Layla Al Tawaya - 2025 Festival d'Hyères Winner - BFA Fashion Design

Layla Al Tawaya, a 2024 BFA Fashion Design graduate from Parsons Paris, was awarded the Prix l’Atelier des Matières at the 40th annual Festival d’Hyères. Congratulations! “Perfected Perfecto explores and challenges traditional gender by merging the hyper-masculine image of the 1950s biker jacket with the delicate, feminine symbolism of the 20th-century ballerina tutu.These two concepts are combined by using the 1970s British Punk movement as a design methodology which rejected traditional gender norms and embraced androgyny. The biker jacket is recreated in soft tulle, adorned with lace and ruffles, while the tutu is constructed from leather, with spikes and studs replacing its usual lace and ruffles. Together, these inversions of material and silhouette create a dialogue between the two archetypes, encouraging a re-examination of traditional gender constructs.”