AARUSHI KILAWAT
Redress Design Award 2020 Semi-FINALIST
Bio
Aarushi Kilawat is a semi-finalist of the Redress Design Award 2020. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion Design from Pearl Academy, India and is the founder of sustainable fashion brand, The Loom Art.
“I believe among all the crises the world is facing, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Sustainable fashion has the potential to save humanity from the repercussions of fast fashion and textile waste. As a fashion designer, it is important to design clothes that can last a lifetime and be passed onto future generations”. - Aarushi Kilawat
redress Design Award Collection
Aarushi’s Redress Design Award collection, New Morning, represents a ray of hope in today's global climate crisis. She is up-cycling a wide range of textile waste including cut-and-sew, damaged textiles, and reconstructing unsold and secondhand clothing, which she manipulates to create surface texture. Aarushi applies the use of authentic craft techniques and natural dyes, adding to the experimental aesthetic