Imagine a world where the junk inside Ponte grew into an urban forest... what kind of creatures would live there? This is the question Marianne Fassler and her team pose in their latest collection, Print-à-Porter, which will be shown at the Labo International fashion showcase in Paris next weekend.The new collection is a comment on xenophobia and xenophilia. Fassler has combined imagery of Ponte by photographer Mikhael Subotzky with the geometric, abstract work of Russian-born French painter Sonja Delaunay from scraps of traditional Vlisco African print fabric to form faces in bright, textured layers."It's not essentially tribal," explains Fassler. "It's about this urban jungle that we live in."It's not a quintessentially Joburg collection, but we come from Joburg and this is our response to what we think we represent. It's not pure."The small collection of 15 pieces is a journey from the figurative to the abstract, starting with detailed images of faces, morphing into geometric tribal masks and finally breaking down into colourful, basic elemental shapes.The disintegration of the imagery makes the collection more interesting than the run of the mill tribal-themed collections we've seen time and time again. Fassler transforms what is essentially a mask made out of traditional African print fabric into a fresh, fun and exciting creation.Labo International is an established exchange forum where professionals in the fashion industry can share and discover multicultural trends centred on the diversity of cultures. There are more than 100 exhibitors from 43 countries.Fassler will be representing South Africa in a group show. The pieces will then form the basis of her summer collection of 55 pieces that she will show at Cape Town Fashion Week in July.For more information see www.labointernational.com..