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Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Imane Ayissi celebrates African craftsmanship with modern elegance at Paris Couture Week
PARIS (AP) — Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection that celebrated heritage while embracing modernity. This season, Ayissi explored the cultural and symbolic power of fabric, using draping, layering, and artisanal techniques to tell a story of African artistry on the global stage. Standout looks included a matte black crossover belted coat exuding quiet luxury, a billowing white gown with cascading folds turned up into itself, and a top of interlocking colorful flowers crafted with intricate precision. These pieces highlighted Ayissi's knack for balancing opulence with subtlety. Ayissi honored African craftsmanship through Kente fabric transformed into striking halter dresses and kimono-inspired jackets, while raffia — his signature — made vivid appearances in fuchsia and scarlet fringes, capes, and bow details. Circle motifs and bark appliqué flowers lent a modern edge to these traditional materials. Reimagining colonial-era kaba dresses as symbols of empowerment and drawing parallels with global influences, Ayissi offered a couture collection that felt like a dialogue between cultures. The Associated Press
Associated Press
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Imane Ayissi celebrates African craftsmanship with modern elegance at Paris Couture Week
PARIS (AP) — Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection that celebrated heritage while embracing modernity. This season, Ayissi explored the cultural and symbolic power of fabric, using draping, layering, and artisanal techniques to tell a story of African artistry on the global stage. Standout looks included a matte black crossover belted coat exuding quiet luxury, a billowing white gown with cascading folds turned up into itself, and a top of interlocking colorful flowers crafted with intricate precision. These pieces highlighted Ayissi's knack for balancing opulence with subtlety. Ayissi honored African craftsmanship through Kente fabric transformed into striking halter dresses and kimono-inspired jackets, while raffia — his signature — made vivid appearances in fuchsia and scarlet fringes, capes, and bow details. Circle motifs and bark appliqué flowers lent a modern edge to these traditional materials. Reimagining colonial-era kaba dresses as symbols of empowerment and drawing parallels with global influences, Ayissi offered a couture collection that felt like a dialogue between cultures.
The Guardian
27-01-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
A storm, a sea rescue and a Taylor Swift kiss: photos of the day
A model presents a creation for Imane Ayissi during the city's spring/summer 2025 fashion week Photograph: Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images Some of the migrants rescued by the humanitarian ship Sea Punk I over the weekend Photograph: Lucas Maierb/Sea Punk/AP Waves break over the harbour wall as Storm Herminia arrives in East Sussex Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Palestinians displaced south during the war make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters Tourists visit Huangshan mountain as the spring festival approaches in Anhui province Photograph: Shi Yalei/VCG/Getty Images Girls dressed in folk costumes on their way to take part in the 33rd Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity event, which raises funds for sick children Photograph: Agnieszka Pazdykiewicz/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Election posters featuring the German chancellor Olaf Scholz (centre), the CDU candidate Friedrich Metz (right) and the Green party candidate Robert Habeck Photograph: Michael Probst/AP Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift kiss after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP The Conservative party leaves, Kemi Badenoch, leaves Dorland House after her appearance at the Covid inquiry Photograph:Rwandan soldiers inspect weapons seized from surrendering soldiers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo after they crossed the border from the city of Goma Photograph: Moise Niyonzima/EPA Migrants walk in a caravan bound for the northern border with the US Photograph: Damian Sanchez/Reuters
