Black-and-white graphic ensemble
Selly Raby Kane · Autumn/Winter 2014
Senegal
Selly Raby Kane
- Bold appliqué
- Afrofuturist silhouettes
- Woven embellishment
Selly Raby Kane brings cinema, pop culture and Dakar’s creative life into clothing that merges art with fashion. Bold prints, woven embellishment and appliqué animate her unconventional silhouettes.
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Black-and-white graphic ensemble
Autumn/Winter 2014 — Alien Cartoon
The oversized black-and-white lettering and angular layers belong to the graphic, imagined world of Alien Cartoon.
SMKANDJI Photography
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Pink and black jacket with a patterned skirt
Autumn/Winter 2014 — Alien Cartoon
Strong blocks of pink meet the busy pattern of a black-and-white skirt.
SM Kandji Photography; concept, design and creative by Selly Raby Kane
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White dress with black outlined cutouts
Autumn/Winter 2014 — Alien Cartoon
Large dark outlines and cutouts make the short white dress read as a graphic shape.
SM Kandji Photography; concept, design and creative by Selly Raby Kane
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Black embellished kimono jacket and skirt
Autumn/Winter 2015 — Dakar City of Birds
Bright bird and sea-creature patches turn a dark kimono jacket into a playful surface, above a restrained black skirt.
Jean-Baptiste Joire / Selly Raby Kane; published by Design Indaba
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Blue wrap jacket with a transparent skirt
Autumn/Winter 2015 — Dakar City of Birds
An embellished blue wrap jacket sits above a transparent skirt edged in pink, combining the collection’s animal motifs with Kane’s recurring sheer panels.
Jean-Baptiste Joire / Selly Raby Kane; published by Design IndabaCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceAutumn/Winter 2014
1 piece
About Selly Raby Kane
Her wider practice includes film and homeware, with Senegalese mythology and Afrofuturist imagination linking the garments to a broader exploration of possible cultural worlds.
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