Azerbaijani culture features prominently at Paris Fashion Week

Azerbaijani cultural heritage took center stage during Paris Fashion Week through various artistic showcases. The Azerbaijan Cultural Center hosted the inaugural ‘Fashion Culture Day in Paris,’ an event organized by SİMOORG Academy and the Association des Amis de l’Azerbaïdjan (AAA), with support from the Azerbaijani Embassy in France.

The showcase featured contemporary designs from young SİMOORG Academy talents, including Sevda Gadashova (VII YUXU), Aysel Huseynova (Linesbyaysa), Shams Abilsoy (SHAMS), and Gular Gurbanova (Clover). These designers integrated ancestral motifs, silk, and silver embroidery into modern silhouettes.

In a separate artistic collaboration, the fashion house Acne Studios utilized the work of Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed for its Spring-Summer 2027 ‘Denim Hysteria’ collection. Ahmed, known for transforming traditional Azerbaijani carpets into sculptural, liquid-like installations, provided a large-scale scenography that complemented the collection’s themes of material metamorphosis.