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Shravan Kummar, the Nixon Distinguished Speaker for the 2017 - 2018 Academic year, will be presenting a a line of clothing and speaking about his designs.

Shravan Kummar Ramaswamy has crafted magic with fabric over 18 years, a coveted journey that began when he became the first and youngest fashion designer to emerge from the classical city of Hyderabad. A true-blue fashionista, Kumar is from an emerging generation of research driven designers. Best known for the revival and reinvention of eco-friendly fabrics as well as unusual creations from unconventional fabric, Shravan Kummar draws his inspiration from the sheer volume and beauty of ethnic designs that reflects and amalgamation of colour and texture along with class. His mantra for himself is, “Fashion is my religion”, and he feels blessed to be able to “Weave magic through fabric”.
 
Shravan Kummar’s philosophy is that Indian-ness is about contrived conconation of the diverse; rather than it’s an effortless understanding of the divergent.  “Haute Coture”, “Pret-a-Porter” or “Mass Market” fashion should be original, stunningly woven with structure and an aesthetic craft with focus on comfort.  His brand, “Shravan Kummar”, is a commitment of cutting edge technology through years of unremitting efforts in research, luxury, class, wearability and comfort.

A pre-show reception will be held from 4:30 - 5 pm, followed by the lecture and runway show.

The Nixon Distinguished Speaker Series in the College of Human Ecology was established through a generous gift of John W. and Lea P. Nixon, Class of 1953, to provide students at Cornell with greater exposure to leading scholars and professionals in the fashion and apparel industry.

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