Announcement of African Fashion exhibition at V&A
Announcement of African Fashion exhibition at Brooklyn Museum
What would the takeover look like?
Conceptualisation of Alára x Brooklyn Museum
What is feasible? Production & shipping
One brand from each African country?
Representation from each region & the diaspora
Mrs F visits the designers and maker studios
Mapping out all the brands on our radar
Reaching out to different brands to submit product offerings
From the Alára community and our greater Alára radar
Development of capsule collections with specific brands
How do we ensure everything is done within our timeline?
e.g Lagos Space Programme, Dye Lab, WAF
Delivery of items to Mrs F’s house
Asking designers for pieces off-season can sometimes be tricky
A crash course in becoming a shipping company
Delivery of items to Alára Lagos
Transforming the physical space
Alára Lagos heirloom pieces
Side note: why didn’t anyone tell us how far away Brooklyn is from Manhattan?
First things first, let’s get those floor plans out
We’re here to create an experience
How extravagant can we dress the mannequins?
Training!
Training!
Training!
Merchandising! Merchandising! Merchandising!
Panel talk: Lola Ogunnaike in conversation with Reni Folawiyo and Kehinde Wiley
“I don’t have any words. No more people can come in!”–Moi
Private view with Epi.Logic
Essence private walkthrough
We still can’t quite believe it
Time to dig into the NYC storage
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