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THE HOUSE

THE HOUSE OF SOFIEN ABED IS A TRUE STYLE STATEMENT, A UNIVERSE WHERE AUTHENTICITY MEETS SUBVERSION. BORN FROM THE DARING VISION OF ITS CREATOR, SOFIEN ABED, THE HOUSE EMBODIES THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP AND A RADICAL AESTHETIC, INSPIRED BY MUSICAL SUBCULTURES, ROCK, BAROQUE INFLUENCES AND MILITARY UNIFORMS. THE HOUSE IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS IMPOSING SILHOUETTES AND ITS COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL AND CIRCULAR FASHION.

EACH CREATION BY MAISON SOFIEN ABED IS A UNIQUE WORK, DESIGNED WITH A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. WE REINVENT THE CODES OF FASHION BY COMBINING INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS AND CAREFUL FINISHES IN METAL AND CRYSTAL. THE WARDROBE ON OFFER IS GENDERLESS, ALLOWING EVERYONE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH TIMELESS, MODULAR AND BOLD PIECES.

SOFIEN ABED DOES NOT JUST DESIGN CLOTHES, IT IMAGINES DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS FOR THOSE WHO DARE TO STAND OUT, WHO WANT TO SHOW THEIR INDIVIDUALITY WITH STRENGTH AND ELEGANCE. THE COLLECTIONS ARE DESIGNED AS VISUAL EXPRESSIONS OF A CREATIVE REVOLUTION, DRIVEN BY ROCK ENERGY, A TASTE FOR EXCESS AND A DESIRE TO DISRUPT NORMS.

FAR FROM TEMPTATE TRENDS, THE HOUSE IS PART OF A SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIAL APPROACH, IN WHICH EACH PIECE CONTRIBUTES TO THE RECOVERY OF MATERIALS AND RESPECT FOR ECOLOGICAL VALUES. WE CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL FASHION BY CREATING A COMMUNITY OF DREAMERS AND ADVENTURERS, CARRYING STRONG VALUES: COMMITMENT, RESPONSIBILITY AND QUALITY. THE HOUSE OF SOFIEN ABED THUS EMBODIES A CONSCIOUS FASHION, AN ODE TO FREE EXPRESSION AND SINGULARITY.

WHY SHOP AT SOFIEN ABED?

SHOPPING AT SOFIEN ABED IS MORE THAN A SIMPLE ACT OF CONSUMPTION: IT IS A COMMITMENT TO A BOLD, ETHICAL AND UNIQUE FASHION. 

EACH PIECE IS DESIGNED TO AFFIRM YOUR PERSONALITY WITH STYLE AND CONVICTION, WHILE RESPECTING THE VALUES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY.

✠ A UNIQUE AND SUBVERSIVE FASHION: INSPIRED BY THE WORLD OF ROCK, SUBCULTURES AND MILITARY UNIFORMS, THE BRAND OFFERS IMPOSING AND ANDROGYNOUS SILHOUETTES THAT DEFY CONVENTION.

✠ RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION: EACH GARMENT IS MADE FROM RECYCLED AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, IN AN UPCYCLING AND SLOW FASHION APPROACH, TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

✠ ARTISANAL KNOW-HOW : OUR CREATIONS ARE DESIGNED AND MADE WITH DEMAND AND PASSION, GUARANTEEING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND AN EXCLUSIVE CHARACTER.

✠ STRONG VALUES: SOFIEN ABED EMBODIES A CONSCIOUS FASHION, WHERE ETHICS, CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT INTERTWINE TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE DIKTATS OF FAST FASHION.

BY CHOOSING SOFIEN ABED, YOU JOIN A COMMUNITY OF DREAMERS, PASSIONATE PEOPLE, AND FREE THINKERS.

THE DESIGNER

SOFIEN ABED IS A DESIGNER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WHO RETHINK FASHION THROUGH AN AVANT-GARDE, COMMITTED AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH. WITH A BTS DEGREE IN TEXTILE FASHION DESIGN FROM THE ÉCOLE SUPERIEURE D’ARTS APPLIQUÉS ET TEXTILES DE ROUBAIX, A BACHELOR’S DEGREE FROM LA CAMBRE MODE(S) BRUXELLES AND TOP OF THE CLASS AT ESMOD ROUBAIX, HE ENRICHED HIS EXPERTISE WITHIN MAJOR COUTURE HOUSES.

HE CUT HIS KNOWLEDGE AT CHRISTIAN LACROIX AS MANAGER OF THE MEN’S STUDIO, BEFORE BECOMING MAXIME SIMOËNS’ RIGHT-HAND MAN AT DIOR. HE ALSO BROUGHT HIS EXPERTISE TO PAULE KA AND HER READY-TO-WEAR BRAND, WHILE COLLABORATING WITH ETAM AND LE BON MARCHÉ IN SCENOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS WITH CELINE.

IN 2021, HE GOT NOTICED THANKS TO A FASHION SHOW FOR LEMODESHOW, IN COLLABORATION WITH SECOURS POPULAIRE FRANÇAIS. THIS PROJECT, ANCHORED IN A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) APPROACH, GIVEN BIRTH TO A COLLECTION OF 30 UPCYCLED SILHOUETTES, DESIGNED FROM RECYCLED CLOTHING AND FABRICS. SUPPORTED BY RENOWNED PARTNERS SUCH AS LVMH, DR. MARTENS AND YKK, THIS EVENT WAS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THOSE OF LILLE GRAND PALAIS AND INTERREG EUROPE.

IN 2022, SOFIEN ABED FOUNDED HIS EPONYMOUS BRAND, SOFIEN ABED, THUS AFFIRMING HIS ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE. HE DEVELOPED A HYBRID FASHION, AT THE CROSSROADS OF MUSICAL SUBCULTURES AND MILITARY UNIFORMS, WHERE UPCYCLING, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND RESPONSIBLE DESIGN ARE AT THE HEART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. AS A MASTER'S TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS AND TEXTILES, HE IS REGULARLY SOUGHT TO SHARE HIS EXPERTISE WITH STUDENTS.

ITS VISION IS BASED ON THREE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES: CREATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SOLIDARITY, MAKING FASHION A REAL LEVER FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION.