Naushad Ali - India

Based in Pondicherry, Naushad Ali is a designer with minimalist inclinations whose starting point is always in textiles and craft processes. He works closely with weavers across India to develop fabrics and has been developing methods to rework waste fabric and fibres into new fabric. For the International Fashion Showcase exhibition Naushad is challenging himself to extend this philosophy to the installation itself, creating the main body of the display from waste materials and offcuts destined for the rubbish heap.