When I was in Ghana recently I got the chance to reconnect with close friends and family. One of them has been in the fashion business for years. He was kind enough to gift me a pair of African shorts he made just for me. If you scroll back on my LinkedIn you’ll probably spot me wearing them with a pink top and the word “Ohio” written on it.
From Linkedin
That gift got me thinking. I build things in public all the time, projects for my blog, for learning, for the content. Why not dedicate one of those projects to a real African business? To a friend who deserves more visibility than an Instagram page can give him.
His brand is called FSKY Clothing. He designs and sews men and unisex clothing for people of all ages, shirts, kaftans, senator sets, trousers, shorts, and more. Clients either bring their own cloth or buy from him. He takes their measurements and sews to their style or proposes his own. The work is genuinely good. Go look at his Instagram page at f.sky_collect and you will see what I mean.
He had no website. Just a phone, a sewing machine, and a grid full of beautiful work. I decided to fix that.
What I Actually Built
The site is live at fskyonline.com. It is a full luxury website built from scratch using Next.js, styled with Tailwind CSS, and deployed on Vercel. The typography is Cormorant Garamond paired with DM Sans, a combination that gives the site a quiet, editorial feel without screaming “fashion website template.”
Here is what is on it:
The homepage opens with a full screen hero image and animated text. As you scroll, three immersive sections introduce the brand, the lookbook, the bespoke tailoring service, and the consultation booking. On mobile it feels like scrolling through a fashion editorial.
The Lookbook is a masonry photo gallery showing 26 photos from the FSKY Collection 01. No cropping, full natural height, with a lightbox for full screen viewing and mobile swipe support. It also pulls the latest posts from his Instagram feed automatically.
The Request page is where the automation lives. More on that in a moment.
The Book page lets clients schedule a one on one consultation with Francis directly via Cal.com, embedded right into the site.
There is also an About page with the brand story and a Store page that is coming soon, with an email capture so interested customers can get early access when it launches.
The Automation Behind the Request Page
Request Page
This is the part that makes the site more than just a pretty portfolio.
When a client visits the Request page, they fill out a form describing what they want made, the garment type, who it is for, their cloth preference, their style direction, and any additional notes. They can also pick reference images directly from the FSKY lookbook gallery to show Francis exactly the kind of style they have in mind.
When they hit submit, an n8n workflow fires immediately. Two things happen at the same time. Francis gets an email with the full request details laid out clearly, name, WhatsApp number, what they want, style references, everything. And the request gets logged automatically to a Google Sheet so Francis has a running record of every enquiry without needing any admin system.
N8N workflow
The client sees a confirmation message on screen. Francis gets a structured email he can act on immediately.
For a small business in Ghana, that is a meaningful upgrade. No more missed enquiries. No more relying on someone remembering to check a messages inbox. The moment someone fills that form, Francis knows about it.
Why This Project Mattered to Me
There is a quote I keep coming back to: the future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed. That is true of AI and automation more than almost anything else right now. The tools exist. The capability exists. But most small businesses in places like Ghana are not anywhere near it yet, not because they are not ready, but because nobody has shown them what is possible.
This project was my small attempt to close that gap for one person. A friend who gifted me a pair of shorts and did not ask for anything in return.
The site was vibe coded almost entirely with Claude Code. The automation was built in n8n. The whole thing was deployed for free on Vercel. Total cost: zero. Total time: a few focused sessions.
If you are a small business owner reading this and you do not have a website yet, or you have one that does not do much, this is what is possible now. You do not need a big budget. You need the right tools and someone willing to help you use them.
FSKY Clothing is live. Go check it out at fskyonline.com.
And if you want to follow the build as I continue to document it, the full series is on augustwheel.com.