• Berber Hotel in Toujane, Tissuetales travels from Tunesia to Burkina Faso In the land of the Amazigh

    —-Scroll down to read the German and French version—- Africa has called me again. On the wintry, deserted island of Djerba, the journey begins to the textile treasures that I seek and find for my culture-connecting fashion. I am travelling with Susanne Stukenberg,  a unique travel companion who has known Tunisia, the Berber culture and […]

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  • Gespannte Baumwollfäden über roter Erde Weave for a better life

    —-Scroll down to read the German and French version—- On the next stop of my journey in Burkina Faso, I learn, among other things, how Faso dan Fani is woven – an important experience for developing my own motifs that I would like to commission later. To cut it short, the work on the mechanical […]

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  • DLIMAT designer Mireille A. Dabre after her successful fashion show presenting a collection called "Synthèse des matières" Made in Burkina

    —-Scroll down to read the French and German Version—- The fashion world in Ouagadougou welcomes me in its very own way and opens its doors to me as soon as I arrive. After meeting my landlady’s niece, Hortense, she tells me that she is a model. Unbelievable! On Saturday, there is a fashion show in […]

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  • Ankommen in einer anderen Welt

    —-Scroll down for English and French version—- Nachdem ich mehrere Tage in Istanbul festsaß und dann meinen Flug in Casablanca im Laufschritt gerade so eben erreicht habe, steige ich endlich in Ouagadougou aus dem Flugzeug. Es sind angenehme 25 Grad und ein bekannter Geruch beginnt mich zu umhüllen als ich die Gangway hinuntergehe: ein herrliches […]

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