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Yoff

Dress
2017
Artist/Maker
Selly Raby Kane (brand)
Selly Raby Kane (designer)
Place of origin
Dakar (designed and made)

Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese artist and fashion designer. She is the founder of the brand SRK and a member of the Muus du Tux and Les Petits Pierres collectives in Dakar. The former is a group of artists that use different media to explore the connections between Dakar’s urban life and mysticism; the latter is a multidisciplinary organization that promotes social innovation across the city’s neighbourhoods.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Africa
Clothing
Leather
Womenswear
Object type
Dress
TitleYoff (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Leather and cotton
Leather
Cotton (Textile)
Applique
Brief description
Yoff dress, multicoloured, cotton and leather, designed by Selly Raby Kane, 17 Rue Jules Ferry collection, Dakar, Senegal, Autumn/Winder 2017
Physical description
Sweater style midi dress made from leather and cotton. Applique decoration, including the words 'DAKAR' and 'RYTE'
Gallery label
(02/07/2022 - 16/04/2023)
Named by Kane after a Leboue village situated in the north of Dakar named Yoff, this ‘Yoff’ dress is inspired by the energy and urban environment of the city. She created the collection as a celebration of the best of Dakar, its ‘transgressive creative processes and cross-disciplinary vision’, manifesting in the imagined location of 17 Rue Jules Ferry, which gives the collection its name. V&A, Room 40, Africa Fashion
Summary
Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese artist and fashion designer. She is the founder of the brand SRK and a member of the Muus du Tux and Les Petits Pierres collectives in Dakar. The former is a group of artists that use different media to explore the connections between Dakar’s urban life and mysticism; the latter is a multidisciplinary organization that promotes social innovation across the city’s neighbourhoods.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.78-2022

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Record createdOctober 29, 2021
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1676804/yoff-dress-selly-raby-kane/
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