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Underwater Garden Diploma in Fashion Design
Varjani Kritika

Mixed medium

Womenswear (2 outfits)

Student Bio Project Description

Kritika Varjani is currently a graduating student from The underwater environment is considered to be the place

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) majoring in Fashion of the origin of life on earth, and it remains the ecological

Design. She believes that “Fashion is the Armor to Survive region which is most critical to the support of life and the

the Reality of Everyday Life”. Her silhouettes are very playful, natural habitat of the majority of living organisms.

and her choice of colours is very vibrant. As a Designer,

she is mostly inspired by people who live their lives in really Inspired from the ethereal beauty of flowers floating like

interesting ways, outside of the norms. She has worked in ballerinas underwater they dreamily pose and sway,

well-known luxury fashion labels in India and always strives thoroughly hypnotising us all with its beautiful colours

to learn everyday. and shape. I also got inspired by the shapes of coral and

anemones; the sea life that thrives under the weight of the

ocean current. They carry a beauty that is underrated as

people tend to focus on the beauty that they see within their

eye range and forget to appreciate the life below the surface,

a rhythm flow of living energy that dances with the flow of

waves that give it life.

This collection explores a wide variety of vibrant prints but

simple details. I wanted to reimpose “dance with the waves

that gives life”. To bring in this element, I created my own

digital distorted floral prints resembling the rhythm and

the movement of the waves. I have also experimented few
fabric manipulation techniques such as felting, direct mark

marking, applique out of which I was really astonished by

the effect of felting which gave a very rough and stiff texture

but still was very bold in the way that it stood out on the

collection. My silhouettes are oversized, and I have used a

significant element of flare in my designs to show movement

of water.

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