Black luxury: a new geography of luxury

Audio 48:30

Imane Ayissi in his Parisian studio AFP

By: Emmanuelle Bastide

50 mins

From Lagos to Miami, via Johannesburg, new multicultural consumers and designers are shaking up luxury standards and responding to new expectations.  

Publicity

Hip-hop, sport culture, uninhibited positive spirit ... what are these new inspirations? 

Can they change the outlook on the creativity of the African continent? 

With

:

- Marie-Jeanne Serbin Thomas

, editor-in-chief of

Brune magazine

- Thomas Mondo

, founder of

Bel-Ami,

a communication and consulting company in Strategy and Creation in the Luxury, Beauty and Lifestyle sectors.

- Imane Ayissi

, Cameroonian designer.

In 2020, he is the first sub-Saharan stylist to join the official calendar of haute couture week in Paris. 

Musical programming

:

► Santrofi -

Kwaa Kwaa

► 

Captain Planet & KarenBe - 

Yalla 

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