Lamine Badian Kouyaté considered the best way to celebrate Xuly Bët: it was with a large number of prints and garments made in sartorial and sporty looks. That's not to say there wasn't a healthy dose of their traditional form-fitting garments in technical fabrics like spandex and nylon; There were, with strappy dresses, skirts and leggings adorned with words like “Funky”, “Club” and “Catalog”. ”, in red and black.
Kouyaté also debuted more sartorial looks, like the denim jacket and jeans set with red stitching details. The front of a traditional jacket was also decorated with text.
“Funky fashion is part of Xuly Bët,” he said. “The spirit is love.”
Kouyaté attempted to make a political statement against unrest in Senegal, Ukraine, Congo and the Middle East, quietly displaying his collection along a glass-covered hallway. Kouyaté handed out exhibition notes, in which the designer wrote how he sought to show his collection in an “authentic way, without artifice, in respectful silence.”
“We're in real trouble,” he said before the show, referring to the world at large.
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