by Renée Mendy-Ongoundou · Alternatives · tapa dura · ISBN 9782862273563
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«Elégances africaines» is an essay by Renée Mendy-Ongoundou on African fashion and textiles, published by Alternatives in hardback (139 pages).
The author analyses African elegance through traditional textiles and their projection in contemporary fashion: prints, fibres and garments as expressions of cultural identity. The book visually documents outfits that reinterpret this textile heritage, including the cover, where a woman wears a suit of yellow natural fibres.
Published on 16 October 2002, this hardback volume in French measures 10.6 x 9.9 x 0.7 inches and weighs 2.4 pounds.
A work of interest to those studying African fashion, textile design and contemporary cultural aesthetics.
