|
Born and raised in Bombay, with a stellar international educational background
and culturally opulent exposure, Vir Shete has managed to build a vast body of
work within various inter-related creative capacities; primarily, design, make-up,
hair, styling and blogging. With a strong work ethic, directional point of view and
determined drive to push the boundaries of fashion, design, beauty and culture, Vir
relocated to London in 2010 and graduated from the prestigious London College of
Fashion in 2014 with a BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear) and
the launch of his debut collection – (In)Equality Autumn/Winter 2014 / Ready-to-
Wear.
(In)Equality Autumn/Winter 2014 is a high-end ready-to-wear collection that is
avant-garde at its heart and pragmatic at the surface. By formulating a concept that
holds significant relevance in today’s world and by taking the notion of the uniform
as a tangible basis for the same, (In)Equality dissects and analyzes whether the
uniform really promotes uniformity or division, thereby drawing inspiration from
looking at the uniform within three distinguished contexts – societal, religious and
political – consequently primarily looking at the preliminary
| 
|
Punk ensembles from the
1970s, juxtaposed against contemporary ecclesiastical vestments of the Roman
Catholic Church.
Vir’s aesthetic – avant-garde ready-to-wear - is a combination of fashion-forward and
statement-making yet functional and practical, sophisticated and minimalistic yet bold
and edgy; with a strong
emphasis on market, consumer and cultural awareness. Often
inspired by (sub) cultural trends; social, religious and political conditions, architecture
and graphics, Vir’s work focuses on constantly experimenting with and re-inventing
shape/silhouette/form/proportion/cut, within an avant-garde yet wearable context;
endorsed by a natural flair for design, a strong sense of identity and aesthetics,
excellent technical abilities and an up-to-date understanding of contemporary fashion.
Driven by an intense zeal for fashion and design, Vir yearns to constantly learn and
inform himself, innovate, make a difference and excel
|
