal tribe) lady Denni Francisco will now show the first ever solo Australian indigenous collection at Australia Fashion week this year in May under the label Ngali. She already showed some of her things last year which had a very encouraging reception. We have seen earlier how top designer Yves Saint Laurent was often strongly influenced by Moroccan and Algerian traditional designs, so we can expect similar to happen with Australian Aboriginal art. Or, let's just keep an eye on our own Fulanies and Tuaregs.

Long-distance kissing device. A Chinese start-up, inspired by Covid lockdown isolation, has invented a device that transmits kisses, collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips. It has received mixed reviews – among the top complaints was its lack of a moving tongue. I guess if you add a memory card you can catch your partner cheating?

Lydia...

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