This is TAMBOURINE. An expressive story of garments designed by Lara Fernandes with an emphasis on her Goan roots and love of textiles. It pays homage to Shisha, an embroidery technique done by intricately stitching tiny mirrors into fabric and separately, to woven natural fibres.

Words by Lara adapted by Nya. A meditation on being witnessed – the ache of wanting to be truly seen, and the fear that if you were, it might undo everyone around you. What happens the moment you stop shrinking yourself – daring to be fully seen, even if your truth is too much for those around you to hold.