DIASPORA Zip-up hoodie / Sweat à capuche zippé DIASPORA

Description

NOTE: WE INVITE YOU TO OPT FOR THE DIRECT TRANSFER OPTION TO MINIMIZE UNNECESSARY TRANSACTION COSTS ON OUR END THAT ONLY BENEFIT BIG CORPORATIONS! SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS!

NOTE: NOUS VOUS INVITONS À CHOISIR L’OPTION DE VIREMENT DIRECT AFIN DE MINIMISER LES FRAIS DE TRANSACTION INUTILES DE NOTRE CÔTÉ, QUI NE PROFITENT QU’AUX GRANDES ENTREPRISES ! SOUTENEZ VOS COMMERCES LOCAUX !

Description of the Hoodie: Once again with a focus on sustainability and aesthetic integrity

• Warm fabric weight: 350 g/m²
  Material: 100% Organic cotton
• Straight-cut oversize zip hoodie with set-in sleeves
• Double-lined hood, including metal rings and closed metal ends
• Full-length, exposed metal zipper and kangaroo pockets on the left and right
• With 1×1 ribbed cuffs and hem and double-stitched hem, cuffs, and armholes
  Bias tape and half-moon neck insert in the same fabric
• Screeprinted mask on the back (ca. 30cm x 35cm)
• Screenprinted message – MUTATION CRÉOLE BARBARE – On the right sleeve (ca. 6cm x 30cm)
• Embroided Diaspora on the left side of the chest (ca. 4cm x 12cm)

The Message Finding strength of spirit in one’s origins is only step one

Mutation:The world has changed. Europe must overcome its colonial reflexes to avoid implosion.
Créole: The new Europe is creole. Composite and dynamic, it exists through mutual support and repulses domination
Barbare: Creole Europe can only flourish if it remains barbaric: empathetic, anchored in community and far from fantasies of superiority.

The Mask: We make the new whilst honouring the old

Inspired by masks used by the Kuba nation (DRC) in to sybolize beauty and rites of passage
Decorated with the Amazigh letter « Yah », sign of freedom and individuation
Covered with the ‘fishnet’ print of the Keffiyeh, symbol of struggle, (armed) resistance, and solidarity