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head of the upcoming Glitz Style Awards Ghana 2018 and Exclusive Men of the Year Awards where he has been nominated, it’s all go for Charis Debrah as work must go on at Adepa shoes. For the CEO of Adepa shoes, the fashion landscape looks bright. The brand is making a breakthrough all over the world through its diverse clientele. A graduate from the University of Ghana with a bachelor’s degree in Political science, combined with professional certifications in project management and digital marketing to boot, it might seem odd that Charis went into shoe design… well not as odd as the fact that he heads a management team made up of a mechanical engineer, aeronautical engineer, a procurement professional, an IT specialist and a pilot! The shoe virtuoso talks beards, Ghana’s hidden treasures, and working as a shoe designer in his beloved country.
How did you get into design in the first place? Our quest to be different and stand out no matter the occasion led us into shoe design. Tell us a bit about your upbringing Well, Life was tough because our parents couldn’t always provide for most of our needs. We had to learn to fend for ourselves at a tender age. What do you love about being a shoe brand in Ghana? The fact that we always exceed people’s expectations and being able to provide what most thought impossible to achieve in the field of shoe making right here in Ghana. Why men’s shoes and not women’s? Women are special and it takes a lot to understand their choice of style and what goes into their selection of shoes. We are still researching to come up with shoes women will fall in love with.
“Women are special and it takes a lot to understand their choice of style and what goes into their selection of shoes.”
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