30 Garments · 30 Women · 30 Stories — June Edition · 2026
Savage Elegance
A contemporary interpretation of primal beauty and refined craftsmanship
· June Edition 2026 · By Vee
30 Garment 30 Stories. A New Narative. Enjoy this month story, we’re embracing a different perspective. This latest story is told through a male muse, reminding us that great style and great stories know no boundaries, proving that every garment finds its own voice.
Meet Avinaash Suresh Palani. 21 years old, Malaysian model
Wearing the – Savage Elegance 2027 Collection
There’s a moment, right before a model steps under the lights, where you can see who they really are. Not the rehearsed walk, not the practiced jawline — something underneath all of that.
This month, on 30 Garments, 30 Women, 30 Stories, we caught that moment with someone unexpected — and it changed the way I’ll talk about this collection forever.
Avinaash Suresh Palani — Avin to everyone who knows him, a 21-year-old Malaysian model whose star is very much on the rise. He recently made it all the way to the shortlisted final round of ISMCMY, no small feat in a competition stacked with talent from across the region. I pulled him into the studio, draped him in a piece from my Savage Elegance Collection, and what started as a simple fitting turned into one of the most genuine conversations this series has ever had.
“Your design made me feel like how I would see myself in nine years — in a penthouse with a glass of Scotch.”
— Avinaash Suresh Palani
Savage Elegance is about something untamed wearing something refined. And somehow, without either of us planning it, that’s exactly what Avin gave me — in the garment, and in conversation.
THE GARMENT
SAVAGE ELEGANCE
Every collection starts with a feeling I’m trying to chase. Savage Elegance began with the leopard itself — not as a print, but as a philosophy. Power that doesn’t need to announce itself. Confidence that moves quietly. Freedom that still knows exactly where it’s going.
The piece Avin wore is the full statement of that idea: an oversized kimono-style robe cut from printed silk satin, with a deep V neckline finished clean on the inside so it holds its shape no matter how the body moves underneath it. The dropped shoulder gives it that relaxed, almost borrowed-from-someone-else’s-closet ease, while the kimono sleeve lets the fabric pool and fall instead of fight gravity.
A self-fabric belt ties at the waist — not just for shape, but as a small ritual: the moment the whole look comes together in your own hands. Underneath, wide-leg trousers in matching printed silk give the silhouette its grounding, its weight, its walk. And crowning it all — a leopard-print beret that tips the whole thing from elegant into dangerous elegant.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION NOTES
COLOR PALETTE
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION BOARD – Technical Sketch & Construction Notes
In Conversation with Avinaash Suresh Palani —
The Conversation
“Well, for once, it made me look super rich. I felt rich, I walked rich, and I felt free. I like it so much — like, me, super comfortable, I’m into that type of vibe. I love looking rich, and your design made me feel like how I would see myself in nine years, in a penthouse with a glass of Scotch. I loved every minute of it.”
There’s something disarming about how plainly he said it. No performance, no rehearsed brand-speak — just a young man describing, in real time, the exact feeling I’m chasing every time I sit down to sketch. Clothing as a glimpse of a future self. That’s the whole point.
What does modeling mean to you?
“Okay, to put it short — even as a kid, my mom would bring me to random photoshoots, dress me up to look stylish. What she loved was collecting albums of me as a kid. And I had fun. I had fun posing in the most ridiculous positions, I had fun looking cool — I did not care about anything else but looking cool. The poses I’d pull were just out of the blue back then. I was full-on imitating Michael Jackson too. I couldn’t care less what other people thought of me, how they perceived me, because I was a kid — I was just out there having fun.
Modeling is a place where my inner child could live. I realized that recently. So it’s not just something I enjoy doing — it’s a place my inner child gladly lives in. It took time, but I’m glad I found him this early in my life. That’s why I know I’d enjoy every moment on the runway, on stage, wearing incredible pieces that took so much time to be made by lovely designers like you, Vee. Just so art can be expressed through someone who knows how to carry it. Lovely.”
EDITOR’S NOTE
I’ll be honest — I didn’t have a follow up question after that. Some answers don’t need one.
There’s a particular kind of model who treats the runway as a job, and there’s another kind who treats it as a homecoming. Avin is unmistakably the second. Watching him walk in that robe — belt cinched, beret tilted just slightly — you could see a kid who once posed for his mother’s camera in the middle of a living room, completely unbothered by the world watching.
The years and the technique have been added on top. But the joy underneath is exactly the same. It’s just finally found a stage big enough to hold it.
“Modelling is a place where my inner child could live, it’s a place my inner child gladly lives in.”
— Avinaash Suresh Palani
It was a genuine pleasure working with Avin, an amazing, well trained, polite, talented, and professional young man with a beautiful aura. I’ll be watching closely as ISMCMY plays out, and we have no doubt this is far from the last time you’ll see his name.
Stay tuned for our next design and the story behind it.
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