By Sandrine Goncalvès

During last parisian week of Haute Couture, in the luxury hotel Méridien Etoile, Ylan Anoufa presented his first collection called “Decadence”.

« Anoufa » is a true family story. Ylan was born in Paris but he grew up between the French capital and New York. He has showed a great interest in arts and fashion from a really early age. His grandfather’s influence has certainly proved essential in this career choice. He was actually the one who created in 1939 the fashion house that bears his name and today and his grandson now wishes to continue the family tradition with the utmost care.

Ylan was only 16 years old when he designed his first jeans collection that was available in the famous parisian shop Killiwatch but the young man had much more ambition for the future and he quickly decided to move back to New York. At just 18, he became the Head Designer of GTFM Group, which posseses several major streetwear brands such as Fubu U.S. Collection, Drunky Monkey, Coogi, Kappa, Heatherette or Willy Ecko. He continued to develop his career by designing for Seven Jeans before going one step further by co-founding two labels: Ziami Brand and Muscarii. Finally in 2008, he became the Head Designer of Fashion TV Clothing Line.

Reinforced by thoses experiences, he has now come back to Paris where he opened an independant fashion house called Ylanjeans Studio.His first collection adresses to young, daring and sexy women who dare to express their femininity and their impertinence. Ylan Anoufa presented different looks from confortable summer outfits to urban and rocky clothes.

During the show, the models assumed a fun and self-confident attitude. They all wore plastered hair extensions to make them look a little bit wild. The eyebrows were studded with metal gems and eyes were very smoky for an even more rock n’roll look. In addition to that, they wore long fake blue and metallic nails with small chains that tied them together.

Chains were could also be seen in the clothes themselves. They proved to be really sexy accessories escpecially when used as a belt or when laced at the back of short dresses. Their lines could trully flatter the swaying. This fashion collection also included several variations of laced-up clothes. A close attention was also paid to the work on the cuts. Small tops, dresses or even pants could be made of strips of woven material.

Regarding the colors, fabrics were all painted by hand. The tones varied from a range of faded colors to sparkling blues. Different patterns could also be found such as tie-dye or camouflage. Ylan Anoufa has also presented a line of accessories which included braid woven bags. The whole result is a simple and effective collection that could perfectly suit modern and urban women so the young designer might certainly soon reach the young and fashionable audience he is looking for.