Itiya Studio
With Itiya Studio, I reclaim the clarity or the ground I never had; by designing my own textiles and making bespoke garments sustainably and by up-cycling pre-loved items, I manage to unlearn things that adulthood taught me.
I'm Itiya, the designer and maker of Itiya Studio. I have a degree in Fine Arts & History of Arts which consisted of a lot of philosophy reading as well as writing, which has informed my perspective a lot; I am obsessed with making objects come alive or create a character have its identity expressed by objects. The main theme of my brand is based on my forced conscription to the army at 19 and feeling unfit to hold a gun, as well as growing up with two psychiatrist parents as different as the moon and the sun. I moved to London by myself, and by the age of 21 I suffered many identity crises; My work is metaphorized with a sense of confusion between soldier to officer, adult to kid, and how each have its own defense mechanism by playing games or fighting wars.
