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Yasmina Chellali is an Algerian fashion designer. She is the founder of Yasmina Couture which is considered the first maison haute couture in Algeria. She is credited for having "internationalized" the traditional Algerian clothing fashion.

Biography
Chellali was born in Saint-Eugène (today Bologhine) in Algeria. During the Algerian independence war, she was sent to live with nuns in Paris. She studied in a professional school and started her career at Jacques Esterel where she worked, among other things, on Brigitte Bardot's wedding dress for her marriage with Jacques Charrier. Eventually, Chellali became a model for the brand.

She came back to Algeria, married Rabah Zerari, and organized her first fashion show in the country in 1963. During the Algerian Civil War, she kept organizing shows despite the turmoil and arrests, but ended up moving back to Paris where she pursued her fashion career.

Distinctions

 * 2020: Oriental Fashion Awards