WORKING DEFINITIONS · II
On the Maison: A Working Definition
The institutional weight of maison, its colonial export, and what DAP LUXE means by the word.
DAP LUXE EDITORIAL · FORTHCOMING · Q3 2026
This essay is part of the Working Definitions series from DAP LUXE Cultural Futures Lab. The series documents what inherited European luxury vocabulary means across the African diaspora.
"On the Maison" examines the institutional weight of the word, how it traveled with the French fashion industry's claim to define luxury globally, and what DAP LUXE means by calling itself a maison.
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- On the House: A Working Definition · Q4 2026