Xuly Bët
| Industry | fashion  |
|---|---|
| Year dem found am | 1989 |
| Found by | Lamine Badian Kouyaté |
| Country | Mali |
| Demma headquarters location | Bamako |
| Award e receive | ANDAM |
| Dema official website | https://xulybet.com/ |
| Has works in the collection | Centraal Museum |
XULY.Bët Funkin' Fashion Factory, anaa XULY.Bët ("to open your eyes wide" insyd Wolof[1]), be a luxury clothing line design by Malian-Senegalese fashion designer Lamine Badian Kouyaté.
Influences
[edit | edit source]Dem know Xuly BJulys for make e dey incorporate African influences into contemporary fashion.
Accolades
[edit | edit source]Insyd 1994, The New York Times award Lamine Badian Kouyate de Creator of de Year Award, wey na dem feature am insyd de film Ready-To-Wear. Insyd 1995, he begin a collaboration plus Puma; since then, de company collaborate plus chaw oda brands wey dey include, APC, Absolut Vodka, Naf Naf, les 3 Suisses, den Leclerc. Kouyate receive de ANDAM Fashion Award insyd 1996, wey na ebe an active member of New York Fashion Week from 2009 to 2018.[2]
Insyd 2018, dem feature am den ein works insyd de exhibit "African Metropolis" for de MAXXI Museo insyd Rome.
Lamine Badian Kouyaté
[edit | edit source]Na dem born Kouyaté insyd Bamako for 28 December 1962. Na ein poppie, Seydou Badian Kouyaté, be a notable writer den politician. Ein mommie, Dr. Henriette Kouyaté Carvalho d’Alvarengo cam turn de first Malian woman make she obtain a doctor's license for 75.
Lamine Kouyaté move go France around 1986. He then begin dey study architecture for de École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg.
He turn to fabrics den textiles as a medium for architecture. As na he dey work for de lightness of fabrics top insyd de Hôpital Éphémère, he create XULY.Bët.
Kouyaté ein interest insyd upcycling garments den incorporating African styles make XULY.Bët an influential underground fashion label.[3] He dey reference de work of designers Azzedine Alaïa den Yves Saint Laurent. Ein inspirations sanso cam from punk rock, grunge, den funk music for ein designs.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Lanz, Alexandre (2019-12-11). "Le retour en force de XULY.Bët". 360° (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "XULY BËT". Andam (in British English). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ↑ Borrelli-Persson, Laird (9 August 2019). "Fashion Insiders Azza Yousif and Michelle Elie on the Importance of Xuly.Bët Designer Lamine Kouyaté". Vogue (in American English). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
External links
[edit | edit source]- XULY.Bët official website
- XULY.Bët Instagram
- XULY.Bët Facebook
- "Prince of Pieces". Amy M. Spindler, The New York Times. May 2, 1993.
- "Revealing New Layers of African Fashion". Guy Trebay, The New York Times. February 14, 2009.
- "Lamine Kouyate - crear una marca sostenible es el único camino", Ana María Ferrer, La Moda en las Calles, June 13, 2019.
- "Le retour en force de XULY.Bët", Alexandre Lanz, 360°, December 11, 2019.
- "Superproductions, peluches vivantes, engagement féministe..." Caroline Rousseau, M le Monde, March 14, 2020.
- "Fashion Week, jour 8: Deux salles, deux ambiances", Margaux Krehl, Vanity Fair, March 3, 2020.
- "XULY.Bët FW20 Collection", Steff Yotka, Vogue, March 3, 2020.
- "XULY.Bët : la marque pionnière du "recycling" est de retour!", Sophie Fontanel, Le Nouvel Obs, March 23, 2020.