KURDISTAN IS A COLOR
SPRING 2023
KURDISTAN IS A COLOR is a celebration of Kurdish identity - its strength, resilience, and the translation of our collective emotions into form. Honoring our shared memory, grief, and hope, this project becomes more than a collection - it is an act of resistance. As Kurdish people face oppression, displacement and cultural erasure, I seek to reclaim space, amplify Kurdish voices, and increase our visibility in a world that tries to silence us.
Each piece is my interpretation of traditional Kurdish clothing, reimagined through contemporary forms and materials. By merging heritage with innovation and working with repurposed packaging, silk, combed yarn, and Nuno felting, I explore the relationship between material and meaning. Plastic, silk, and wool - different yet equal - merge into something new, just as we, as Kurds, continue to resist, endure, and exist - no matter the circumstances.
This is for those who refuse to be silenced. For those who carry their culture with pride. For those who dream of a free and self-determined future. Our colors will never fade. ❤️☀️💚
From all of my heart: Thank you to everyone involved in this project 🤍 زۆر زۆر سوپاس
Concept, Fashion/Design & Styling: Savo Merivani
Digital Photography + Set Design:
@bahriyetatli__
Analog Photography + Set Design: Savo Merivani
Models:
@orientalisman.h @mito.res & my mother
Hair & Makeup:
@lovesozaa
Set & Styling assistance:
@suckdatbitch @eliduuh & my father
Background analog pictures of Slemani:
@mito.res
Prof.:
@instaglomb material/world/making
helping hands during process:
@jannaklar_ @orientalisman.h @suckdatbitch @who0isioanna @lorenzo.pignataro
Emotional support and best studio mate:
@mareilejensen
exhibition at
@clinchfestival in May 2023
last slide: interview with
@fremdzuhause Magazine Vol.1 Oct.2023
text by
@tosharana_
pictures by
@bahriyetatli__
design by
@sarahlicial 
