SERA GHADAKI
December 9, 2025 / Photo: Courtesy of Alex Carter
Sera Ghadaki’s atelier uses innovative materials and experimental design methods to create striking garments and objects that explore the interconnectivity of the built and natural environment.
Ghadaki began making her own clothing and jewelry when she was a teen and went on to study both fashion and architecture. Her desire to explore the intersection of these mediums and to combat mass-produced clothing with circular design methods led her to create her namesake studio in 2011.
She has since created multiple clothing collections that explore different ideas and abstractions, while showcasing ongoing experimentation of different inventive materials, like drapable bioplastic and garments made entirely out of discarded thread scraps.
She has also completed several projects of varying scales and mediums, including a public installation that engages an age-diverse and neurodiverse audience, and a zero-waste “airbag” made from single-use packing materials.
Ghadaki’s exploration of different materials and techniques help to inform the aesthetic and practical aspects of her work.
“You experiment with the new material, and there's a push and pull and a feedback loop of, like, learning from it and adapting and realizing the limits and realizing what you need to adjust the design,” she explained. “And with this process, I don't know the outcome until it's basically done, and then I either have to repeat the process or fix a few things, or I just kind of surrender to it and say, this is part of it.”
And though this process does require relinquishing control, Ghadaki says that is part of its beauty and that she relishes the time spent understanding the materials and the directions they will allow her to take.
Some of her past collections include “No More,” which is inspired by Nina Simone’s song "I'm Gonna Leave You" and the beauty formed in the passive and the everyday (like artful shadows that appear on pavement in the sun.) Meanwhile, her PWR collection celebrates real and fictional women superheroes through pieces printed with patterns inspired by Islamic architecture.
In the coming months, Ghadaki will start hosting a series of workshops centered around the concept of “mindful making.”
“It's kind of my idea of merging things that I really love — education, collaboration, in person, interaction, hosting people, having that kind of warmth, seeing what happens when strangers meet, that spontaneous New York energy, and then all around learning something and creating something to take home,” she said of the series.
She also plans to celebrate her brand’s 15-year milestone with special programming that will look back at her past collections and breadth of work.
In addition to helming her design studio, Ghadaki teaches at Pratt Institute and is a founding member of WIP Collaborative — a shared feminist practice that engages the community through different research and design initiatives.
More about SERA GHADAKI and its many artful innovations can be found here.
