Hailing from Libreville, Gabon, Teddy Ondo Ella debuted his eponymous label in New York this season. He considers himself an entrepreneur before a designer, having owned, among other projects, a successful sneaker store in the Gabonese capital.

His collection was direct and colorful, featuring loads of prints, including a lo-fi drawing of currency bills (Gabon uses the CFA franc). Ondo Ella will need to step up his design factor a bit to make more waves, but, in any case, it was refreshing to see a label from the African continent (of which there are too few on the international stage).