SHINSEI

ShinSei, meaning “rebirth” in Japanese, is a meditation on renewal—where tradition and transformation exist in seamless dialogue. Luxury is no longer an exercise in possession—it is a state of being. It exists in movement, in breath, in the quiet resonance between body and fabric. This collection is an exploration of ShinSei, the philosophy of rebirth and transformation, where the act of making is inseparable from the act of renewal. Nothing is fixed. Nothing is wasted. Every fragment, every thread, is part of a larger continuum.

Drawing from the Japanese ethos of Ikigai, the silhouettes embrace intentional ornamentation. They are designed not as static garments, but as evolving forms—fluid, unbound, in dialogue with the wearer. Fabric moves, creases, remembers. It carries the imprint of time, much like the textiles themselves, which have been woven, dyed, painted, stitched, and reimagined across multiple hands and histories.

The material language of the collection is rooted in transformation. Eco-printed Tussar and Eri silks, handwoven in Bengal and Meghalaya, serve as a canvas for natural dyes and botanical imprints—an alchemy that captures the ephemeral beauty of renewa using indigenous practices. Jogakbo patchwork, a technique of assembling cloth from remnants, is not just a method of construction but a meditation on salvaged beauty. Kantha embroidery, once an act of mending, becomes a deliberate gesture of continuity. Each technique—Shibori, hand-painting, appliqué—follows the same cyclical logic: deconstruction as a precursor to creation.

To engage with this collection is to engage with the philosophy of ShinSei itself—a rejection of the linear in favor of the cyclical, of permanence in favor of fluidity. The garments are not simply worn; they are lived in, transformed through time and touch. In this, we challenge the very notion of fashion as fleeting, proposing instead an aesthetic of endurance—where clothing, like the self, is always in a state of becoming.