The patterns of the Tanéa skirt are rooted in a millenary tradition where textile art transcends ornamentation to become a language . In many African cultures, fabrics and their symbols carry narratives: they tell of belonging to a community, express social status, or mark a ritual moment in life.
The Tanéa print evokes this memory. It features:
- The stylized masks echo initiatory rituals and ceremonies where art is not decoration but a mediator between the visible and the invisible.
- The solar forms , a reminder of the centrality of the sun in African and Mediterranean cosmologies, a source of light, energy, and regeneration.
- Totem animals and lush vegetation , symbols of protection, fertility, and balance with nature.
- The dancing faces and silhouettes , inspired by oral transmission and collective gestures, serve as a reminder that the body itself is a repository of memory.
The chosen palette, warm, vibrant, and contrasting, evokes sun-drenched African landscapes while engaging in dialogue with the modernity of a contemporary wardrobe. It is not a static print: it is a universe in motion, a mosaic that connects African, Mediterranean, and French heritages in the same sunny aesthetic.
The Tanéa skirt, therefore, can be read as a cultural palimpsest : a garment that preserves traces of ancient memories while remaining rooted in the present. Each time it is worn, it extends this history, that of a fashion that not only clothes, but also transmits, teaches, and illuminates .