About Me
Hi, I am Diana, a fashion graduate specialising in fashion design.
Hi, I am Diana Kibangou Obondji, a fashion graduate with a passion for high fashion and its implementation. I aim to advance in the fashion industry as a designer and later a creative director.
The Final Major Project "TENE TI ZOH", identity in Sango, a Central African Republic dialect, investigates and explores my identity as a girl raised influenced by two cultures, the Batéké tribe of the Republic Congo and Great Britain. The concept is a love letter of self expression from me to myself.
INSPIRATION
A love letter of self-expression.
I've always considered myself to be a hopeless romantic. Fashion for me was a mean of escapism which filled me with love and joy from a very young age. Coming from a Congolese family, I have always been surrounded by extravagance through clothes and that became a love language for me. I aim to be a creative that not only has power in her work but also educates visually through the introduction of my culture.
Throughout the project, I was focused on creating a reflection of my family, culture and upbringing. This from the fabrics I used to the styling ideas. I searched a lot into my memories and wanted to capture different parts of childhood within my designs. I used fabrics such as cotton linen to imitate raffia and reflect our wedding traditions, a reminder of my roots. I used the long exposure technique during the photoshoot of the collection to show movement on a still image like the memories in my mind.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Concept Board
Research Board
Research Board
Design development
Final 3 Line up
Outfit 1 - Menswear details
Outfit 2 - Womenswear
Outfit 3 - Showstopper
DETAIL
A hopeless romantic, Fashion is a mean of escapism.
The inspiration for my FMP came from family pictures. The nostalgia of certain settings and how a lot of who I am today is a direct reflection of those sceneries. I wanted to embrace the extravagance that comes with being Congolese, explore the ways of our infamous “Les Sapeurs Congolais” (Congolese street dressers) and look back at how complex my being has been. This project has been so thrilling to work on and has allowed me to expand on my creative design, technical and construction skills, and most certainly has given me the motivation to achieve a successful career within fashion.
"Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream" - Donatella Versace
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