Chris Seydou

Chris Seydou

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Mali
Name wey dem give am	Chris
Ein date of birth	18 May 1949
Place dem born am	Kati
Date wey edie	4 March 1994
Significant person	Alpha Oumar Konaré
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	fashion designer

Seydou Nourou Doumbia, dem know am as Chris Seydou (May 18, 1949 - March 4, 1994), na he be a Malian fashion designer dem know for ein use of traditional Malian fabrics, particularly bògòlanfini (mudcloth).

Dem born am insyd Kati insyd Mali ein Koulikoro Region, Seydou live part of ein kiddie time insyd Ouagadougou (now de capital of Burkina Faso) before he move back to Kati plus ein mommie insyd 1963. Even insyd kiddie time, he design den create clothing make he dress dolls wey, insyd 1965, he cam turn an apprentice of de tailor Cheickene Camara for Kati. Insyd 1967, he return to Ouagadougou wer na he open ein first tailor shop. He soon move go Abidjan (1969) den to Paris (1971), wer he work first give Yves Saint-Laurent den for Mic Mac plus de stylist Tan Guidicelli. For dis time he sanso meet designer Paco Rabanne.

He lef insyd 1981, Seydou san move to Abidjan, wer he create ein Chris Seydou line. For de new line, Seydou design Western-style jackets den miniskirts from traditional African patterns den fabrics, wey he market de clothes insyd de United States, Europe, den urban West Africa. Na de designs be particularly noted for dema pioneering use of bògòlanfini, traditional mud-dyed cloth.

Seydou return to Mali insyd 1990, wey he cam turn good paddies plus soon-to-be-presido Alpha Oumar Konaré. Insyd 1993, he found de African Foundation of Fashion Designers, buh he die insyd 1994 dey follow a brief illness. Atelier Chris Seydou, a group of tailors wey work plus am insyd de past, continue dey produce a bògòlanfini clothing line insyd Bamako.

References

• Revue noire n°13 (June 1994)

External links

• Smithsonian flash site on bogolanfini