Shivin Singh: The Sari is the purest form of the dress
My garments do not refer to fashion other than, sometimes, the concept of uniforms. I find inspiration in the Fine Arts, in movies, in music or, even, in conversations>>. Shivin Singh - born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates ("a place where fashion and culture thrive, is the place I call "home"), founder and creative director of Absent Findings -, in demonstration of what he says presents the second collection, the p/e 2026, Early to the Party, which makes the designer's obsessions the starting point.
That is: the sari ("important because it is dynamic, pure and intuitive"), the architectural forms (in this case the Assembly Palace in Chandigarh, capital of Punjab, brutalist masterpiece by Le Corbusier: exposed concrete and marked geometric shapes); surrealism and the evolution of clothing language. «When I create, these components take on equal importance. My roots also count but not in a nostalgic way, rather in the way that allows me to dialogue with Indian history. I like to make drapes and use the sari which, for me, is the purest form of the dress». Just like in the West the Greek peplo is.
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