How Esther Kamatari supports African fashion

The Burundian princess, the muse of Guerlain, is the matron of the Black Queens photo exhibition in Paris, which ends this Sunday…

“African fashion is still too less visible because we ourselves do not support our designers, we do not buy local,” says Esther Kamatari. From the Burundian royal family, this former supermodel, one of the first to parade on the haute couture catwalks in Europe in the years 70, deplores the absence of African designers at major events especially during the recent Fashion week of Paris.

Even though it rarely appears in outfits reminiscent of Africa, it does not deny its origins and could become more involved in the development of African designs. To do this, the matron of the Black Queens exhibition which ends on January 27th in Paris.

This event is a tribute to African beauty and to those who sublimate it, as it brings together the new wave of models, stylists and photographers from the continent.

In order to better mark her support, the princess-model is also part of the models that one can admire. For her, “It’s about exposing a beautiful, inspiring, generous Africa.” That’s why the benefits of the Black Queens exhibition will be repaid to an orphanage in Gao, northern Mali.