That's why this FW25 couture collection from Imane Ayissi is called “Ikorrok”, which in the Ewondo language of Cameroon means a garden left fallow, a garden that we stop exploiting to return it to nature and regenerate.
This sums up the new relationship we should all be entering into with nature today.
This collection is also a stylistic exercise in the different ways fashion can evoke nature - flora, fauna.
Visually, with prints, brocades, embroidery, appliqués and ornamentation, such as the beading of small animals, a technique inspired by traditional Yoruba culture.
But also in a more abstract way, by creating garments that are “gentle” on nature, entirely bio-degradable for example.
Like garments in French sheep's wool felt embroidered with pieces of porcelain, semi-precious stone and urushi lacquer developed in collaboration with visual artist Aline Putot-Toupry.
(Courtesy of Imane Ayissi - Press Office)
