THE SCULPTED WEARABLE ART OF NOUREDDINE AMIR.

By Damali and Nii B. Andrews

Noureddine Amir has successfully adapted traditional African clothing designs for his internationally acclaimed, edgy, haute couture creations.

The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in France has invited Amir to participate in the July 2018 Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. This is a high honor and a ringing endorsement of his creativity.

But of even much more importance, the Majorelle Garden Foundation, faithful to its mission of promoting the Moroccan heritage and eager to endorse the work of Noureddine Amir, is scheduled to host the creations of the artist in the temporary exhibition room of the Marrakech YSL Museum.

This exhibition will run from February 23 – April 22, 2018.

Amir was born in 1967 in Rabat.

He graduated in 1996 from the School of Fashion Arts and Techniques in Paris and currently lives and works in Marrakech.

Many of Amir’s clothes are highly sculptural; he freely combines and coordinates materials such as organza, silk chiffon and jute canvas with his own unique materials and fabrics.

“I accumulate mountains of materials. Then I feel them, I mix them, I experiment… I begin in the middle, the belly around which I create the dress.

And I never know at what point I’ll stop.

The form creates itself. It is born out of the material,” Amir explains.

Amir’s creations have been exhibited at museums internationally, including the ModeMuseum in Antwerp, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille, and the Arab World Institute in Paris.

3 thoughts on “THE SCULPTED WEARABLE ART OF NOUREDDINE AMIR.”

  1. Good morning NBA,
    I wanted to respond to your Marakech piece saying, for a young simple Accra boy, I have stayed in some extraordinary hotels around the world, including the La Mamounia.

    I love my travels, learning and sharing which develops free thinking of a certain kind.

    Clothing , has a special resonance with architecture, where ‘ skin’ takes on new meaning of texture, materiality and filigree.

    There is a great need to dig deep to find ‘new fodder’ for INNO-NATIVE ( tm) ideas.

  2. Good morning NBA,
    I wanted to respond to your Marakech piece saying, for a young simple Accra boy, I have stayed in some extraordinary hotels around the world, including the La Mamounia.
    I love my travels, learning and sharing which develops free thinking of a certain kind.
    Clothing , has a special resonance with architecture, where ‘ skin’ takes on new meaning of texture, materiality and filigree.
    There is a great need to dig deep to find ‘new fodder’ for INNO-NATIVE ( tm) ideas.

    1. Always good to hear from you JOA.

      Yes indeed, Africa has loads of great spots and ideas to inspire and motivate us…if we are worthy.

      Have a wonderful day.

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