Artist: Euphemia-Ann Sydney-Davies
Museum: Commonwealth Fashion Council (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Cloth
Designer Eumphemia-Ann Sydney Davies of Sydney-Davies from Sierra Leone exchanged with artisans Big Dread Kente from Ghana to create a bespoke look for The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange - an initiative for established and emerging fashion talent from across the Commonwealth’s 53 countries to showcase the power and potential of artisan fashion skills to deliver new networks, trade links and highlight sustainability. Sydney-Davies and Big Dread Kente have worked together to create a natural raffia-fringed hand-woven kente cloth midi skirt with recyclable plastic blocking, and a bralet top embellished with Swarovski upcycled crystals in queen bee motifs. The outfit is completed with an oversized bardot wrap jacket made from hand-woven gold kente cloth, hand-woven country cloth, and 100% wool, and a handmade necklace and bracelet crafted by Ousman Toure in The Gambia. The necklace is made using glass beads and wooden Malawian trade beads which were traditionally used as tender. The look was displayed at Buckingham Palace and High Commission Australia, London. Both exhibitions were curated by VOGUE
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