{"title":"Imane Ayissi Couture Autumn – Winter 2024 Collection “Akalann”","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAkalann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"The pride of being different should not prevent the happiness of being together.\" - Léopold Sédar Senghor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The starting point for this collection was my desire to revisit two totem garments from the wardrobe worn on the African continent: the boubou worn by men and women in most West and Central African countries, and the Kaba, a loose-fitting dress originally imposed on African women by European colonizers in the 19th century to cover their bodies and shapes, and which has become a kind of national garment in Cameroon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e But while working on these garments, their connections in terms of construction with other iconic garments from other continents became apparent to me once again: kimono-style clothing from Asia for the boubou, the Korean hanbok, or the dresses worn by women in Tang Dynasty China, not to mention European dresses from the very end of the 18th and beginning of the 20th centuries. It is these connections, these relationships between elements of seemingly vastly different cultures, that fascinate me. I therefore conceived this collection as a journey between Asia, Africa, and Paris through time. This journey also involves the collaboration I established with the painter Wang Ying, who is also a diplomat and who paints Parisian landscapes using a technique that draws on both traditional Chinese painting and Impressionism. Wang Ying created prints on silk and on new eco-friendly bamboo-based fabrics, as well as paintings on fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eImane Ayissi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/0616\/6875\/collections\/Imane-Ayissi-HC-F24-010-scaled.jpg?v=1773500480","url":"https:\/\/imane-ayissi.com\/en\/collections\/autumn-winter-2024.oembed","provider":"Imane Ayissi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}