FAACCE Verified
"Touré studied as an architect before turning to cloth."
Mali · Fashion
Indigo Architecture
Mariam Touré
FAACCE Curated
Sahel Couture I
Dakar, Senegal·Fashion
- Medium
- Hand-dyed bògòlanfini cotton
- Dimensions
- Look — Resort 2024
- Year
- 2024
- Certificate
- FA-2024-0093 →
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Indicative — acquisition is dialogue, not checkout.
Authenticated by the FAACCE Curatorial Council. View certificate.
Story behind the work
The opening look of Diop's debut couture presentation in Dakar, cut from bògòlanfini mud-cloth dyed by the women's cooperative of Ségou. Every fermentation, every pleat is recorded — a couture practice that refuses anonymity.
A floor-length gown in fermented mud-cloth with hand-rolled seams, presented as part of FAACCE's first acquired fashion archive.
Curatorial note
FAACCE Curatorial Council
"Every hand credited in production. Documentation and cooperative agreement archived with the FAACCE Fashion office."
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