{"id":8964,"date":"2024-04-21T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/vincent-jacquemet-founder-of-afrodyssee\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:02:37","slug":"vincent-jacquemet-founder-of-afrodyssee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/vincent-jacquemet-founder-of-afrodyssee\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Jacquemet, founder of Afrodyss\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><iframe id=\"ausha-rkdE\" style=\"border: none; width: 100%; height: 220px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/?showId=qxYJmIJ4O3gr&amp;color=%23000000&amp;podcastId=PdP64tj06jLN&amp;v=3&amp;playerId=ausha-rkdE\" name=\"Ausha Podcast Player\" height=\"220\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/ausha-player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New creative voices are emerging in a world where fashion is often dictated by Paris, Milan or New York Fashion Weeks, and Vincent Jacquemet is one of them. E <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passionate entrepreneur, he founded<span style=\"color: #18b53b;\"> the<\/span><span style=\"color: #18b53b;\">Afrodyss\u00e9e event<\/span> to promote African fashion in Europe. Through his unique journey, he highlights the richness and diversity of the continent&#8217;s designers, while challenging the prejudices and stereotypes that persist in the fashion industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Discovering African Creativity<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent had a conventional school career up to university, where he studied literature and philosophy. His frequent trips to Africa, particularly the Sahel countries, introduced him to textiles and the magic of colors such as indigo. During these <span style=\"color: #18b53b;\">trips to the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria,<\/span> he discovered a new generation of daring designers. These exchanges with fashion designers prompted him to question his own prejudices. As a result, he became more interested in the continent&#8217;s creative diversity, and discovered a wealth of talent and projects that were little-known in Europe. Convinced of the need to highlight these designers, he decided to create an initiative to promote the diversity and modernity of African fashion in Europe. This was the genesis of what has now become an unmissable annual event in Geneva: Afrodyss\u00e9e.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3923\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"wp-image-3923\" src=\"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Afrodyssee-Ibrahim-Fernandez.jpg\" alt=\"Afrodyssee Ibrahim Fernandez\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibrahim Fernandez Collection @Abby<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>The ambition of the Afrodyss\u00e9e event<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent Jacquemet deplores the concept of charity evenings and galas, which often perpetuate a paternalistic vision of Africa, but don&#8217;t allow for a real, equitable exchange. He aims to change this perception by highlighting the talent and modernity of African creators. His experience in the production of cultural projects gives him the necessary skills to organize events that showcase African creativity. He is also<span style=\"color: #18b53b;\"> critical of the fashion shows organized in Paris<\/span> to showcase collections by African designers. They&#8217;re great shows, but they don&#8217;t allow designers to sell their pieces or meet buyers to take orders. These observations are key to the concept of the Afrodyss\u00e9e event, whose ambition is to create a dynamic of virtuous exchanges between designers and visitors.     <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>An innovative and ambitious concept<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Afrodyss\u00e9e event aims to <span style=\"color: #18b53b;\">foster an authentic and balanced dialogue between Africa and Europe<\/span>, by showcasing the creative wealth of the African continent. One of the major challenges is to present a selection of around twenty designers, all based in Africa. The challenges of bringing together designers from all 4 corners of the continent for 3 days in Geneva are immense. For the 7th edition, the Afrodyss\u00e9e team led by Vincent has risen to the challenge, offering a broad yet non-exhaustive vision of what designers from the 54-country continent can offer. Afrodyss\u00e9e is organized around 4 pillars      <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Exhibition to meet designers and acquire collectors&#8217; pieces made in Africa  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Debates, which bring together experts and designers to discuss the place of African fashion on the international scene.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Village of Flavors to (re)discover African gastronomy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Show to discover the latest collections<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3922\" src=\"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Flyer-afrodyssee-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\"><\/h2>\n<h3>The 2024 designers list<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designers are selected through a <span style=\"color: #18b53b;\">rigorous casting<\/span> process, based on their creativity and communication on social networks, as well as on criteria linked to the organization of the business, such as the fair remuneration of workers.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Adele Dejak &#8211; Kenya<br \/>\n2. Bazarapagne &#8211; Togo<br \/>\n3. Boyedoe &#8211; Ghana<br \/>\n4. Fia Factory &#8211; Nigeria<br \/>\n5. Gringo Custum &#8211; Senegal<br \/>\n6. Handcrafts Z &#8211; Zimbabwe<br \/>\n7. Judy Sanderson &#8211; South Africa<br \/>\n8. Kilubukila &#8211; Congo DRC<br \/>\n9. L&#8217;Artisane &#8211; Senegal<br \/>\n10. Larry Jay &#8211; Ghana<br \/>\n11. Lilabare &#8211; Kenya<br \/>\n12. Black Market &#8211; Togo<br \/>\n13. Masa Mara &#8211; Rwanda<br \/>\n14. Moshions &#8211; Rwanda<br \/>\n15. Nilhane &#8211; Mali<br \/>\n16. Pepper Row &#8211; Nigeria<br \/>\n17. Samson Feli &#8211; Togo<br \/>\n18. Schag &#8211; Togo<br \/>\n19. Threaded Tribes &#8211; Ghana<br \/>\n20. Urban Tribes &#8211; Switzerland<br \/>\n21. Vanhu Vamwe &#8211; Zimbabwe<br \/>\n22. WaxUp Africa &#8211; Switzerland<\/p>\n<h3>The future of Afrodyss\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode of the podcast, Vincent shares his vision for the future of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrodyssee.ch\/ticketing\">Afrodyss\u00e9e<\/a> event, with possible editions in New York or Bahia, and new, larger spaces for the Geneva edition to welcome more visitors, more designers and a more personalized scenography to best represent each brand universe. For 3 days, on May 31, June 1 and June 2, 2024,<span style=\"color: #18b53b;\"> African creativity will take pride of place in Switzerland<\/span> at the   <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maison communale de Plainpalais through an event now recognized in Africa, Europe and the rest of the world as a benchmark in the promotion of African cultural and creative industries.  <\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/africa-fashion-la-creativite-africaine-a-lhonneur-a-londres-au-victoria-albert-museum\/\">Africa Fashion: African creativity in the spotlight at the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum in London<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent Jacquemet, the founder of Afrodyss\u00e9e, shares the origins of the creation of this benchmark event for the promotion of African cultural and creative industries, recognized in Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}