When you talk about style in the fashion industry in Africa, Wazal collection from Ayissi Nga Joseph-Marie fondly called JJ Du Style can never be pushed aside.
Ayissi is a fashion designer that knows what the people want and is ready to serve it very hot and undiluted.
The French-Cameroonian designer, whose father was a tailor, is out with his collection Wazal sewing called Ova Suckled 2016/2017 or ‘Ova Tété’.
According to him, this collection is inspired by a Cameroonian slang ‘ova’ which means bigger and noble person and tété which refers to chic and bourgeois.
He explained that noble and quality materials were used in this collection, including first choice wax (African print) from Senegal or Mali.
“I will say this collection is indecent, 10 years in advance or shameless 5 years in advance. I prefer being ahead because the fashion world is in constant evolutions,” Ayissi said.
Ayissi started the Wazal clothing line in 2005 and the next year, he launched his first designs which were worn by some celebrities such as SINGUILA, Alpeco, WAYNE BECKFORD, ROMARIC Koffi and Lalcko.
According to him, Wazal is a blend of ‘Waza’, the name of a natural park in the extreme north of Cameroon and the letter ‘L’ which stands for Lion, the Cameroonian symbol. The natural park symbolizes respect, while the lion symbolizes power.
Wazal Couture fashion universe expresses more of casual wear in a constant search of innovations, new styles and creativity. In the mixture of many various colours, and various prints, he adds and blends other materials such as pure cotton, denim jean, wax, leather, fur, synthetic just to name a few.
He went through a professional training in VANESSA RUIZ fashion school in Paris and later on specialized in creating tuxedo jackets.
The first was thus created in 2013 under the declination ‘Tete fly.’
In 2013, he was part of the guests of the Ambassador of Cameroon to Paris for the exhibition of the feast of the Cameroonian youth and the Fashion Night Lounge at the Elysee Palace in Paris, where he presented his three concepts: WazalRock, fly Tété and Africafutur.
These concepts are based on criteria which since the beginning symbolized his career: Daring, Respect and Creation. Wazal cuts and designs are impressive and modern; moreover it follows the latest trends today.
