School
of Fashion
Ponni Ashok
Ponni is a fashion and textile designer. She is interested in fashion identities, ecologies and heritage. She draws inspiration from a multitude of areas including cultural, sustainable and social perspectives.
Her works have a tendency to gravitate towards contrasting and juxtaposing themes and forms using both manual and digital mediums. Her textiles explore layering, mixed media techniques and playful colour combinations.
Work
ODYSSEY
As overconsumption and fast fashion becomes socially validated, the disconnect between the garment and the wearer defines a new normal. Inspired by the back of trucks in India, this collection is a satirical commentary on overconsumption and waste, whilst involving sustainable techniques in the process.
Discarded saris through patchwork become the canvas of all the textiles developed in this collection. Drawing references from the DIY attitude and the anti-fashion aesthetics of anti-consumerism that the punk subculture and the dadaist art movement encouraged, this collection aims to create interactive textiles that allow the wearer to experiment with assemblage.
