Farrukh – PechaKucha OutFest – FESCH.TV

FESCH.TV INFORMIERT:

Farrukh (he/him) is my whole name like Madonna and I am from Pakistan. I started building one of its own kind of fashion upcycling house at age of 28 in Dundee but from very early age I can see myself dreaming to be an artist a problem solver and an innovator. Due to my interest and to fulfil my teachers/parents and my own expectations I chose to study dentistry as a full-time profession by keeping fashion design my safe place, my hobby, and a passion for life. After gaining master’s in forensic Dentistry degree from UoD in 2018 I came out to my family, and it led to me taking asylum in the UK. Whilst on asylum leaving everything behind even my lifelong earned dentistry profession, I leaned working towards my life dream of being unapologetically gay being myself being loud being brown Pakistani being a designer and a true artist I launched my all-gender inclusive sustainable fashion house Aristocrats in 2019. My aesthetics comes from a very natural place within me. It has grown through the years and is inspired from many cultures and events. I always knew that I am the sensitive and caring one but never knew how to reflect that back to the society and direct my energy to do something good. By making sustainable fashion I can show that care should start from loving your surroundings, your body, your planet, and yourself and being your own favourite and less toxic to your own self and to others no matter what. At House of Aristocrats, we believe clothing is the skin we pick everyday sometimes few times a day just to look, feel and radiate the energy about who we are as a person, position, pronouns and now that a designer/creator even can use any trash and fashion industry and consumers waste could look like treasure on ones accepting, caring and glowing personality. At Aristocrats a bespoke dress is forever. Aristocrats is for the people who care. The people who are trying to fit in the Society by being different than many. Just being original. Just being Aristocrats.

Creative Dundee hosted this extra special PechaKucha on 23 February 2022 in partnership with OutFest, a festival of activity, exploration and celebration during LGBTQ+ history month.

At this online event we were joined by speakers from the LGBTQ+ community. PechaKucha is a simple quick-fire talking format – presenters show 20 images, each for 20 seconds – and this means that each talk is different, entertaining and inspiring!

OutFest was delivered by Shaper/Caper and Dundee Pride, this event and the festival is supported by the Scottish Government’s Community Recovery Fund 2.

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