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Aninwadee Kaewdonree

Chulalongkorn University

When I was 17, I moved to Bangkok to study a fashion major in high school, and that became the starting point of my journey to becoming a fashion designer. I have always wanted to be a fashion designer because I grew up in my motherʼs tailor shop, which inspired me deeply. From a young age, I was surrounded by fabrics, patterns, and the process of making clothes. I believe that fashion is not just about clothing, but also about a system and an industry. This perspective encouraged me to explore fashion more seriously and develop my own approach to design. Through my work, I aim to create clothing that blends culture and architecture while still considering the environment. I want viewers to experience their own emotions when they see my garments and interpret them in personal ways. The key idea behind my work is freedom—freedom of form, freedom of interpretation, and freedom of expression. I explore how far a garment can move beyond its original function and how much freedom a person can feel when wearing it. Ultimately, my goal is to challenge traditional ideas of fashion and create designs that allow both the garment and the wearer to express. individuality without limitation

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The Ritual Of Compás

Category: Footwear

Competitions: Thailand

Rituals are formed through repetition, discipline, and controlled movement. In flamenco, emotional intensity is expressed through rhythm (compás), posture, and restraint rather than excess. The body becomes both instrument and medium, where every gesture is deliberate, carrying tension, precision, and contained passion. This project explores how these principles can be translated into wearable forms through accessories, footwear, and bags that function as sculptural art objects existing between fashion and art. Through structure, repetition, and material tension, the collection interprets controlled passion into forms that interact with the body. Rather than focusing on decoration alone, each piece investigates how line, silhouette, and spatial balance can embody movement, resistance, and ritualistic discipline. Repeated curves, layered constructions, and sharp directional forms reflect the cyclical rhythm of flamenco footwork and the architectural quality of bodily posture. These design elements transform emotional intensity into tangible physical structures. Materiality plays an essential role in expressing this contrast between control and emotion. Tension between rigid and soft surfaces, compression and release, solidity and fluidity creates objects that feel simultaneously restrained and dynamic. Accessories are treated not merely as functional items, but as extensions of gesture and presence. Footwear becomes an active dialogue between balance and pressure, while bags evolve into sculptural carriers of weight, shape, and ritual significance. The collection positions everyday accessories as ritual artefacts activated through movement, wear, and bodily interaction. Each object responds to the body while maintaining a sculptural independence, existing both as functional design and artistic form. By merging repetition, structure, and controlled tension, this project reinterprets flamenco’s disciplined emotional language into contemporary wearable objects. Ultimately, it explores how ritual can exist within fashion through repeated use, embodied movement, and the transformation of ordinary accessories into symbols of restraint, intensity, and performative presence.

In association with Arts Thread

Working with our partners at Arts Thread to develop lifelong learning and career opportunities for students of fashion and design. Our partnership provides the opportunity to compete on a world stage, participate in industry led workshops, set up an outstanding portfolio and gain access to the resources that will kickstart careers in fashion and design.