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Kingston School of Art
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The African Art Of Appearance
The African Art Of Appearance
Connie Agwimah
Location: London, United Kingdom
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Kingston School of Art
Specialisms:
Womenswear
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My graduate collection is inspired by my Nigerian heritage and love of African textile traditions. As a starting point for my research, I wanted to look into ways to highlight traditional African dress practices but show it in a way that was personal and individual to my own lived experience. I started by looking at photos of my family in Nigeria, fashion photographers from the African diaspora and academic texts around the importance of traditional textiles and the significance of cloth in Nigerian tribal cultures. As part of my design process, I focused on the key items of Nigerian women’s dress buba, Iro and pele and used collage, draping and drawings to try and re-interpret this classic silhouette. My final outcome for this project is a six-look collection including hand crafted beaded pieces, batik inspired textiles alongside more classically western fabrics like wool and denim as a way to show the contrasting cultures that influence me.
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