HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING

THE COLLECTION ‘HOMECOMING’ IS BASED ON A NARRATIVE, A STORY OF A TAILOR WHO ABSCONDED A WAR, ESCAPING IMPRISONMENT BY JUMPING OUT OF A MOVING TRAIN. HE WAS KEPT ALIVE DUE TO HIS ARDUOUS TRAINING AND SKILLS. HE BECAME A CITIZEN OF NOWHERE, AND HAD TO PIECE TOGETHER A NEW LIFE, FROM THE SHREDS OF CLOTH WHICH CAME FROM HIS FORMER. THIS NARRATIVE IS MY HERITAGE. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE TRAINED MYSELF TO LOOK BEYOND THE SURFACE OF AESTHETIC, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESPECT OWED TO THE ARTISANS FROM GENERATIONS PAST. I TOOK THIS NARRATIVE AND ADDED MY OWN TWIST, ONE REBELLIOUS AND FULL OF LIFE.