Avant Ambérieux

This cap evokes families of immigrant origin who arrived in France with their own culture, their own values and their own way of being. Different from that of others, it becomes the symbol of an identity that is sometimes hard to carry in a new environment. To fit in, some had to take off their cap to wear another, even setting aside part of what defined them. The Arabic calligraphy engraving of “Ambérieux-d’Azergues” blends two identities that were never meant to meet, between origin and place of arrival.

Military cap without a closure, made from cowhide printed with patterns recalling Arabic architectural forms and African animal textures, with laser engraving in Arabic calligraphy on the side and a 100% cotton inner lining. Head circumference: 59 cm.