Meet Diarra Bousso: One of Senegal’s most promising designers
When Diarra Bousso was a child she dreamed of being a fashion designer, artist, mathematician and ballerina when she grew up. Today she’s achieved three out of four and added teacher to the list, too. With her Senegal-based brand Diarrablu she uses her gift for algorithms and equations to design artisan-made womenswear, including a bikini modeled by Kendall Jenner in Vogue, all the while supporting local leatherworkers, textile makers and tailors in Dakar.
Dall 2020 by Diarrablu. Credit: Diarrablu
A self-confessed “nerd” who “dreamed a lot,” Bousso acknowledges the early influence of her father, who