Growing up I never seen a queer Gabonese presenting person so my style is a reflection of both my root and my queerness through fashion
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What makes your style stand out?
My style now is the embodiment of both my queerness and my Gabonese roots it took me a while to be comfortable in my queerness and to bring my Gabonese roots into my fashion since it’s something so taboo in my country. in African culture queer people tend to find an escape behind fashion and never truly connect the dots with their roots when I get dress I now make a point that almost political about how crucial my existence is.
What’s your dream fashion moment?
One I have right now that I have never seen before is simply representing Nzambi (also spelled Nzambé, Nzame, Nyambe, Nyambi) who is known as the supreme creator deity in many Bantu traditions of Central & Southern Africa. That I recently found a statue picture of and would love to see a fashion representation through garment of all this ancient African myth but with a collection focus on androgynous take and how ancient it has been through various culture
What would you do with $20,000?
I would help with my little sister’s college tuition fee she just moved to France for college and send a flight ticket to my mum and her big sister that is like a second mother to me as well to spend time with me i haven’t seen them since summer 2019 and my little sister since summer 2018 when I moved to the United States so it would mean the world to see them and this would create memories money cannot buy.