Why I Always Return to the Skirt
The skirt has spent decades being reduced to a single idea. Feminine, romantic, sometimes sexy. I think we’ve misunderstood it. Unlike trends that arrive with a timestamp, the skirt has...
PLAY
Our second experiential event held at Method Art Space, New Delhi, began with a simple proposition: that our relationship with colour is deeply autobiographical. The space brought together installation and self-inquiry on the same floor.
There is a theory that colour is not preference.
That what we reach for instinctively, repeatedly, without entirely meaning to, is less a question of taste than of temperament. The colours that we return to are not chosen so much as confessed.
Play, our second experiential event held at Method Art Space, New Delhi, began with a simple proposition: that our relationship with colour is deeply autobiographical. The space brought together installation and self-inquiry on the same floor. At its centre stood seven chairs, each constructed from different materials, each carrying a distinct emotional presence. Around them, seven racks arranged by colour. And at the entrance, a single question handed to every visitor on arrival:
Chair Images by Suryan Saurabh
What kind of colour are you?
The framework draws from the seven chakras, reinterpreted as a map of human personality: the magnetic, grounded, accomplished, nurturing, enigmatic, playful and elusive. Each one anchored by a colour, and each colour by a chair designed to embody it.
Perhaps the colours we are drawn to say more than we think they do. Perhaps they reveal aspiration, instinct, memory, contradiction. Or perhaps they simply mirror the versions of ourselves we are still becoming.
The Metallic
Material: Stainless Steel.
Part mirror, part armour.
An object for the elusive. Slightly out of reach, layered, hard to read, and impossible to place. Reflection, here, becomes both an invitation and armour. It reveals just enough to keep what lies beneath carefully obscured.
The Pink
Material: Wood, Cord, Feather, and Suede.
Pretty persuasive.
An object for the playful. It’s joyful, flirtatious, and emotionally fluent. Beneath the feathers and movement lies something far more deliberate: an understanding that pleasure, too, can be a form of self expression.
The Green
Material: Cord and Fresh Greens.
Thrives on its own time.
An object for the grounded. It’s measured, abundant, and deeply content. This one flourishes at its own pace, making a case for patience in a culture obsessed with speed.
The Red
Material: Steel and Leather.
Part desire, part danger.
An object for the enigmatic. It’s sexy, intimidating, and impossible to approach casually. It reveals only what it chooses to, keeping you intrigued without fully ever surrendering itself.
The White
Material: Bouclé, Foam and Metal.
An invitation to exhale.
An object for the nurturing one. It’s comforting, dependable, and self-assured. Soft at first encounter, but defined by the rare ability to make others feel entirely at ease.
The Blue
Material: Brick, Suede and Rope.
A solid sense of self.
An object for the self-assured. This one’s measured, dependable, and arduous. Its foundation feels immovable; the rope offers something to hold onto, while the suede tempers its severity. Stability, here, feels both structural and deeply human.
The Black
Material: Mesh, Plastic and Steel.
You earn this seat.
An object for the accomplished, It’s discerning, self-aware and deeply assured. Surrounded by repetition, it distinguishes itself through discipline, and an authority that takes shape over time.
Event Setup
Event
Pause and Reflect
In our personal time as 431-88 we embarked on a journey to align our inner and outer worlds, drawing from the insights gained through introspection. We have made a conscious decision to forgo the release of a new collection this season and instead allow ideas to unfold naturally into this event, nurturing them as they take their own course.
Tribe — 88
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