Designer Imane Ayissi looked East for his latest show in Paris

Known for blending African heritage with the DNA of French high fashion, Cameroonian couture designer Imane Ayissi looked East for his latest collection.

During the Paris Fashion Week show last week, he took inspiration from the paintings of Chinese diplomat Wang Ying.

“The collection is called Akalene in a language of Cameroon. Akalene means a correspondence or an exchange, a cultural exchange, a language exchange, a writings exchange,…