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Research and Concept
Explored emotional transformation, butterfly metamorphosis, chrysalis protection, and visual metaphors from darkness into light.
LUMENÉ CAPSULE COLLECTION S/W 2027
LUMENÉ
A poetic womenswear portfolio tracing emotional metamorphosis through draped form, tactile surface, and quiet feminine power.
From cocooned protection to afterlight, LUMENÉ translates inner transformation into sculptural silhouettes, batik-inspired textures, translucent layers, and refined contemporary womenswear.
Brand Statement
A personal language of transformation, memory, and quiet feminine power.
LUMENÉMetamorphosis
My creative practice explores fashion as a form of emotional transformation. Through my collection LUMENÉ, I translate the journey from darkness to light into contemporary womenswear that is poetic, tactile, and deeply personal. My work is inspired by the idea of metamorphosis, especially the transition from confinement to growth and liberation. This is expressed through draped silhouettes, soft sculptural forms, batik-inspired textile surfaces, translucent layers, and flowing fabrics such as crepe, silk chiffon, and tulle.
My design style combines modern femininity with emotional storytelling. I am interested in the way fabric can hold feeling, movement, memory, and identity. Rather than creating garments only for decoration, I aim to design pieces that communicate inner strength, vulnerability, and self-awareness. My work often uses contrast: softness and structure, darkness and light, fragility and power, stillness and movement.
What makes my practice distinct is the combination of concept, craft, and surface. I use batik-inspired textures, butterfly symbolism, and layered fabric manipulation to create garments that feel expressive and refined. As an emerging designer, my goal is to build a contemporary womenswear identity that celebrates emotional authenticity, conscious craftsmanship, and quiet feminine power.
Imalka Tharuni
About the Designer
Imalka Tharuni creates womenswear shaped by emotion, craft, and transformation.
Imalka Tharuni is a developing fashion designer with a strong interest in emotional storytelling, textile craft, and contemporary womenswear. Her design practice explores personal experiences, transformation, healing, and identity through fabric, silhouette, colour, and surface detail.
Her current collection, LUMENÉ, reflects the journey from chrysalis to butterfly, using draping, batik-inspired textile surfaces, layered forms, and soft sculptural silhouettes to express emotional growth, protection, struggle, and release.
Craft Focus
Fashion IllustrationDrapingTextile SurfaceBatik DevelopmentConcept ResearchMood BoardsTechnical DrawingPortfolio Development
Creative Interests
Contemporary WomenswearAssistant Designer RolesFreelance DesignStyling CollaborationsGraduate Showcase Opportunities
Featured Collection
LUMENÉ Capsule Collection S/S 2027
Contemporary womenswear shaped by emotional healing, butterfly metamorphosis, translucent fabric layers, draped silhouettes, and batik-inspired textile surfaces.
6 Looks
Draped Silhouettes
Batik-Inspired Surfaces
Emotional Transformation
An editorial entrance into a six-look metamorphosis.
6 Looks / S/S 2027
Creative Process
From concept research to final collection.
The LUMENÉ collection developed through visual research, mood exploration, customer study, fabric and colour investigation, textile experimentation, draping, refinement, and final line-up development.
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Mood Board Development
Built a visual direction through symbolic forms, soft textures, layered references, and emotional colour moods.
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Customer Profile
Defined a contemporary womenswear customer interested in expressive fashion, individuality, and poetic design.
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Fabric Board and Colour Story
Developed warm browns, burnt orange, muted neutrals, soft blush, and dark-to-light tonal movement.
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Textile Experiments
Explored batik-inspired marks, surface textures, layered dye effects, and handcrafted textile expression.
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Draping and Silhouette Development
Tested cocoon-like forms, sculptural sleeves, layered shapes, and soft movement on the body.
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Design Refinement
Refined garment proportions, technical drawings, range planning, and construction decisions.
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Final Outcome
Presented a six-look capsule collection connecting emotional storytelling, surface, silhouette, and craft.
Concept and Inspiration
Mood Board
Textile Developments
Range Plan
Archive fragments from research, surface, silhouette, and range planning.
Lookbook
Six final looks, each holding a stage of metamorphosis.
An editorial preview of the LUMENÉ collection, moving from cocooned protection through fractured light, emergence, memory, liberation, and afterlight.
Design Identity
Soft power, tactile memory, and modern femininity.
The portfolio frames fashion as a language of transformation, where fabric surfaces hold memory and silhouette becomes emotional movement.
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Emotional storytelling
Garments are developed as quiet visual narratives of memory, growth, protection, and release.
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Draped silhouettes
Soft sculptural shapes create movement around the body while preserving a refined feminine line.
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Batik-inspired surfaces
Organic textile marks and layered patches bring tactility, imperfection, and personal symbolism.
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Conscious craftsmanship
Fabric choices, hand processes, and range decisions are considered through care and longevity.
Creative Opportunities
Available for collaborations, internships, styling projects, and creative opportunities.
For portfolio viewing, commissions, creative direction support, graduate showcase opportunities, fashion industry enquiries, or styling collaborations, please get in touch.
Phone
078 287 0261Location
Colombo / available remotely