Tara Babylon: Weaving Artistry, Performance & Couture

British-Iraqi designer and performance artist Tara Babylon is rewriting the rules of fashion through a language that feels part textile alchemy, part theatre, part personal manifesto.

From London to New York, her work transcends “garment” and becomes a living archive of culture, craft, and performance.

The Babylonian Utopia

The label, founded after Tara’s studies at Central Saint Martins and Parsons, is named after the ancient city of Babylon—reimagined as a creative utopia. Her atelier is less about seasonal “collections” and more about experiences woven with tufting, crochet, elastic weaving, and even reinterpreted carpet techniques. Think safety pins crocheted into body pieces or elastic strips transformed into sculptural silhouettes—her DNA is tactile, colourful, rebellious.

Couture SS26: A Personal Testament

Tara Babylon Couture SS26 was a celebration of the brand’s core DNA—where history meets modernity translated into textile art. The collection beaded together symbolic motifs from ancient Babylon and the Middle East, reimagined through a playful and contemporary lens with western inspirations. “It stands as a personal testament to what art means to me as a designer and a reflection of my cultural roots and current lifestyle,” she explains.

SS26 wasn’t simply about clothes on a runway; it was an act of storytelling—bridging civilizations, reshaping memory, and embodying a dialogue between heritage and the now.

Tara isn’t just a designer—she is a performer. Her runway shows blur the line between stage and catwalk, creating living sculptures where models embody her pieces in motion. It’s fashion as ritual, fashion as choreography. Every gesture becomes a stitch, every look a portal.

Behind the theatrical flair is a fierce commitment to craft and sustainability. Tara insists on the value of the handmade at a time when speed dominates fashion cycles. Her work supports artisans, celebrates women, and centers craft as an act of resistance—against disposability, against erasure, against silence.

In a fashion landscape often obsessed with trends, Tara Babylon is carving out a timeless space: a meeting point of past and present, heritage and pop culture, personal history and collective symbolism. Whether on TikTok (where her pieces have gone viral on Doja Cat) or on the couture runway, her work remains unapologetically her own: maximal, textured, and deeply narrative.

JDEED Verdict? Tara Babylon is more than a name on a label—she’s a storyteller with a loom in one hand and a spotlight in the other.

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Photoshoot Credits/

Shot By @benfourmi

Set Design: @Kerryjoreardon

MUA: @newyorkmakeupacademy @mai.mor

Hair: Cutler Salon @cutlersalon @loura.carlyy

Stylist: @anthonypedrazastylist

Model: @ul_boss @akonadichol @jagmodels

Photo assistant: @johji__

Photo Assistant: @aaronweiss

Set Design Assistant: Gonzalo Pita

Fashion Assistant: Nicole Kim

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