XULY.Bët Funkin' Fashion Factory, or XULY.Bët ("to open your eyes wide" in

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), is a luxury clothing line designed by Malian-Senegalese

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er Lamine Badian Kouyaté.

Influences

Xuly BJulys is known for incorporating African influences into contemporary fashion.

Accolades

In 1994, ''

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'' awarded Lamine Badian Kouyate the Creator of the Year Award, and he was featured in the film ''Ready-To-Wear''. In 1995, he began a collaboration with Puma; since then, the company has collaborated with various other brands including, APC,

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, Naf Naf, les 3 Suisses, and Leclerc. Kouyate received the

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Fashion Award in 1996, and was an active member of

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from 2009 to 2018. In 2018, he and his works were featured in the exhibit "African Metropolis" at the MAXXI Museo in

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Lamine Badian Kouyaté

Kouyaté was born in Bamako on 28 December 1962. His father,

Seydou Badian Kouyaté Seydou Badian Kouyaté (April 10, 1928 – December 28, 2018) was a Malian writer and politician. He wrote the lyrics to the Malian national anthem, " Le Mali". Early life and education Born in Bamako, Kouyaté studied medicine at the University ...

, was a notable writer and politician. His mother, Dr. Henriette Kouyaté Carvalho d’Alvarengo became the first Malian woman to obtain a doctor's license at 75. Lamine Kouyaté moved to France around 1986. He then began studying architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg. He turned to fabrics and textiles as a medium for architecture. As he was working on the lightness of fabrics in the Hôpital Éphémère, XULY.Bët was created. Kouyaté's interest in upcycling garments and incorporating

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n styles made XULY.Bët an influential underground fashion label. He references the work of designers

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and Yves Saint Laurent. His inspirations also come from

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, and

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music for his designs.

References

External links

XULY.Bët official websiteXULY.Bët InstagramXULY.Bët Facebook
Amy M. Spindler, ''

''. May 2, 1993.
"Revealing New Layers of African Fashion"
Guy Trebay, ''

''. February 14, 2009.
"Lamine Kouyate - crear una marca sostenible es el único camino
, Ana María Ferrer, ''La Moda en las Calles'', June 13, 2019.
"Le retour en force de XULY.Bët"
Alexandre Lanz, ''360°'', December 11, 2019.

Caroline Rousseau,

', March 14, 2020.
"Fashion Week, jour 8: Deux salles, deux ambiances"
Margaux Krehl, '' Vanity Fair'', March 3, 2020.
"XULY.Bët FW20 Collection"
Steff Yotka, ''

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'', March 3, 2020.
"XULY.Bët : la marque pionnière du "recycling" est de retour!"
Sophie Fontanel, ''

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