The Bashaques launch was a colourful gathering at which Başak Cankeş presented the 2020 collection that reinterprets Afghan culture in a modern language, ahead of Milan Fashion Week.
BASHAQUES’ Pre-Milan Fashion Week Launch and Başak Cankeş
Başak Cankeş presented the 2020 collection in which she modernises and reinterprets Afghan culture. The presentation took place ahead of the show BASHAQUES will stage at Milan Fashion Week. She also introduced the new Scarf & Pareo collection.
Wearable art and illustration designer Başak Cankeş, with a quilt design from the Surrealist Turkish Quilts series, a first in Turkey..
Bashaques Instagram account: @bashaques
You can also style these beautiful shawls in different ways. Here are a few shots of the ways of wearing them that we liked, and a few tips to change up your style with small touches..
At the launch, Aytek Dorken also gave guests some delightful moments with his music.
In addition, the special shoes Sobe Handmade designed for Bashaques dazzled.
Alongside the wearable art collections she designs, Başak Cankeş created the traditional Turkish Quilts Project, in which she adapted surrealism to Turkish miniature art. She later exhibited this project together with paintings of her own at Contemporary Istanbul. Here is that quilt.
Among the guests was our dear Müge Bozkurt. Müge Bozkurt trained with Rose Cory, who is described as the milliner’s milliner. She also studied at the London College of Fashion. We love the designs she creates.
The designs of Müge Bozkurt are currently available in many places. Instagram account: @hatmaker.co
The special shoe designs that Sobe Handemade created for Bashaques were also at the launch.
What’s more, with a warm smile and sincerity, Başak Cankeş looked after every one of the guests.
Finally, you can find more colourful images from the launch in the gallery below.
Highlights of the Bashaques launch
Başak Cankeş is a wearable art and illustration designer. At the launch she presented her new scarf and pareo line alongside the 2020 collection. The different ways of tying the shawls in particular showed how the same piece can be used in both a daytime and an evening look. A quilt from the designer’s Turkish Quilts project, in which she brings surrealism together with Turkish miniature art, was also shown to guests. The shoes Sobe Handmade designed for Bashaques were among the details completing the collection.
The Bashaques launch showed how a scarf can change a style with a small touch. The same shawl wrapped around the neck, tied at the waist or thrown over the shoulder creates a different look every time.
Milan Fashion Week is a gathering held twice a year and counted among the world’s four major fashion weeks. For details, see the Milan Fashion Week entry on Wikipedia. To get to know the designer’s approach to wearable art more closely, take a look at our wearable art feature.