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It all began with a simple Instagram post. Last February, Tare Isaac — now settled in the industry as a member of the British Fashion Council — called for minority creators to join her project. A decade after launching her own label ‘Twin by Tare Isaac’, she created The Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN), a platform to support underrepresented creatives in fashion, shaped as a response to the challenge she herself faced as a British-Nigerian designer in the UK. 

Jason Jermaine Asiedu is a Ghanaian fashion designer whose brand, JERMAINE BLEU, specialises in handwoven fabric garments that tell stories featuring family history and the uniqueness of African craftsmanship.