PORTFOLIO
E M A N
2023 A B D O U
eman3bdou
ABOUT ME
My name is Eman Abdou a Fashion Designer with two Bachelor’s degrees in Fashion Design from IED Moda Milano, and Architectural Design from AAST Alexandria, Egypt and still eager to learn more. As someone who listens to their inner child, story telling plays a big role (especially about culture and heritage) in incorporating them into my designs and work. I have dedicated myself to the art of weaving fabric, with a passion for using unconventional materials and embroidery.
Intro Index About Me 02 Concept / Capsule Development Sansovino 6 04 Gender Neutral F/W Collection Sawah 08 Knitwear Capsule Collection Samo 24 Various Projects(Intern - Fashion Designer) Several Works 38 Prints from Living in Limbo and Illustrations Sketches 44 Knitwear Capsule Development Selvaggia 28
Sansovino 6
knitwear/ gender-neutral/ layering
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Inspired by Sansovino 6 “knitted situations and things” gender neutral and multi layering,
The capsule is made up of three different looks, based on earlier outfit combinations.
The first look is based on the playfulness of asymmetrical layering over one shoulder instead of both, and adding a more structural gender neutral long shorts. with a variation of colors.
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02 Sawah 08
Sawah gender-neutral/ empowering/ heritage
For time is but a moment and home is faraway, the longing and years passing created nothing but wrinkly faces. O how we would forgive and erase the anger, just to return to the beginning. Back to our singing celebrations, our henna nights, our date springs,for we are nothing but humans.”
¬ Hamza El Din - El Zaman
Sawah is the Egyptian Nubians’ imaginary journey back home, where the collection focuses on their background, identity, and culture, but transforming them into patriotic nomads. Creating a world where they turn into rebels, and fight back for their identity’s survival without losing it and their rightful land.
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02 Sketchbook_Sawah 10
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
02 ColorCard&SilhouetteDevelopment_Sawah 11
Stripes and weaves are the most dominant elements in the collection. However they are not presented in the classic and expected way, but used together to complement each other, along with playful pleating and sheer tulle, from the traditional nubian "Gergar".. All these elements act as a futuristic upgrade to the original Nubian style and their character development.
Different layering of fabrics are also derived from the traditional silhouettes, which are mainly cotton, wool, and linen. The cotton based garments, are organically pleated creating voluminous structures, which flatter the silhouettes, giving them a strong powerful presence and a strong character, which can be especially seen with the playful yet dominant dresses and oversized pants. A Native feel surrounds the collection, yet it is still contemporary for both; menswear and womenswear.
Ease, comfort and versatility, also define the ever flowing dresses, pants and galabias.
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FW20YA0015 100%CO 0.6CM OFF WHITE TWIRLED ROPE
FW20YA0001 95%WO 5%PC FLUFFY
FW20YA0014 100% CO 1 CM OFF WHITE COTTON ROPE
FW20YA0020 100% CO 4 CM OFF WHITE COTTON RIBBON
FW20YA0003 SYNTHETIC
FW20YA0002 CREAM
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02 Overview_Sawah 16
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02 TechnicalDrawings_Sawah 18
02 Fittings_Sawah 19
Photos. Eman Abdou, Design. Eman Abdou, Model. Nadine Hisham.
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Photos. Eman Abdou, Design. Eman Abdou, Models. Ivan Farina, and Nadine Hisham.
02 Shooting_Sawah 21
Photos. Xin Hu, Design. Eman Abdou, Model. Hilda Gloria Ndiwabeene.
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Photos. Xin Hu, Design. Eman Abdou, Model. Ivan Farina.
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Photos. Xin Hu, Design. Eman Abdou, Models. Hilda Gloria Ndiwabeene, and Jourdan Dorn.
Samo
knitwear/ gender-neutral/ breaking boundaries
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The collection focuses on playful, colorful characters that mimic Basquiat’s organic style. Just like his paintings, the manipulations used unconventional materials other than yarn, like plastic bags, pins. Some pieces included Hand Woven Rya with tassels. The designs embrace the idea of “coloring outside the border”.
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03 Sketchbook/SketchDevelopment_Samo 26
Look 20
HAND KNITTED GARTER STITCH WITH ADDED FRINGES NEEDLE7
POLYESTER NETTING
IRREGULAR FANCY THIN AND THICK STRIPED (SEE THROUGH) ON REVERSE JERSEY
IRREGULAR 2 COLOR STRIPE
KNIT WITH BROKEN LADDER & ADDED EMBELLISHMENTS
BROTHER PART KNITTING
HAND WOVEN RYA WITH MIXED YARN KNOTS AND TASSELS
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YARN: FLUFFY
95%WO 5%PC
GG5 YARN: MOMENT NM:2800 AMBRA BIANCO OTTICO NM:2/6000
GG8 YARN: RIFLESSO AZZURRO NM: 1/4000 SAM
GG7 YARN: FILATO NM 30/2 FILORE NM:2/28 FILATI BIAGIOLI NEMO ROYAL NM: 2/60
YARN: CREAM ROUGE DARK Look 14 HandDrawnTechnicals_Samo
PLAIN
Selvaggia
knitwear/ empowering/ rebel
A capsule collection inspired by mother nature, who’s always moreangry and provocative against humanity. A rebellious mother.
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04 KnitRealization_Selvaggia 29
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04 KnitRealization_Selvaggia 34
04 KnitRealization_Selvaggia 35
04 Overview_Selvaggia 36
04 TechPacks_Selvaggia 37
Several Works
Internships
MotherPearlEmbroideredButtonsTop 38 05
- Fashion Designer
The top is an up-cycled project using vintage mother of pearl buttons from the 60s.
Instead of using them as normal accessory buttons they were used as the main piece. Their original metallic like shiny color resonated with medieval under-armour garments. with metallic hoops attached together.
1000 buttons were used in total to make this crop top, embroidered together using linen thread. The finished product weighs 1.5 kilos. Thanks to material recycling the product cost only 60€. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!
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Development_MotherPearlEmbroideredButtonsTop 40 05
05 41 Shooting_MotherPearlEmbroideredButtonsTop
Photos. Eman Abdou, Design. Eman Abdou, Model. Lotta Hagelin
PrototypeDevelopment_GabrieleColangeloIntern 42 05
05 43 PrototypeDevelopment_GabrieleColangeloIntern
Prints&Sketches
Living In Limbo Prints MoodBoard&ColorCard_LivingInLimbo 06 44
DigitalPrintRealization_LivingInLimbo 06
CHAINS OF ILLUSION
Original Picture
SINKING LOOK 2
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Original Pictures
06 47 Illustrations
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Eman Abdou
eman3bdou@gmail.com
+39 3338225248
Milan, ITALY
& LANGUAGES
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EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE
05/2023 - Present
Junior Designer and Designer Assistant at Pairi Daeza (Milan, Italy)
05/2023 - Present
Junior Designer, Embroiderer and Sewist at Fatra (Milan, Italy)
01/2023 - 03/2023
Intensive 4 hour Daily Embroidery Course at CLOM (Milan, Italy)
10/2021 - 04/2023
Freelance Junior Designer and Fabric Manipulator (Milan, Italy)
05/2021 - 09/2021
Textile and Product Development Internship at Filanda (Treviso, Italy)
01/2021 - 04/2021
Design Internship at Gabriele Colangelo (Milan, Italy)
09/2017 - 09/2017
Backstage Assistant Milan Fashion Week for Lucio Vanotti & Vìen (Milan, Italy)
2017 - 2020
BA Fashion Design from IED Moda (Milan, Italy)
2011 - 2016
BA Architectural Design from AAST (Alexandria, Egypt) Fashion Designer Linkedin
SKILLS
English
Mother Tongue
Arabic
Mother Tongue Italian
Average Adobe Microsoft Office Other Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Lightroom Acrobat Word PowerPoint Excel AutoCAD MidJourney Sketchup Clo3D Resleeve Premiere VSDC Skills Design Research Sketching Tech Packs Yarn + Fabric Selection Print Development MoodBoards LookBooks Weaving Embroidery Sewing
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THANK YOU E M A N 2023 A B D O U +39 3338225248 eman3bdou@gmail.com