Issue 01 · 2026 · Seoul / Kolkata
From sketch
to runway,
in colour.
Etosha Paul is a fashion designer trained in architecture in Mumbai and in fashion at Hongik University, Seoul. She makes colour-led streetwear and activewear, and takes it all the way from silhouette sketch to CLO3D, toile, garment and show.
Look 01, graduate collection · Hongik Fashion Week, 1 November 2024 · Photo BENU
Contents
- 01Ladakh, reimaginedGraduate collection · 2024A contemporary reimagining of Ladakh's traditional wear for fashion-forward, individualistic youth in a concrete, multicultural city. Five outfits, shown at Hongik Fashion Week, Seoul.
- 02SpoortiConcept collection · 2025Spandex athleisure and swimwear built from the spandex offcuts of the graduate collection, with prints drawn from the motifs embroidered on Sualkuchi silk sarees.
- STStudioToiles, knit, crochet, prototypes · 2024–25The making: calico toiles, cut panels, first fittings, knit experiments and a CLO3D simulation.
- SKSketchbookIllustration · pre-university to 2024Archiplex, a watercolour collection drawn from architectural illustrations, and hand sketches with construction notes.
One outfit, six stages.
Drag through the same look from silhouette sketch to runway. This is the whole job, in one garment.
Silhouette sketches
Hongik Fashion Week, Seoul
Five looks walked on 1 November 2024. Runway photography by BENU.
See the show
Architecture first, then fashion.
Guided by imagination and a vivid inner world, my designs reflect how I see the world, dynamic and always evolving. They speak boldly and with a carefree spirit that is unafraid to challenge the convention and celebrate individuality.
B.Arch, KRVIA Mumbai. MA Fashion Design, Hongik University, Seoul. Bengali, Hindi, English, Korean.
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