The collection was also a deeply personal tribute to his mother, Julienne Eyenga Ayissi, who passed away only a few weeks before the show. Her former life as a flight attendant appeared to inform the presentation’s atmosphere: poised silhouettes, polished gloves, vivid accessories and sweeping fabrics evoked the elegance of a more glamorous era of air travel.
That sense of flight was translated through movement rather than literal uniform references. Capes opened around the body, satin gowns trailed behind the models and fringed dresses came alive with every step. A dancing quality ran through the show, giving even the most sculptural pieces a feeling of lightness and freedom.
Ayissi balanced saturated colour with disciplined construction. Coral and fuchsia met violet, turquoise and acid green, while restrained pencil skirts were paired with explosive textured bodices. Elsewhere, fluid columns, asymmetrical trains and generous draping softened the collection’s theatrical impact.
With Ozouandam Ollat, Ayissi presented couture as something emotional, kinetic and intensely personal. Between the aviation references, the rhythm of the clothes and the tribute at its heart, the collection felt less like a conventional runway show than a graceful departure, one carried by memory, movement and colour.