Xuly Bët

XULY.Bët Funkin' Fashion Factory
Industry	Fashion
Founded	1989

XULY.Bët Funkin' Fashion Factory, or XULY.Bët ("to open your eyes wide" in Wolof^[1]), is a luxury clothing line designed by Malian-Senegalese fashion designer Lamine Badian Kouyaté.

Influences

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

Accolades

In 1994, The New York Times 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, Absolut Vodka, Naf Naf, les 3 Suisses, and Leclerc. Kouyate received the ANDAM Fashion Award in 1996, and was an active member of New York Fashion Week from 2009 to 2018.^[2]

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

Lamine Badian Kouyaté

Kouyaté was born in Bamako on 28 December 1962. His father, Seydou Badian Kouyaté, 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 African styles made XULY.Bët an influential underground fashion label.^[3] He references the work of designers Azzedine Alaïa and Yves Saint Laurent. His inspirations also come from punk rock, grunge, and funk music for his designs.

References

^ Lanz, Alexandre (2019-12-11). "Le retour en force de XULY.Bët". 360° (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
^ "XULY BËT". Andam. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ Borrelli-Persson, Laird (9 August 2019). "Fashion Insiders Azza Yousif and Michelle Elie on the Importance of Xuly.Bët Designer Lamine Kouyaté". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-29.

External links

XULY.Bët official website
XULY.Bët Instagram
XULY.Bët Facebook
"Prince of Pieces". Amy M. Spindler, The New York Times. May 2, 1993.
"Revealing New Layers of African Fashion". Guy Trebay, The New York Times. 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.
"Superproductions, peluches vivantes, engagement féministe..." Caroline Rousseau, M le Monde, March 14, 2020.
"Fashion Week, jour 8: Deux salles, deux ambiances", Margaux Krehl, Vanity Fair, March 3, 2020.
"XULY.Bët FW20 Collection", Steff Yotka, Vogue, March 3, 2020.
"XULY.Bët : la marque pionnière du "recycling" est de retour!", Sophie Fontanel, Le Nouvel Obs, March 23, 2020.

[1] Lanz, Alexandre (2019-12-11). "Le retour en force de XULY.Bët". 360° (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.

[2] "XULY BËT". Andam. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

[3] Borrelli-Persson, Laird (9 August 2019). "Fashion Insiders Azza Yousif and Michelle Elie on the Importance of Xuly.Bët Designer Lamine Kouyaté". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-29.

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