Picturing donated clothes unsuitable for distribution that found a new lease of life in last Saturday’s ‘Hope Walk’. This selection of photos represents refugees partnered with students from the French capital’s International Fashion Academy to create clothing and costumes for a fashion show at the French capital’s Good Chance Theatre.
From Muhammad Ali, from Afghanistan who has makeup applied for his role as a model to one of the collaborative pieces for the Hope Walk, all these photos will give you thrills.
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Muhammad Ali, from Afghanistan, has makeup applied for his role as a model
The pieces are the culmination of weeks of collaboration between refugees and fashion students, made from unused clothes given to Emmaüs Solidarité, one of the largest humanitarian charities in France
Nouredine, a Sudanese refugee, works on the detailing for his first creation
Creators perfect their designs at the Paris International Fashion Academy, in collaboration with some of the MA students. Here, Navid attends to a detail on one of his pieces
Pape, from Senegal, works on one of his looks for the Hope Walk
The Hope Walk is an initiative from the Good Chance Theatre, a temporary centre that offers asylum seekers the chance to take part in workshops in many different art forms, including theatre, music, dance, sculpture and poetry. Each week, artists, volunteers and local migrants work together towards a Saturday ‘Hope Show’, when the theatre opens its doors to showcase creations to the Parisian public
Navid works with MA student Moa Zhang on their joint pieces for the runway show. More than a thousand refugees live on the streets of north Paris, with a further 80 to 100 arriving every day. The Good Chance Theatre’s work provides people with a safe space to talk, relax and make art. ‘They tell us that the theatre gives them a reason to get out of bed, and to hope for the future again,’ say the organisers
Waga, from Guinea, collaborated in the design, makeup and creation of several outfits
One of the collaborative pieces for the Hope Walk
Photographs by Justin Sutcliffe/Eyevine