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“Although Thompson’s design vocabulary references both British and Nigerian techniques and textiles, he has deftly manipulated each craftsmanship to define a visual language that is distinctly and wonderfully his own. Take, for example, a perfectly cut one-and-a-half breasted jacket, inspired by a photograph of King Charles in a Prince-de-Galles checked suit, which was hand-dyed and painted with a tweed motif according to the Yoruba technique of Adiré. Elsewhere in the collection, an Agbada (a robe worn by the Yoruba people) is reimagined in a flowing, draped indigo-dyed wool – the opposite of the gown’s traditionally structured and stiff silhouette. Yet no garment is caged in either/or cultural heritage: Thompson’s contemporary silhouettes invite the wearer into his world to explore novel references while also encouraging them to adapt his language to their unique lived experience. Just as in space, there are no frontiers”.

Text by .e.leiner

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Project 7/Post-Adire

P7 Collection now available to pre-order until 20th of January
2023.
Delivery 1st to 15th of May 2023.

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