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Tara Mabiala

Tara Mabiala is a Swiss fashion designer, currently enrolled on the MA in fashion and accessory design at HEAD – Genève. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from HEAD – Genève in June 2017 with a menswear collection. The collection was inspired by her Congolese origins and the way her family, street children, sapeurs and sorcerers dress. Website: taramabiala.com Instagram: @taramabiala
  • Fashion's Political Turn

    Interview with Fashion Journalist Mélody Thomas for the Front Row Podcast

    by
    • Camille Farrah Buhler
    • Aude Fellay
    • Tara Mabiala
    • Mélody Thomas

    The HEAD – Genève welcomed journalist Mélody Thomas during its traditional open doors for an interview on her book La Mode est politique : Un bref lexique inclusif (2022). The meeting was recorded and gave rise to an episode of the Front Row…

  • Sustainability Revisited

    MA in Fashion and Accessory Design Thesis by Tara Mabiala

    by
    • Aude Fellay
    • Tara Mabiala

    In her Fashion and Accessory Design Master’s thesis, Tara Mabiala tackles the question of sustainability in fashion through an affective and political approach. Instead of focusing on an optimisation of production modes and raw materials, Mabiala takes…