The curator says that from a purely design point of view she wants to include these two adjacent outfits in her selection for NPR. "She's sort of 'decolonizing her own mind' – and those are her words – through the deconstruction technique that she uses in her clothes," reimagining traditional styles and reinvigorating ancient materials commonly used in the pre-colonial era. "Her work is research-based," Checinska explains. He often used traditional patterned cloth like Mali's " bògòlanfini" - dyed with fermented mud - and not only marketed his designs across the region but further afield in Europe and the United States. Seydou lived in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast before moving to Paris, where he worked for Yves Saint-Laurent in the 1970s before returning to West Africa to open his own atelier and launch his own line. Seydou's stunning orange checkered suit and wide brimmed hat combination on display are emblematic of the Malian designer's ability to marry contemporary Western tailoring with African materials.
She hopes the show manages "to inspire and to encourage" visitors from all backgrounds but also to offer a glimpse of what she describes as "the genius of African creativity that all too often has been left out."īelow are a sampling of garments from the exhibition that she thinks exemplify African fashion itself and best represent the intention behind the show, which runs through mid-April 2023.Ĭhris Seydou brings flair - and mud - into haute couture "Across the board, there is recognition that we need to almost have a broader sense of - a broader vocabulary when we're curating," she told NPR, "to incorporate many of the different cultures that perhaps have been missing in the past and to recognize and revisit our own colonial history." THE ROOFTOP: Open-air, top of the building with a view of Downtown Jacksonville and a variety of music artists.Nigerian models photographed in 2019 during Lagos Fashion Week.Ĭhecinska has been tasked with expanding the Victoria and Albert museum's permanent collection of African and African diaspora textiles and fashion. THE PLANETARIUM: Immersive 360 dome visuals featuring bass music artists. Dinosaur Explorer is produced by Imagine Exhibitions.
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