Culture. Design. Anatomy.
Design to me is a form of expression: my voids, my emotions, my sacrifices, the good and the bad to the audience, in the language I know; fashion design.
Thala Mala Pipila
Exploration of mindful living through the symbolism of the Thala Mala.
Kadadasi
Exploration into dying handloom heritage and the discrimination of handloom artisans due to lack of paper qualifications.
Similarly, the lack of the ‘Queen’ title of Kuweni, leading to her demise showcases how the ‘Kadadasiye’ controlled lives from the roots of Sri Lanka to now.
I’ll be in white
Exploration of custom Bridal Design.
Bollywood dreams
Exploration of Lehenga Design and custom bridal design.
The Little Yellow Dress – Bentota
Exploration of Draping and seamless silhouette construction.
Sculpo
Exploration into sculpted fabric manipulation and laser cutting techniques inspired by roman sculptures which were rigid yet managed to look soft and flowy.
H&M x WEUDAGEDARA
Exploration into recycled denim and factory offcut denim, patchwork, spray paint printing with a nod towards hip-hop culture .
Glim through Dim
Exploration into using nurdles/plastic pellets from the X-press pearl maritime disaster alongside recycling pet plastics & plastic bottles found in beaches.
Paradoxical
Exploration into developing a fashion collection for an existing fashion house based off conceptualised ideas.
Patch yourself together
Exploration into eco-dyeing, eco-printing, bleach dyeing & bleach printing all made home to one using patchwork techniques done on recycled textiles.
The EYE
Exploration into 3D fashion forms and costume design based on character design.
Fashion Film
Exploration into fashion film making an editing.
Weaving for Mental Health
Bringing heritage culture to mental wellbeing; weaving as a form of Art Therapy by Shenith weudagedara.
Stress Culture
One off look made after trend analysis, 2023 Summer.
Orange Barbados
One off summer look made inspired by the orange Barbados flower with embroidery and pleating.