ABOUT DISÉIYE
Diséiye is a custom clothing brand based in Toronto, Canada. The self titled brand emerged in 2016 by Nigerian born artist Diseiye Thompson, who upon graduating, developed a brand whose ethos lies in the quality and craftsmanship that is evident in every collection. Diséiye is the brand for the modern day woman with a quintessential taste.
Collection I
For their debut collection, Diseiye Thompson found inspiration in the fantasy of wonderland and the afterlife. A beautiful darkness resonates within the collection, darker colours and textures: the black of the peau de soie, the fragility of the bugle beads, the reflection of the piping and the lightness of the feathers. Traditional silhouettes with a sense of modernity and luxury.
Death in wonderland is inspired by an image of a dying bird, a sense of freedom from the known. The collection seeks to celebrate death as a new adventure and the name is a reference to the chimera in the tale of alice in wonderland. The ostrich feathers in the collection represent the bird and the fragility of life itself, The darker colours conjure a sense of mourning in the Victorian era while the reflective fabric that has been used as backing in the laser cut, piping details and applique, bestows a sense of ‘finding the light’, creating a perspective of beauty in the darkness.
Collection II
This collection is titled sacrilegious love as an ode to love that prevails in secret, the love between the flesh and the soul. It’s about honouring the complexity of the human existence. The clothing possesses a feminine ease in the cuts and silhouettes while embodying a woman’s strength in the drape and structure, exploring the duality of nature.
