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Meet Selam Fessahaye, the Stylist and Designer Making Change on the Swedish Fashion Scene

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
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    The designer in action.

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    Photo: Director, Shelia Johansson; Stills, Tom Lorentzén; Grade, Nicke Jacobsson / Courtesy of Selam Fessahaye
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    A still from the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    Photo: Director, Shelia Johansson; Stills, Tom Lorentzén; Grade, Nicke Jacobsson / Courtesy of Selam Fessahaye
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    A still from the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    Artist NSDOS (Kirikoo Des), in the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    Singer Sabina Ddumba, in the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    Singer AMWIN (Amanda Winberg) (upper left) in the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    Model Anab, in the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    A still from the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    A still from the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

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    A still from the designer’s Fall 2019 collectsion video.

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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