Abdel El Tayeb is a French-Sudanese designer hailing from Bordeaux. Having studied textile design at Olivier de Serres in Paris and fashion design at the Ecole Nationale supérieure des arts visuels de la Cambre in Brussels, Abdel El Tayeb has served as an assistant of the shoe designer Charlotte Sauvat for Isabel Marant and Balmain, Cédric Charlier, and Maison Margiela Artisanal. He’s also worked on embroidery and lace at the haute couture house Franck Sorbier and studied product development at Ann Demeulemeester. Abdel worked for 3 years as womenswear designer at Bottega Veneta in Milan. In November 2021, Naomi Campbell awarded him the Debut Talent prize at the Fashion Trust Arabia awards in Doha. One of his knitted bead dresses was worn by Adriana Lima for the cover of Vogue Arabia’s December 2021 issue. In August 2022, Abdel released the movie “THE QUEEN IS COMING” directed by Ib Kamara and commissioned by Nick Knight for ShowStudio. In June 2021, Abdel released a limited edition of blankets in collaboration with Bottega Veneta, commissioned by Matthieu Blazy for the launch of Air Afrique magazine.
Born in France from Sudanese parents, he found himself stuck in the middle between the two. Although tied to both cultures, he couldn’t fully identify with either of them, leaving him with a need to recontextualize by creating his own fictive nation. Influenced by Sudan, EL TAYEB NATION امة الطيب aims to reflect both the history of the great African country and iitscontemporary identity by exploring the boundaries between art and fashion. With EL TAYEB NATION he intends to empower the wearer, straddling the undefined middle market between art, ready-to-wear and couture with an intemporal womenswear wardrobe that combines Arabic-Sudanese ancestral basket craftsmanship with western military tailoring.
