My name is Mansour.
He/Him. Born 1986. I am a Designer and Teacher.
Currently working with cloth to create garments and accessories.
My Work
My practice is centered around « masculinity » almost as an abstract concept.
I try to define it, reframing as more than just being the opposite of « feminine ». It is an ongoing search for the fine equilibrium, a happy middle where all influence merges.
I create garments for people interested in presenting « masculine » while questioning the concept of masculinity itself.
I make clothes in a selfish pursuit of vanity and self-reinvention. I think everybody should be able to improve themselves through external appearances and presentation.
For now, I am not producing any of my garments as I am reflecting on solution that wouldn’t exploit workers anywhere while having a real plan for product after life. It is a work in progress.
In that regards, there is an educational and « do it yourself » dimension to my work, while I try to solve a production solution.
My Story
I studied design through fashion.
With methodology inherited from Bauhaus directly, for me, there is no distinction between applied art and crafts, beauty and fonction,
Studied for 5 years in La Cambre (Brussels – Belgium) and a year In Institut Français de la Mode (Paris – France)
I grew up in Brussels, started to make my own clothes around 15 years old.
Love making everything by hands, be able to create object out of almost nothing.
I have worked freelance and launched a few of independent brands.
After a decade of hard work and a few burn-outs, I want to live slowly and intentionally.
In my current practice, I try to focus on the process and carefully curated materials.
Besides being an entrepreneur, I am also a Fashion Design teacher: 3 year at Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design (Geneva – Switzerland) and since February 2022 at College of Arts and Design (Brussels – Belgium)
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