There’s something ugly yet
magical about fashion. It has the opportunity to whisk one away into a fantasy
world were things are better than in reality, yet simultaneously, it can tell a
horrific story of emotion and mental battles that the designer has experienced
and translated into fabric, dye, cut and style. One such collection is the SS16
collection by Nigerian design house, Tzar. The Designer and Creative Director
explains:
“My Spring Summer ‘16
collection is titled ‘1760’; a number, but more importantly my identity for a
certain gruesome period in my life spent in a remote part of Western Nigeria.
The collection is a visual and emotional interpretation of my habitation in that
environment, worked through nuances of Alberto Burri’s work on Sacchi mesh. The
dominant colour is blue, which emphasizes the difficulty in accepting the
change I endured, an inflexible mindset that over time’s cogitation I reckoned,
required me to embrace the moment and create my own acceptable version of
reality. Hues of brown and beige are used to depict long dusty roads I walked
daily; lined up with navy coloured kiosks selling indigenous indigo-dyed
fabrics. My despair during this period is executed through the use of oversized
burlap linen shirts with distressed necklines and exaggerated sleeves.”
CREDITS
Photography by Jerrie Rotimi
Model is Dammy Sotannde
Whatever the story, there is
always beauty within it and it’s up to the storyteller to find it and express
it. Here we find one such example of a time of negativity that has
metamorphosed into something of positivity and beauty.
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