Maud Villaret is the designer of Toubab Paris which is a jewelry brand that uses African fabrics to create her work. Her inspiration comes from her trips to Africa where she recovers and transforms materials and objects in order to create unique pieces or limited series.All of her pieces are handmade , part in France and another part directly in Africa by local craftsmen.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
INSPIRED BY AFRICA : Toubab Paris
Maud Villaret is the designer of Toubab Paris which is a jewelry brand that uses African fabrics to create her work. Her inspiration comes from her trips to Africa where she recovers and transforms materials and objects in order to create unique pieces or limited series.All of her pieces are handmade , part in France and another part directly in Africa by local craftsmen.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Designer Spotlight : Cookie Ann
Introducing the Anne-Laure AKA Cookie Ann for the first time on Ciaafrique . I could not wait to post about the latest collection , Discovered her Via twitter posts from so befashionlike .There will be a sptolight on this designer or perhaps an interview but in the meantime enjoy the fabulous work. If you still think that African fashion is a trend then think again because we are going to take over the fashion world in years to come .
Monday, May 25, 2009
June designs/ la Marque June
Hey Y'all
I would like to introduce you to a line called June . I have discovered this line a while ago but, did not just get the time to write about them. June was created by two young and talented women julie and Nelly from Paris and Cameroon.
The two of them met in 2001 on a job and decided to start their own line. June is named after themselves. the first 2 letters of each of their names.They use African fabrics( wax, bazin, bogolan). June is the mixture of the African and western culture As you can tell from the pictures the designs are very sassy and flirty and guess what ? They carry all shapes and sizes.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Cheick Diallo the Malian designer
I finally decided to make my post on Cheik Diallo . I know you all might know him by now but one more time is always a blast . I personally beleive that he deserves a l ot more praise than he is getting . Below is a brief bio about him from Egodesign.ca
Cheick Diallo is a Malian designer born in Mali. He studied architecture in France at the - Ecole d'Architecture de Normandie - (School of Architecture of Normandie). He discovers design while studying there and decides to enrol on the furniture design course from 1992 to 1994 at the 'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle' (National School of Industrial Design)- ENSCI, Paris.
Before his graduation in 1993, he wins a competition organised by the Museum of Applied Arts (or decorative arts) of Paris, thanks to his chair "Rivale" and his standard lamp "Ifen".
Since, he has worked with numerous French architecture agencies whilst continuing his researches and design work. His work is exhibited in France, United-States, South Africa as well as many other countries on a regular basis. Cheick Diallo is the founder of the "Association des designers africains" (Association of African Designers).
Source: egodesign.ca
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