Black bodies X Christelle Bakima

Join us for a meeting with the author of Corps Noirs, who has already captured the attention of several media outlets such as Vogue, Les Inrocks, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Arte, Cast Podcast, Le Prescripteur, and many others!

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At just twenty-seven, Christelle Bakima Poundza has spent more than half her life studying fashion shows and carefully collecting fashion magazines and publications. After hours of runways and hundreds of kilos of glossy paper, the conclusion is clear: she has rarely seen herself represented in most of the images produced by French fashion—without this, paradoxically, diminishing her desire to be part of this world, often described as so closed.

In this accessible, well-documented first-person essay, Christelle Bakima Poundza reflects on the representation of Black people in France, crossing it with an analysis of French fashion, through the bodies that embody it—models, and more specifically, Black female models.

We look forward to seeing you on October 1st from 3 p.m. at the LA CASERNE showroom to meet Christelle Bakima Poundza.