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Naya El Ahdab
Neuroblastome
France 20250313
Based on her personal experience and journey as a disabled woman sitting 24/7 in a wheelchair, designer Naya El Ahdab traces the path to acceptance and confidence in our bodies. She explores deformity and its relationship with femininity and comfort, focusing on the idea that a body and its story can sculpt a garment and vice versa. She also highlights the differences and transformations of a garment in contact with a deformed silhouette. She transforms this contact into beauty by working on proportions,shapes and clean lines, taking references from couturier Madame Grès and carefully draping her fabrics to achieve symmetry.
SELECTION MOTIVATION
Can fashion contribute to the creation of a borderless world, where people and all living beings live as one? Can fashion be a bridge where we most need it? This quest beats at the core of Naya El Ahdab’s exploration, a journey which enables her clothes to speak to people who are usually excluded from the standard discourse of fashion. Naya El Ahdab’s work is a stark reminder of what the role of a fashion designer should be, and of the magic power of clothes to positively influence habits and habitats for the benefit of society.
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Jersey dress, aesthetically divided into two sections by a ring at the waist with padded boning. The upper part features anagave green viscose jersey top, with a high neck and long sleeves with lateral padding to support a seated posture. The lower part is a grey-blue jersey skirt.
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