Designer Stella Jean on her latest collaboration

The sustainable and ethical fashion pioneer reveals the process behind her new project with artist Michael Armitage

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“Multiculturalism applied to ethical fashion” - so goes the mantra of Stella Jean’s label, and the Italian fashion designer’s latest collaboration adds a painterly twist too.

Jean has teamed up with Kenyan-British artist Michael Armitage to create two limited-edition jumper designs available exclusively at Yoox.com as part of a project called ArtColLab, a non-profit initiative created by Turin-based arts institution Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo that aims to foster collaborations between leading international contemporary artists and designers. Spun from eco-friendly merino wool, the glorious knits - the ‘Samburu’ and ‘Kiziwani’ - are inspired by the landscapes and mythologies of Kenya and Tanzania as interpreted by Armitage, whose abstract and colourful paintings raise questions about identity.

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