What Freetown lacks in high street shopping, it makes up for in style.

August 10, 2013 10:38 AM

Freetown fashpack shows you where it's at fashionwise in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Jo Dunlop's blog was covered today in the Guardian.
Meanwhile Sierra Leonean fashion model Kadiatu Kamara has launched her own fashion brand called "Kadiatu". (via brandsierraleonetv).
posted by adamvasco (8 comments total)

wow africa is the future
posted by Tom-B at 12:55 PM on August 10, 2013 [1 favorite]

I love this. Street blogging everywhere. Anywhere you go in this world, there are people with access to sewing machines and cool kids want to look their best.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 11:01 PM on August 10, 2013

This blog is incredibly charming--I especially love the all-matching skirt/top/headwrap combos.
posted by Nibbly Fang at 7:39 AM on August 11, 2013

Love it. What are they doing living in Sierra Leon? I’m always fascinated with that.
posted by bongo_x at 10:28 AM on August 11, 2013

Awesome. The Off the Wall-era Michael Jackson guy? Badass. I also like the denim suit dude.
posted by pravit at 1:25 PM on August 11, 2013 [1 favorite]

bongo_x you could try reading this . As to ''what are they doing living in Sierra Leone?'' I guess they are doing the same as people everywhere. Strange question.
posted by adamvasco at 2:00 PM on August 11, 2013

Yeah, I meant the Australian writing the blog, not the people of Sierra Leone. I thought that was pretty obvious.
posted by bongo_x at 3:36 PM on August 11, 2013

Jo Dunlop is researching maternal mortality rates for an international development agency.
Googling around Sierra Leone seems to have plenty of medical aid workers and the ubiquitous missionaries blogging.
However this New York Times blog was different and interesting.
posted by adamvasco at 1:13 AM on August 12, 2013