Tribe

Doing the most while wearing the least, BAOBAB is a sustainability oriented brand that specializes in designing statement swimwear and resort wear in signature asymmetrical cuts and bold silhouettes, striving towards becoming a zero waste brand.

It began as an idea worth pursuing to form a brand that speaks to the world.

Through using magical landscapes around the globe as inspiration for designs, Baobab is able to speak through the uniqueness, boldness, sexiness, and asymmetry found in their design. Where fashion meets sustainability, and the world is our runway.

Ronald van der Kemp worked internationally for over 25 years as designer and creative director for high-end international luxury brands such as Bill Blass, Barneys NY, Guy Laroche, Celine before launching his own brand RVDK.

Driven by a conviction that luxury fashion was heading in the wrong direction he was determined to follow his own path of sustainability and inclusivity with “New ethics in luxury fashion” as leitmotiv, with a heightened awareness and a responsibility for the planet we live on and the people it inhabits.

Since 2014 RVDK is on a mission to reinvent the notion of a couture house, exploring creativity and playfulness with a feeling of nostalgia and a longing for the heydays of couture.

RVDK Ronald van der Kemp is the world’s first sustainable couture brand, recognized by the fédération de la haute couture et de la mode in Paris.

Ronald is a pioneering advocate for his cause, speaking at international conferences, colleges and organisations.

After working around the world for esteemed menswear labels; such as Gosha Rubchinskiy, Craig Green & Walter Van Beirendonck.

William Palmer made the bold decision to go it alone and create his eponymous brand.

PALMER-UK is the ready to wear brand driven to inspire men to express their style uninhibitedly. Palmer’s roots go back to the designer’s Weston-super-Mare youth. The tongue-in-cheek brand is a result of his innate pride for the country that raised him contrasted with memories of growing up in a broken Britain.

Coming-of-age in a time when manhood was championed by chav-culture, PALMER-UK was built to subvert the uncompromising ideas of what being a man meant then and the effect these stereotypes still have on society today. The nostalgic and dynamic pieces reimagine iconic menswear staples. The use of playful detailing challenges toxic masculinity, paying homage to quintessential Britain while re-defining what “dressing like a man” means.

Kristell Bannier studied design in Paris and apprenticed at Véronique Leroy. After graduation, she went to London and joins the studio of David Koma and A.W.A.K.E. When returned in Paris, she integrates ATLEIN and Mugler in parallel of the creation of the corset line.

Kristell Bannier start her first corset collection in 2021 under the name of KRIBA based in Paris.

KRIBA’s essence it’s to adapt the historical garment in actual corset. The pieces are imagined to be layered outside, subverting them from underwear into outerwear. She uses menswear wardrobe details mixing with 70s bikers elements to explore the diverse language of the corset. The goal imagined is to empower the bodies rather than binding them. The material used in the pieces reinforced the outerwear side of the corset: traditional tailoring such as double wool crepe and flanelle pinstripe from Italy. The leather used is from 2nd hand and allow to use the benefit specialities of this material: durability and authenticity.