A lifestyle brand.
Saaraba (lost paradise) is an online concept store that offers a selection of Anais' favorite objects, art and design pieces made in Africa.
All are unique.
Upcycled Clothes
Up_Close is born in Senegal from the idea to showcase Africa's craftsmanship and modernism. And to also help the fashion waste problem we are all aware of.
We give a new life to clothes we carefully select.
We only work with local communities and they actively participate in our creative process.
It's a fashion point of view
It's about helping our planet and our people.
It's about mixing different cultures and being more inclusive.
Rent our house and you will be able to enjoy the Senegalese lifestyle and discover local art. All art featured inside the house is for sale should you want to take back home with you a piece of Africa.
Saaraba provides as well its services for interior designers and architects. We offer a personalized help to introduce you to the best of African art, craftsmanship and design. A true experience catered to international designers and architects for home and hotel projects.
I was born in Dakar and grew up in Somone. I had the chance to be raised surrounded by Senegalese culture.
I have always been into Art, photography and sensible to current trends. I am committed to promoting African Art and sharing with you objects, jewelry, fabrics and accessories that I find on each of my travels. As I go back and forth, between Paris and Africa, my concept store constantly evolves and reflects my convictions.
Through the work of young creators, I would like to make you discover a contemporary Africa, far from the folklore to which she is too often attached.
To me, the question of meaning and respect for craftsmanship fights against the idea of a standardized and uniform, often ostentatious and emotionless universe.
Now enjoy my favorite discoveries. All have something special to me that I want to share with you. Each piece you acquire has a significant social impact on the communities who made them.
I hope you will cherish them as much as I do and will carry the gift of transmission from one generation to another.
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