Nah Imma Saint
@nahimmasaint
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www.nahimmasaint.com
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Through textile’s textural elements, Nah Imma Saint was created to represent the designer’s imaginative world that refers to her own battle with mental health. Within the span of three years, she released three different collections that have been sold on her website and publicized on a performative runway.
‘‘ I’ve had exhibitions in the Venice Biennale, London England and Montreal. I’ve had two runways in Montreal, debuting Collection I and II, and two more shows upcoming. My work has been invited to AADK Blanca Spain Artist Residency for Summer of 2024.’’
Nah Imma Saint has also been previously invited to NewYork's Fashion week of Spring 2024 to debut SS24.
The brand began with the need to accompany every singular element of her work with a complete series of garments.
‘‘ It felt off to not have an entire world that the garments would describe. That desire fuelled all the following collections, and worlds. ’’
photographer @dina.xxb
talent @solangerwahwire
assist @xenia.byramji
Currently, the main focus is the process leading to each collections. The details that are emphasized in them can create an opportunity for the public to have their own implications. She loves opening a door for people to have different perceptions upon each garment or collections.
‘‘ I’ve been experimenting with hand crafted buttons, screen printing, and leather embellishments. Adding new textures with resist dying and hand sewing, has been fascinating to experiment for the upcoming collection! ‘‘
Nah Imma Saint explores morbidity and darkness through small details. These elements push the viewers to create their own interpretations of the message behind the collections. The creations are made to allude to some of the unnoticed mental health disorders and body image illusions. The silhouette and texture translates the tone of the message. She produces prints in lithography and silk screen, and often transfers to secondhand fabric.
The textiles that she uses are a reflection of her unconscious state. Each collection explores a new world that entraps the audience in the editorial shoots and runway performances.
The pieces are genderless and are pushing expressional fashion; exploring mental health and body dysmorphia through textile manipulation and sculptural forms. The secondhand textile, used for production, is a high priority for a slow fashion brand who wants to decrease mass demand impacting waste.
‘‘ I define vulgarity as the quality of being crude or lacking refinement. My work very much so lacks refinement, I do not hold back from pushing uncomfortability, I find interesting what makes people squirm. I value art expression that is genuine and not tinted to please a larger audience. Leaving behind the need to confine or to please the public allows so much more creative freedom, at least in my work. It opens up the desire to explore the expression that resonates genuinely. I would describe the unconventional appearance of my garments as vulgar. ‘‘
Collection IV “last words”
model @joeymistressofthedark
photographer @oceane_auclair
‘‘ Censoring is to examine in the conclusion to suppress something that is objectionable. Art that challenges the boundaries set by censorship is appealing. It’s also addicting to create art that could have many meanings and having one would be inappropriate. Though I see nothing wrong with creating inappropriate art, I feel it is what fuels the art community in some aspects. ‘‘
