For an artist, perhaps the best form of expression of his thoughts is in the form of his art. What happens when someone comes up with wearable form of art with good functionality and usages? Answer to the question is just in one word- Design!

Kolkata based designer duo, have come up with a collection which satisfy their hunger to express their thoughts about the current situation of society.

“We continue living a censored life as we lose the right to humanity and the freedom to love as the way we want to love. It’s a criminal offense to explore oneself in the truest nature. Sex and sexuality is taboo where we are blinded by the word ‘culture’. Ironically the same culture which has left its impression in literature and art and sculpture is now replaced by vandalism and rape.” – Dev R Nil

With their autumn winter 14 collection, they raise their voice against the norms of society which keeps a person away from loving someone else and ask for the freedom of expression.

In order to tell the story of forbidden love, the designers have used monochromes, surface embroideries; harsh geometric prints and few deliberately developed “unfinished” prints are interestingly mixed and layered.

Winter Blossom

Autumn Winter 2014-2015

Our long sleeves dangling

Let’s go to the garden

To view the plum blossoms

The bush warblers are scattering

From the Man’yoshu

(The Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves)

And as the skies turn dark and the view turns cold, color fades from the view. Spring, Summer, and Fall fill Pratap with hope; winter alone reminds her of the human condition. And to bring a shade of hope in climes so cold, is a collection replete with nature.

This is a collection inspired from the Japanese Kimono. Organic print and embroidery patterns of flowers and grass, leaves and tress find a voice here. Free hand drawn prints based on the bird as the central theme, find wind with leaf and flower bouquets. The symbolic cherry blossom is reproduced in a coral print with geometric graphic details. The collection progresses from black and white to a suffusion of jewel tone hues patrol, plum, and gold. Samurai hakama inspired shapes divided skirts with deep pleats culled from Japanese menswear.