Gurls Talk x Coach Festival

‘You guys are my tribe and I feel like I have spent a long time trying to find a tribe.’ - Adwoa Aboah

‘Finding you guys, finding my community is the reason why I am here today’ -Adwoa Aboah

Gurls Talk host its first ever event in London in partnership with New York fashion house Coach, and supported byDazed. The day-long festival of female empowerment offered girls a safe and inspiring environment to be heard and to listen, with over 700 girls attending the event.

Adwoa with attendees of the event and with Holly Gore, the creative minds behind Gurls Talk

The free, open-admission event, was kick-started with a discussion on the importance of safe space for girls, mental health issues and female empowerment by Gurls Talk founder and model-activist Adwoa Aboah, and was followed by an action-packed day of talks, workshops and pop-ups. Speakers included intersex advocate and model Hanne Gaby Odiele, feminist columnist and author Laurie Penny, and Professor KM Abel. Alongside the panel, there was a programme of workshops including a movement workshop led by Studio Wayne McGregor,a healing workshop hosted by Dr. Lauren Hazzouriin addition to a Claire De Rouenlibrary, a Coach Dream Monogramming Station, a photo studio and much more. The event was also attended by Laura Bailey, Grace Wales Bonner, Serena Rees and Andr Balazs.