Fashion loves an art collaboration. Galleries love a fashion crowd. Most of the time, the result sits somewhere between merch and a really expensive souvenir. That’s what makes the new collaboration between Ka-sha and Jayesh Sachdev feel far more interesting than the usual crossover. Instead of placing prints on garments and calling it wearable art, the two have approached this capsule like a genuine exchange of mediums, where the artworks themselves become the starting point for the shape, texture, and surface of the collection.
Showcased at Tao Art Gallery, inspired by Sachdev’s exhibition ‘He Who Permeates’, the limited-edition collection pulls directly from his paintings, sculptures, and installations, translating their layered visual language into clothing through embroidery, reconstructed textiles, appliqué, and handwork. Sachdev’s work has always lived in extremes. Mythology crashes into pop culture while devotion collides with spectacle, and heavily symbolic imagery sits beside bold contemporary visuals. Ka-Sha steps into that world through its own craft-heavy vocabulary, creating garments that feel expressive and deeply connected to the artworks they came from.
Karishma Shahani-Khan Shares Her Thoughts
“Jayesh and I have known each other for years. We showed together during Lakmé Fashion Week; we’ve shared creative spaces and watched each other’s work evolve over time. Somehow, we had never actually made something together. The moment the conversation happened, the answer came instantly. Usually, I begin with fabric, silhouette, or construction. Here, the starting point was someone else’s artwork. That completely shifted how I approached the collection, and that challenge felt exciting.
Each piece in the capsule grew out of a singular artwork from ‘He Who Permeates’. The process was about understanding the emotional and visual language of the work and translating that into cloth and craft. Symbols were made by embroidery, painted textures became layered appliqué, and sculptural forms started influencing the cuts and shapes of the garments.
One of the most personal pieces for me was ‘Sacred Abundance’, which became the first garment we developed for the collaboration. Once that piece came together, the rest of the collection started opening up naturally.
The collaboration itself felt incredibly fluid because Jayesh and I already share the same relationship with craft and detail. There was an immediate understanding from the beginning, and the creative conversations moved very quickly because that shared foundation already existed.”
Jayesh Sachdev On Bringing His Art Into Fashion
“Karishma and I go back more than a decade, to our Lakmé Fashion Week days with QuirkBox and Ka-Sha. It’s funny that our first collaboration has happened only now because the overlap in our worlds has always existed.
My work in sculpture, much like Karishma’s work in fashion, is deeply rooted in craftsmanship, detail, and artistry, so bringing our aesthetics together felt genuinely exciting from the start.
I really believe the future of art lies in collaboration because it pushes everyone into newer ideas and newer aesthetics. It creates room for people to grow together creatively. The moment we first discussed this project, the answer came very quickly for both of us.
I’ve always admired Karishma’s craftsmanship and work ethic, and watching her reinterpret my sculptures through her own visual language was fascinating because the garments still felt completely authentic to Ka-Sha. I’ve explored the relationship between art and fashion for years through Quirk Box, and this collaboration feels like a very exciting extension of that conversation.”
What works best about this collaboration is that neither side disappears into the other. You can still clearly see Sachdev’s layered visual universe with its mythology, creatures, symbolism, and dramatic forms, while Ka-Sha’s identity remains fully intact through its textile language and handcrafted detailing. The collection feels collaborative in the truest sense of the word, rather than one creative practice simply borrowing from another.
At a time when ‘fashion x art’ projects have become almost predictable, Ka-Sha x Jayesh Sachdev actually feels abstract yet straight to the point. The garments carry the same energy as the exhibition itself, uplifting the overall energy with colours and patterns while also not stealing the spotlight from the installations.
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