The trend radar of Fashionista Smile spotted the Spring Summer collection of the Paris based couturier IMANE AYISSI with elements apparently different but linked by structure and surface, like sik and ecological fabrics made of bamboo.
The collection proposes a revisited version of the African boubou worn by men and women in most West and Central African countries.
The designer while working on these clothes, linked the elements 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.
The designer has an established collaboration 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.
Without forgetting European dresses from the very end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
The relationship between elements of apparently extremely different cultures that made of this collection a journey between Asia, Africa and Paris through time.
Wang Ying has produced prints on silk and new ecological fabrics based on Bamboo, as much as paintings on fabric.
“The pride of being different should not prevent the happiness of being together” Léopold Sédar Senghor
Discover the entire collection on the Imane Ayissi Couture - Official Site
Hair and Make Up: Marcello Costa
Special thanks: Fédération du Bambou, Airs de Paris
(Courtesy of IMANE AYISSI - Press Office)