Tapatouvu — The Creation
Tapatouvu.
A name that sounds like an incantation, like a word from an invented language that speaks of joy and abundance.
Tapatouvu is a piece that doesn't choose — it takes everything, it says everything, it is everything all at once.
Tapatouvu is a rainbow piece. Not a shy rainbow with three or four colors — a complete and absolute rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, royal blue, purple, pink, turquoise, black, white, beige. Eleven colors that coexist with remarkable boldness and coherence, succeeding and intertwining without ever clashing.
It's a piece that says color has no limits, that beauty can be everywhere at once.
The back of Tapatouvu is a graphic composition of absolute precision and regularity.
Vertical multicolored stripes flow from shoulder to hem in an openwork grid stitch — each stripe is crisp, each color is carefully placed, each vertical line is perfectly straight.
It's a construction that belongs as much to architecture as to crochet — a grid, a frame, a network of colors that creates a composition of remarkable richness and sophistication.
Viewed from the back, Tapatouvu is a work of textile art.
The front of Tapatouvu is a conversation between several constructions.
Areas of large, transparent openwork stitch — light, airy, allowing light to pass through generously. Areas of dense textured stitch — full, structured, creating relief and depth.
It is this alternation that gives the front its richness and complexity — a piece that is discovered gradually, revealing a new texture with each glance.
The balloon sleeves are Tapatouvu's sculptural decision.
In horizontal multicolored stripes, they widen from the elbow to the wrist with voluminous and spectacular fullness — cylinders of color that transform every gesture into something dramatic and graceful.
And at their ends, the scalloped cuffs in multicolored shells — delicate, precise, with the beauty of lacework — tighten the sleeves with absolute elegance and firmness.
The scalloped round collar, the scalloped hem in multicolored shells — these finishes are Tapatouvu's signature. They say that behind the explosion of colors and the boldness of the construction, there is the patience and mastery of an expert hand that leaves nothing to chance.
Suggestions for wearing it?
Over white or cream high-waisted tailored trousers — white creates a striking contrast with the multicolored explosion, the piece becomes the sole point of color.
This is the most editorial, most sophisticated look.
Over white high-waisted slim-fit jeans — same principle, more casual. White amplifies all colors, the balloon sleeves create a spectacular volume.
This is the brightest, most summery look.
Over black slim-fit jeans — black intensifies all colors, the rainbow radiates with maximum intensity.
This is the most dramatic, most assertive look.
Over beige or camel tailored shorts — neutral tones give Tapatouvu center stage, the crop cut creates a clean horizontal line above the waist.
This is the most natural, most bohemian look.
Entirely hand-crocheted in my French workshop.
Exclusive Cachalabibi creation — Unique piece, only one in the world.