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The brand is the result of the meeting between Swann Amdeo & Steven Jacques, two young French designers who met in Paris before moving to London. Swann graduated in Fashion Design from Parisian school LISAA - L’Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués – in 2012. Then, he interned at Peclers Paris - a Styling agency - as a Women Stylist. He assisted Jacquemus for his AW14 col- lection «La Piscine» as an Assitant Pattern Maker. Before coming to London, Swann was working at Le Printemps Haussmann as a Visual Merchandiser in the Luxury department. In February 2014, he assisted stylist Georgia Pendleburry. Steven started studying Fashion Management at Mod’Art International in 2013. During that year, he interned at Damir Doma as a Commercial Assistant. He moved to London in 2014 to complete his final year at LCF and graduated last July. He started assisting stylists such as Stevie Westgarth, Hanna Kelifa and Jane How. More re- cently, Steven was working part-time at Chanel in Har- rods as a Sales Assitant. Convinced that it is in diversity that you find balance, we are inspired by the Western urban culture and the traditional Muslim dress mainly from Africa and the Middle East, because of our heritage. As mixed-race people, we grew up being confronted with different environments and styles. We always had to adapt and it made us realise that clothes were a means of expression. We want to highlight the wealth of our generation and the fact that barriers don’t really exist anymore. We have