Interviews, Art Direction and Photography by Asad Sheikh.
Anya Wahi
Degree: Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)
Home town: Hyderabad
How would you introduce your graduate collection?
More than anything else, my collection is an inquiry into how I’ve processed my transition. In June last year, when I came out as a transgender woman, I had no idea how my life would unfold. But today, about a year later, I think I know.
Changeling Vol. 1 is a narrative about growing into oneself, and it navigates the complicated ideals of beauty, womanhood and the image of the idealised body through garments that are transmutative, sculptural and inclusive. The whole collection is made out of deadstock polyesters that were upcycled and elevated through micro pleating and draped into forms that both follow and challenge the curves of the human body.
What are some underlying concepts — the…