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Senegalese street vendors staged a fashion show in Barcelona on Friday to present their own clothing line of "legal clothes made by illegal immigrants", the slogan of their new campaign to get off the streets.
Fifteen vendors showed their small collection of T-shirts and sweatshirts, which were created in cooperation with the Design College of Barcelona.
The collection of T-shirts and sweatshirts, which were created in cooperation with the Design College of Barcelona.
A crowdfunding campaign collected 48,000 euros (59,000 US dollars) to help set up this new association of Barcelona street vendors and launch the project in June 2017.
It aims to find alternative employment for 200 street vendors, who buy the counterfeit clothes they sell from Chinese merchants, according rights platform PlayGround Do, which supports the project.
"We want to show our value to those who do not want to see it. We want to contribute to the economy of Barcelona, which is our city," said a spokesman for the street vendors, Aziz Faye, in a statement.
A collection of T-shirt at the fashion show.
African migrants in Barcelona and other Spanish cities have for years earned a living by selling items in the streets like perfume or hats, which they lay on white sheets that they quickly pick up and take away when the police arrive.
Last month, the death of a Senegalese street vendor from cardiac arrest in Madrid, reportedly following a police chase, thrust their plight into the spotlight and sparked violent clashes in the city.
(AFP)
