The capital of Ghana, Accra has been ranked the 62nd most fashionable city in the World by Global Language Monitor, a US-based company that tracks trends through language use worldwide.
Accra made its debut appearance on the 2018 top 63 list of most fashionable cities in the world. Other African countries on the list are Johannesburg, South Africa at 48th and Lagos Nigeria at 60th position.
According to Global Language Monitor, “the current rankings now include 63 fashion capitals. There are three new fashion capitals from West Africa: Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; and Lagos, Nigeria. There is one new fashion capital from East Asia: Kuala Lumpur. There is one new fashion capital from the Middle East: Beirut, Lebanon. Before the various insurgencies in the region, Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East.â€
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Fashion trends in Accra, Ghana
The ranking below:
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|
Current (2018) |
City |
Previous (2017) |
Rank |
|
1 |
2 |
 1 |
|
|
2 |
 Paris |
1 |
 1 |
|
3 |
7 |
 4 |
|
|
4 |
 Milan |
6 |
 2 |
|
5 |
 Rome |
5 |
 |
|
6 |
 London |
3 |
 3 |
|
7 |
23 |
 15 |
|
|
8 |
 Berlin |
8 |
 |
|
9 |
26 |
 14 |
|
|
10 |
 Dubai |
17 |
 7 |
|
11 |
14 |
 3 |
|
|
12 |
12 |
 | |
|
13 |
 Florence |
11 |
 2 |
|
14 |
4 |
 10 |
|
|
15 |
 Madrid |
9 |
 6 |
|
16 |
 Bali |
40 |
 24 |
|
17 |
 Seoul |
56 |
 39 |
|
18 |
 Prague |
33 |
 15 |
|
19 |
18 |
 1 |
|
|
20 |
29 |
 9 |
|
|
21 |
54 |
 33 |
|
|
22 |
 Moscow |
22 |
 |
|
23 |
 Tokyo |
10 |
 13 |
|
24 |
 Santiago |
43 |
 19 |
|
25 |
 Vienna |
34 |
 9 |
|
26 |
 Shanghai |
15 |
 11 |
|
27 |
 Mumbai |
38 |
 11 |
|
28 |
49 |
 21 |
|
|
29 |
46 |
 23 |
|
|
30 |
 Bangkok |
50 |
 20 |
|
31 |
 Warsaw |
42 |
 11 |
|
32 |
36 |
 4 |
|
|
33 |
37 |
 4 |
|
|
34 |
 Sydney |
13 |
 21 |
|
35 |
16 |
 19 |
|
|
36 |
25 |
 11 |
|
|
37 |
48 |
 11 |
|
|
38 |
 Dallas |
20 |
 18 |
|
39 |
 Austin |
45 |
 6 |
|
40 |
Debut |
 | |
|
41 |
35 |
 6 |
|
|
42 |
41 |
 1 |
|
|
43 |
53 |
 10 |
|
|
44 |
Debut |
 | |
|
45 |
51 |
 6 |
|
|
46 |
 Boston |
24 |
 18 |
|
47 |
Debut |
 | |
|
48 |
 Miami |
37 |
 11 |
|
49 |
 Monaco |
21 |
 28 |
|
50 |
 Atlanta |
47 |
 3 |
|
51 |
39 |
 12 |
|
|
52 |
52 |
 | |
|
53 |
27 |
 26 |
|
|
54 |
30 |
 24 |
|
|
55 |
 Montreal |
47 |
 8 |
|
56 |
 Dakar |
Debut |
 |
|
57 |
 Beirut |
Debut |
 |
|
58 |
 Kraków |
44 |
 14 |
|
59 |
 Toronto |
28 |
 31 |
|
60 |
 Lagos |
Debut |
 |
|
61 |
 Columbus |
Debut |
 |
|
62 |
 Accra |
Debut |
 |
|
63 |
 Caracas |
Hiatus |
 |
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