Casablanca SS27 at Espace Niemeyer, the French Communist Party headquarters near Belleville where Charaf Tajer grew up: Brazil, a surfboard, flag colours, tropical flowers
Espace Niemeyer is in the 19th arrondissement, known for its curving interiors and the dome out front. The colours ran to freshly squeezed orange juice and caipirinha lime, in boxy shorts, a skinny silk pyjama suit, crochet swimwear, football shirts and caps in green and yellow.
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01CHARAF TAJER TOOK CASABLANCA'S SPRING 2027 SHOW TO THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY'S HEADQUARTERS, DESIGNED BY OSCAR NIEMEYER, NEAR BELLEVILLE, WHERE HE GREW UP.
02'I WAS LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS GOING HOME FROM SCHOOL,' HE SAID. 'I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS.'
03NIEMEYER WAS BRAZILIAN, AND THE COLLECTION WENT TO BRAZIL: A SURFBOARD CAME DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND THE COLOURS OF THE BRAZILIAN FLAG.
04THE MODELS CIRCLED A PATCH OF PALM TREES AND TROPICAL PLANTS BUILT INSIDE THE DOME.
05TROPICAL FLOWERS WERE EMBROIDERED AND PRINTED ACROSS THE COLLECTION.
06TAJER SAID HE HAS BEEN 'OBSESSED WITH BRAZIL FOR MANY YEARS'.