fashion design Mauritania

 Bana Korel, a young Mauritanian fashion designer chose to have an exhibition of her new collection at the Institute Français by recreating a shop inside the gallery and having a mini fashion show for the opening. The five models wore some beautiful gowns and outfits made with local dyed clothes.

Very colorful and elegant, the show was a success and the sales where going steadily as I left.
Sketches from last year exhibition here. The show marked the opening of the Libre Art festival.

fashion show of Bana Korel

 backstage, making up some of the guests and the models

 Aissata, dressmaker and mother of the young fashion designer doing the last touches.

 a small musical break and the show goes on

 a little girl in the audience

M-art a group of young Mauritanian artistes organised for the second year a 10 day long Art Festival.  They had sketching workshops going on at local schools to introduce the younger generations to drawing and painting, something that doesn't exist at all in the schools programmes ( there are no Art Schools and drawing/painting are not taught) and an open painting workshop at the National Museum of Nouakchott. For the last day of the Festival they sponsored a young Mauritanian fashion designer, Bana Korel. Bana had the help of her mother, a dressmaker and of Laye Sall tailor and fashion designer and Mamadou Diatta, taylor.
The show was at the Institute Français and the public was delighted and surprised by the beautiful creations of Bana Corel.