Lauryn Adam-Beth - Hochschule Hannover

mefiri ha ne ha – Hochschule Hannover

The collection “mefiri ha ne ha” explores the lived realities of mixed-heritage individuals across different social and cultural contexts. It focuses on identity as something fluid, layered, and continuously evolving, shaped by multiple experiences, shifting perspectives, and collective narratives.
On a personal level, Ghanaian-Bavarian influences are present throughout the design process and shape a sensibility that moves between cultural references without separating them into distinct parts. Clothing is understood as a medium to translate these overlapping experiences into material, form, and surface, allowing them to become visible and tangible, while also highlighting, honouring, and celebrating the many facets of Blackness.
The six-piece collection is developed through upcycling, zero-waste techniques, draping as a method of pattern cutting, and self-developed prints, executed using techniques such as digital print, screen print, and heat press. The silhouettes emerge directly on the body, following an intuitive process closely connected to the act of designing itself, while also referencing West African clothing silhouettes in terms of volume and proportion.
Through materiality, form, and colour, the garments create a dialogue of tension, transition, and connection. The collection understands clothing as a space where influences meet and overlap, are continuously reinterpreted through wear, and where identity is experienced in its complexity.

I’m a 26-year-old fashion designer, born and raised in a small town in Bavaria with Ghanaian roots. Currently based in Spain, my work focuses on creating fashion that represents identity and explores sensitive and personal topics that continue to move and interest me. I am particularly interested in experimenting with colours, patterns, and different materials, often developing my own prints and visual ideas that become part of the final garments. My work is strongly influenced by personal experiences, West African cultures, and the things that surround and affect me in everyday life.
I mainly focus on unisex and womenswear, approaching fashion as a space to express identity, emotion, and cultural perspective through form and material.

Credits:
Models
Saffie Venus Lea Jallow
Jac Amponsah
Lynn Marie-Eve Mia
Heavenly Divine Bögeholz
Zirce Curine Leon
Gwenola Gabriella Kublanu

Set Assistance
Sherwin Nikoobin-Bourjeni
Inas Saleek Hussein Mohammed

Photographer & Editing
Hannah Riedel

HMU
Inas Saleek Hussein Mohammed
Amina Shabbir