Imane Ayissi Brand
Imane Ayissi Presents His New Haute Couture Fall Winter 2024 Collection: Akalann
Luxferity, 25.06.2024
“The pride of being different should not prevent the happiness of being together” - Léopold Sédar Senghor
The starting point for this collection was my desire to revisit two key wardrobe items worn on the African continent: the boubou worn by men and women in most West and Central African countries, and the Kaba, a loose dress originally imposed on African women by European colonizers in the 19th century to cover their bodies and shapes and which became a kind of national clothing in Cameroon.
But while working on these clothes, it appeared to me once again, their links in terms of construction with other emblematic clothes from other continents : kimono type clothes from the Asian continent for the boubou, Korean Hanbok or dresses worn by women in China during the Tang era, without forgetting European dresses from the very end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It is these links, these relationships between elements of apparently extremely different cultures that fascinate me. So I thought of this collection as a journey between Asia, Africa and Paris through time. This trip also involves the collaboration that I established with the painter Wang Ying, who is also a diplomat and who paints Parisian landscapes with a technique that relates to traditional Chinese painting but also impressionism. Wang Ying has produced prints on silk and new ecological fabrics based on Bamboo, but also paintings on fabric.
Lucky Love Black Mini Airbag
Ultrapop
Pop Up Lame Copper
Solar Eclipse
Feather Bag: Made To Order
Gold Astra Pendant/Necklace with Quartz & Diamond
Freddy Premier Handbag
Green Crystals And Pearls Earrings
Diamond Dip Heeled Sandals
Green Meteor
