17/04/2026
Purba Art Fair & Exhibition presents
THE BE : FASHION RESEARCH MOODBOARD & DRAPING WORKSHOP ‼️
Led by London-based Fashion designer Thebe, this 6-hour intensive introduced 18 participants from Province 1 to the early stages of the fashion design process — research, storytelling, mood boards, and draping.
The research wasn’t limited to fashion. Participants drew inspiration from art, films, books, culture, politics, architecture, and everyday life to develop their own visual language. Fashion became the way to translate that research into form.
Workshop breakdown:
Research & Inspiration: How designers gather ideas. Personal style, identity, storytelling through design.
Collage & Mood Board: Translate research into visual concepts — digitally or with magazines, fabrics, textures.
Intro to Draping + Exercise: Learn how fabric behaves on the body. Work in pairs to experiment with shape, silhouette, layering. Focus on creative expression, not perfection.
Fashion design is not only about sewing garments. It is about research, storytelling, personal identity, and experimentation. The aim was to open new ways of thinking about fashion.
Hosted by
Documented by Filmer Nepal
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What’s next:
THE BE is the first in a new series of art workshops from Atelier Purba. More sessions coming soon — fashion, textile, drawing, photography, research-based practices ,gardening, carving workshops. All hands-on and collaborative.
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Photo Credit: Filmer Nepal
Workshop Lead: thebe
Atelier Purba – The Eastern Studio
Documenting the artists, processes, and movements of Eastern Nepal.
