Today Little Shilpa has come back for her
second season at Fashion Scout. AW14’s collection ‘Vesper Bloom’ was an
incredibly powerful presentation that had the entire room hypnotised by
Shilpa’s contrasting textiles and fabrics. We spoke to Shilpa Chavan to hear
her thoughts for Autumn Winter.
Well Done Shilpa. This presentation is
amazing, how are you feeling about it?
Thank you so much. I’m good thank you, I’ve
had a very hectic morning, a model cancelled right at the last minute so it’s
been very stressful and I’ve been very anxious. We’re here now though and the
room has been full so I guess that’s a good sign.
It definitely is. Last season was a very
colourful and uplifting collection, what was it that made you want to create a
collection that is so somber and dark?
Indian Saris inspired the collection last
season so it needed to be colourful to present the colours and fabrics of the
Saris. This season I was inspired by ‘Vespertine’. I showed lots of beautiful
colours last season but this season I wanted to show a darker light, and a
beauty to it. The darkness has another life, some flowers can only grow at
night. I wanted to show this side.
Do you feel you’ve progressed in any way
since last season?
I’m a lot more grounded this season. This
time I’m moving in just one direction which has actually been easier to just
focus on one colour tone.
Read our review of Little Shilpa’s
presentation ‘Vesper Bloom’ to see the full details of the astounding
collection.
By Emily Black, (@emilyy_black)