SHWETA WAHI

Born in India and brought up in Dubai, Shweta began culminating her signature look at the young age of 10, as a byproduct of her interest in visual arts and culture. It wasn’t until she set foot in Canada in 2008 that she was able to fastidiously build collections to be showcased in the Toronto and Ottawa fashion circuit under her fashion label- SOLACE. After completing her BFA (Hons) in Visual Arts from York University (2012), she went on to train as an Image Consultant from George Brown College, in affiliation with the International Image Institute (2012). Shweta has also done short courses in Art & Design, as well as Fashion Styling from Central Saint Martins in London, UK (2005).
Shweta Wahi was one of the youngest designers to be invited to Ottawa Fashion Week in 2010 – a venue that proved to be a breakout for her in 2012 with her S/S 2013 collection. She further went on to intern under one of the country’s finest homegrown designers and winner of “Project Runway Canada” - season one - Evan Biddell, where she worked with him on his collections for Toronto Fashion Week.
Shweta’s claim to fame is the fact that she has done twenty three shows at the young age of twenty two. In 2013, Shweta showcased her creations in Windhoek (Namibia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Her line of one of a kind fusion pieces will be available in various boutiques in Dubai and Namibia in the upcoming months.

Today, Shweta is one of the youngest associate members of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI), and a regular style contributor to their digital publication GLOBAL Magazine.

Shweta has also been featured in editorials such as: Forbes(Africa), Gulf News(Dubai) Ottawa Citizen, MacMedia, the Excalibur, South Asian Generation Next, Television: Rogers Daytime, CTV Ottawa, CNBC Pakistan, Samaa TV, Sony TV, CNBC Africa and various fashion and lifestyle blogs such as Urbanebloc.com, pop champagne, and jmode.com.