Lydia's Weekly Lifestyle blog is for today's African girl, so no subject is taboo. My purpose is to share things that may interest today's African girl.

This week's contributors: Lydia, Pépé Pépinière, Titi. This week's subjects: The 2026 Corporate Accra Girl Wardrobe: A Bold, Colourful Palette to Power Your Style, Luxury brands super inflated prices reviewed, Fashion in space, Beach walk and star watching, and Saffron Saga Indian restaurant

The 2026 Corporate Accra Girl Wardrobe: A Bold, Colourful Palette to Power Your Style. Hey, City girls! It’s 2026, and we’re not here to play when it comes to fashion in the corporate world. Gone are the days when a neutral palette ruled the office; the modern corporate Accra girl is taking charge and making waves with a wardrobe that's as bold, vibrant, and dynamic as the city itself. Let’s take a deep dive into the hottest colours dominating the office in Accra this year. Whether you're a startup superstar or a boss at a multinational corporation, your wardrobe needs to reflect confidence, creativity, and of course, that African flair. Ready to turn heads and own the boardroom? Here’s the must-have colour palette you’ll be seeing everywhere this year! Rich Earth Tones with a Twist. Think terracotta, deep cocoa, and burnt sienna — but make them modern and fresh. These earthy hues, reminiscent of Accra’s rich soil and vibrant markets, are perfect for the corporate environment. Paired with sleek, structured suits, dresses, or blazers, these shades exude authority while remaining grounded in the culture. In 2026, we’re adding a twist with pops of gold or coral accessories to lighten the look. Why it works: Earth tones are universally flattering and versatile, while still being a fresh take on the classic neutral tones. They evoke professionalism without sacrificing personality. Style tip: Go for a terracotta blazer with a black pencil skirt or pants. Add a gold necklace and statement earrings to elevate your look. Bonus points if you’re rocking a bold lip in a deep berry or brick red!

Luxury brands super inflated prices reviewed. Recent hikes in prices of brands like Dior and Chanel (30-60%) have brought some extra profit to the bottom line of these companies, but now sales are dropping, some customers (about 50 million of them) have come to their senses and feel that a 50 ml bottle of eau de parfum is not worth 150 USD, especially if most of us are hardly able to detect every little smell that goes into that. So these big brands are now offering little items again at lower prices, call it at the entry level, for the aspirational customers, those who want to buy the Brand but cannot really afford it, and who pleasure themselves with a little affordable Brand item, dreaming that later they'll be richer and can then buy some of the other Brand things too. The Brand seems more important than the product itself, and in Ghana too we are influenced by this sort of thing, if it is not an Apple don’t give it to me. I even hear that from people who are asking for money to buy airtime.

Fashion in space. The first man in a space, Yuri Gagarin (a Russian, in 1961) was not even recognizable to his own wife... But since then astronauts and astronautes have become film stars in their own way, and want to look good for the many pictures taken of them. So space suits now look more attractive, as can be seen on a recent picture of the crew who is to replace the current International Space Station crew. The transporter was the Space Shuttle. Looks a bit like star wars dresses, and expect earth fashion to soon copy space fashion, and to have a fashion brand called “Musk”.

Beach walk and star watching. If the sky is clear (not really of late) you can see the stars, and even point out your own Zodiac. But then you need to know what time your zodiac will be visible, which changes throughout the year. But Elon Musk, and many before him, have put so many satellites around the world that you can hardly see the stars again. And especially above areas with a lot of artificial light, like cities, that light disturbs the light emitted by the stars, so you don’t see much again. A bit like trying to listen to music next to a generator. So those who really want to observe stars, as a hobby or professionally, go to areas where there is least light disturbance, like Chile's Atacama Desert, 4000 meters high and no clouds and zero rainfall. And scientists are currently celebrating that a 10 billion $ hydrogen and ammonia production facility project planned for that area has finally been cancelled, it would have spoiled the view.

Saffron Saga Indian restaurant (11th Lane, Salvation Road, behind La Villa Boutique in Osu, Accra) is one of my favourites of late, and often the place is full of Indian looking Indians and we are the only “foreigners”, so it can't be bad or these would go elsewhere. And some of this Indian food is quite interesting. But mind you, it is difficult to talk about Indian food, they have about 7 main distinctive cuisines, and hundreds if not thousands of local cuisines so maybe we are just seeing one particular cuisine here. Something I'll ask the next time I go there. We had crispy canvas humus at GHC 133, this is a sort of very thin crispy pancake fried in what you could call a headpan, and then they add a sort of humus with freshly chopped vegetables like onions, peppers, tomatoes, spring onions etc. Nice. We also had chicken chilly rice at 133GHC, a bit like the royal rice in a Chinese restaurant, but this one is richer, not just a few small pieces of meat or shrimps mixed through the rice. And it is also spicier. Their rice is “wetter” than what you get at the Chinese. Also nice. A Guinness goes for 46 GHC.

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