Fashion often begins long before a garment is finished. It starts with a reference pinned to a wall, a piece of fabric kept for years, or an idea that takes time to find its shape. For Absent Findings, the process of making has always been part of the story. With its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, What’s the Colour of My Voice?, the Dubai-based label brought that creative world to Milan, presenting its work at Spazio Lineapelle on 25 September as part of the official Milano Fashion Week Women’s calendar.
Founded by creative director Shivin Singh, Absent Findings has built its identity around the relationship between clothing and the things we carry with us. Memory, cultural inheritance and the architecture of a silhouette are recurring points of reference, expressed through considered tailoring and an instinct for unexpected detail. In Milan, these ideas found a setting that brought garments, film and art into conversation, offering a closer look at the thinking behind the collection.
The presentation marked the brand’s first appearance on the official Women’s Fashion Week calendar, as well as its second participation in Lineapelle Designers Edition. It was a meaningful step in the label’s growing presence within an international fashion landscape, with the collection remaining firmly rooted in the creative perspective that has shaped its work from the beginning.
At the centre of SS27 is the idea of a uniform, reimagined as a personal expression rather than a fixed set of rules. Tailored jackets, vests, shirts and trousers provide a familiar foundation. Ruffles, gathered panels, decorative trims and carefully placed flashes of colour introduce a different kind of energy. The effect lies in the balance between structure and spontaneity, where a recognisable form becomes a little more individual through the details that interrupt it.
This is where the title What’s the Colour of My Voice? begins to make sense. The collection considers how we communicate something about ourselves before we say a word. Dressing becomes an act of intention, shaped by how we wish to appear and what we choose to reveal. The uniform, in Singh’s interpretation, offers a starting point for expression, leaving room for personality, imagination and a sense of play.
The collection draws on the surrealist worlds of Leonora Carrington, the sculptural costume language of Oskar Schlemmer, Victorian frills and the familiar codes of prep dressing. These references come together through the designer’s own lens, creating a wardrobe that feels considered yet open to interpretation. There is an intimacy to this approach: the clothes are built around recognisable pieces, then given character through proportion, texture and ornament.
Material remains equally important to the story. Absent Findings continues to work with heirloom saris and surplus textiles, allowing fabrics with an existing history to find a new place in contemporary dressing. Within SS27, sari fabrics appear as trims, piping, frills and smaller interventions across the garments. Their significance lies in both their physical beauty and the memories they hold, bringing a personal dimension to the collection without separating heritage from the present.
The Milan presentation extended this creative language beyond the clothes themselves. An accompanying film, directed by Yassin Yassin and Laura Puscasu, placed the collection within a theatrical domestic setting suspended between the familiar and the surreal. A carefully built house of cards is playfully knocked down, turning a simple gesture into a question about intention, consequence and how actions are understood. The film gives the collection another dimension, allowing its ideas to unfold through movement and interaction.
Artworks by UAE-connected artists Sara Kamar, Ahmed Emad, Inés Boubakri Haddad and Farah Soltani, alongside furniture by Forma Object, further connected the presentation to a wider creative community. Photography and art direction by Laura Puscasu helped bring these elements together, with clothing, image and objects contributing to a shared visual world.
For a brand shaped by different cultural and creative influences, the Milan presentation offered a way to bring these threads into one space. Singh’s perspective draws from Indian heritage, Italian craft and life in the UAE, but the resulting language remains personal rather than prescriptive. Each reference becomes part of a wider conversation about how we dress, what we inherit and what we choose to make of it.
With What’s the Colour of My Voice?, Absent Findings places the act of creation at the heart of its next chapter. The result is a collection that finds meaning in the details, and in the freedom to give familiar forms a voice of their own. In Milan, that voice found a new setting, carried forward through clothing made with intention and a clear sense of identity.
Fashion often begins long before a garment is finished. It starts with a reference pinned to a wall, a piece of fabric kept for years, or an idea that takes time to find its shape. For Absent Findings, the process of making has always been part of the story. With its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, What’s the Colour of My Voice?, the Dubai-based label brought that creative world to Milan, presenting its work at Spazio Lineapelle on 25 September as part of the official Milano Fashion Week Women’s calendar.
Founded by creative director Shivin Singh, Absent Findings has built its identity around the relationship between clothing and the things we carry with us. Memory, cultural inheritance and the architecture of a silhouette are recurring points of reference, expressed through considered tailoring and an instinct for unexpected detail. In Milan, these ideas found a setting that brought garments, film and art into conversation, offering a closer look at the thinking behind the collection.
The presentation marked the brand’s first appearance on the official Women’s Fashion Week calendar, as well as its second participation in Lineapelle Designers Edition. It was a meaningful step in the label’s growing presence within an international fashion landscape, with the collection remaining firmly rooted in the creative perspective that has shaped its work from the beginning.
At the centre of SS27 is the idea of a uniform, reimagined as a personal expression rather than a fixed set of rules. Tailored jackets, vests, shirts and trousers provide a familiar foundation. Ruffles, gathered panels, decorative trims and carefully placed flashes of colour introduce a different kind of energy. The effect lies in the balance between structure and spontaneity, where a recognisable form becomes a little more individual through the details that interrupt it.
This is where the title What’s the Colour of My Voice? begins to make sense. The collection considers how we communicate something about ourselves before we say a word. Dressing becomes an act of intention, shaped by how we wish to appear and what we choose to reveal. The uniform, in Singh’s interpretation, offers a starting point for expression, leaving room for personality, imagination and a sense of play.
The collection draws on the surrealist worlds of Leonora Carrington, the sculptural costume language of Oskar Schlemmer, Victorian frills and the familiar codes of prep dressing. These references come together through the designer’s own lens, creating a wardrobe that feels considered yet open to interpretation. There is an intimacy to this approach: the clothes are built around recognisable pieces, then given character through proportion, texture and ornament.
Material remains equally important to the story. Absent Findings continues to work with heirloom saris and surplus textiles, allowing fabrics with an existing history to find a new place in contemporary dressing. Within SS27, sari fabrics appear as trims, piping, frills and smaller interventions across the garments. Their significance lies in both their physical beauty and the memories they hold, bringing a personal dimension to the collection without separating heritage from the present.
The Milan presentation extended this creative language beyond the clothes themselves. An accompanying film, directed by Yassin Yassin and Laura Puscasu, placed the collection within a theatrical domestic setting suspended between the familiar and the surreal. A carefully built house of cards is playfully knocked down, turning a simple gesture into a question about intention, consequence and how actions are understood. The film gives the collection another dimension, allowing its ideas to unfold through movement and interaction.
Artworks by UAE-connected artists Sara Kamar, Ahmed Emad, Inés Boubakri Haddad and Farah Soltani, alongside furniture by Forma Object, further connected the presentation to a wider creative community. Photography and art direction by Laura Puscasu helped bring these elements together, with clothing, image and objects contributing to a shared visual world.
For a brand shaped by different cultural and creative influences, the Milan presentation offered a way to bring these threads into one space. Singh’s perspective draws from Indian heritage, Italian craft and life in the UAE, but the resulting language remains personal rather than prescriptive. Each reference becomes part of a wider conversation about how we dress, what we inherit and what we choose to make of it.
With What’s the Colour of My Voice?, Absent Findings places the act of creation at the heart of its next chapter. The result is a collection that finds meaning in the details, and in the freedom to give familiar forms a voice of their own. In Milan, that voice found a new setting, carried forward through clothing made with intention and a clear sense of identity.
