摘要
Finding viable alternatives to conventional textiles and fashion has proved to be a herculean challenge for government and policy makers in Ghana. Banana stalk identified as possible eccentric material for textiles and fashion needs to be examined to ascertain its feasibility. The study intends to engage mixed approach with particular emphasis on experimental methods to ascertain feasibility of banana stalk braids for textiles. Also what to be adopted are observation, descriptive, interpretative, and narrative methods. Test results from the study are necessary for determining the extent to which thematerials could be applied for varying textiles and costumes. Adopting waste as alternative material in fashioning costumes for textile art and subsequently normal fashion for humans is a possible means to turn around the poorly performing the industrial sub-sector. It also has the potential of being converted into sacks for packaging some foodstuffs like grains, tubers, and cocoa. The success of this research shall pave way for looking inward the nation for readily available and relatively cheap materials for addressing the concern of local textiles and fashion.
