Ruwanthi Gajadeera

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Ruwanthi Gajadeera
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Born(1996-08-20)20 August 1996
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
CitizenshipSri Lanka
EducationNorthumbria University, University of Moratuwa, Ladies' College, Colombo
Occupation
  • Textile designer
  • Fashion designer
Years active2020-present
Label(s)
kǣli

Ruwanthi Gajadeera (born 20 August 1996) is a Sri Lankan sustainable fashion and textile designer.[1] She is the first South Asia fashion designer to win the Taiwan Fashion Design Awards at 2021 Taipei Fashion Week SS22.[2][3][4][5][6] She has also represented Sri Lanka in a variety of other international competitions such as Redress Design Awards 2021, Hong Kong,[7] International Baltic Ethnic Fashion Festival 2021, Saint Petersburg[8] and London Fashion Week.[9][10]

Through her designs, she attempts to communicate the importance of the slow fashion movement.[11][10] She approached her Aesthetics from the perspective by incorporating Heirloom of fashion and Buddhism.[11][10] Ruwanthi's garments have showcased a combination of Handicraft[12] and Digital fashion that express Waste hierarchy (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) in the complete garment Product lifecycle.[11][13][14] She states that to create Circular economy|circular garments, she employs Zero-waste fashion, upcycling, reconstruction techniques.[15][10]

Early life and education

Ruwanthi was born at the Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital in Colombo to a Buddhist family.[11] Ruwanthi spent her early childhood in Padiyathalawa, a town in Ampara District.[11] Later on, she moved to Colombo and studied at Ladies' College, Colombo [6] upon completing the primary education she was selected for the University of Moratuwa to study Landscape architecture,[11] however, later on she realized that her passion is for fashion and textile design.[11] Afterwards, she dropped out of the University of Moratuwa and pursued her career in fashion design.[11]

Awards

  • Fashion Design Newcomer Award - Taiwan Fashion Design Awards (2021).[1][16][17][18]
  • First Prize in Eco Fashion - International Baltic Ethnic Fashion Festival (2021).[8]
  • First Runner-Up - International Catwalk Award at Graduate Fashion Week (2021).[10][9]
  • Semi-finalist - Redress Design Award (2021).[19][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ruwanthi Gajadeera: Winner of the First Prize of 2021 Taiwan Fashion Design Award". Nation Online. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ↑ Taiwan Textile Federation (2021-10-06). "The Winner of the First Prize of 2021 Taiwan Fashion Design Award Gajadeera, Ruwanthi Pavithra, whose Works Perfectly Reflect the Concepts of Sustainability and Design Creativity". Available online:https://www.textiles.org.tw/TTF/main/news/wHandNews_File.ashx?type=2&news_id=12112. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. ↑ Su, Yoyo (2021-10-06). "【2021臺北時裝週】2021時裝設計新人獎首獎揭曉！斯里蘭卡Gajadeera發揮永續概念及設計創意拔得頭籌". Vogue Taiwan (in 中文). Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "培植新銳不遺餘力 臺北時裝週借力使力躍上國際 -- 上報 / 消費". www.upmedia.mg. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. ↑ "El Taiwan Fashion Design Award presentó a los ganadores el 6 de octubre". Pinker Moda (in español). 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ruwanthie Gajadeera becomes the first South Asian to win Taiwan Fashion Designer Award, retrieved 2021-11-07
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Redress (2021-04-22). "REDRESS DESIGN AWARD 2021 SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED, SUPPORTING EMERGING SUSTAINABLE FASHION TALENT FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE". Available online: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582d0d16440243165eb756db/t/608147a6f9f3065a214c2dc5/1619085222884/ENG+Semi-finalists+press+release.pdf. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Etnomoda. "RESULTS OF THE ONLINE IBEFF CONTEST 2021 — IBEFF" (in русский). Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "AOD takes local design talent global again!". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Gunawardhana, Tina Edward. "Fashion's future prospects". www.hi.lk. Retrieved 2021-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Rahman, Sheikh Saifur. "'It's time to go back to the basics'". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  12. ↑ "'kǣli – A Sustainable Collection' by Ruwanthi Gajadeera awarded with the 1st prize worth $ 10,000 | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  13. ↑ Seneviratne, Anuki (2021-06-21). "Ruwanthie Gajadeera: First Runner up at Graduate Fashion Week, London". Pulse. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  14. ↑ Fashion Crossover London. "Ruwanthi Gajadeera | Academy of Design, LK 2020". www.fashioncrossover-london.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ Anthony, Venessa (2021-06-20). "Sharing Sri Lankan heritage through design: Ruwanthi Gajadeera". The Morning - Sri Lanka News. Retrieved 2021-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ "The Winner of the First Prize of 2021 Taiwan Fashion Design Award, AOD Grad Ruwanthi Gajadeera, whose Work Perfectly Reflect the Concepts of Sustainability and Design Creativity". Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  17. ↑ "Texdata International - Ruwanthi Pavithra Gajadeera is the winner of the First Prize of 2021 Taiwan Fashion Design Award". www.texdata.com. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  18. ↑ IBC Tamil. "18 நாடுகள் 450 போட்டியாளர்கள்! முதலிடத்தை பிடித்து சாதனை படைத்த இலங்கை யுவதி". IBC Tamil. Retrieved 2021-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ Redress Limited. "2021 RUWANTHI PAVITHRA GAJADEERA". Redress Design Award. Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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