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CHAITANYA
VALLURU

CS Graduate → Fashion Technology
Hyderabad, India → Milano, Italia
Applying — IED / Istituto Marangoni 2025–26

A software engineer learning to
read cloth the way I read code
one system at a time.

FASHION TECHNOLOGY CS GRADUATE DIGITAL DESIGN SELF-TAUGHT EXPLORER COMPUTATIONAL FASHION SYSTEMS THINKING ISTITUTO MARANGONI FASHION TECHNOLOGY CS GRADUATE DIGITAL DESIGN SELF-TAUGHT EXPLORER COMPUTATIONAL FASHION SYSTEMS THINKING ISTITUTO MARANGONI
4
Years — B.Tech CS
5
Self-initiated projects
0→1
Journey — Tech to Fashion

Building the bridge
between code
and cloth

I am a Computer Science graduate from Hyderabad, India. I have spent four years studying software systems, data structures, and web development. I am now teaching myself fashion—its history, its construction, its language.

This portfolio documents that transition honestly. These projects are not polished professional work. They are first attempts, learning experiments, and proofs-of-concept built by someone who is serious enough to start before they feel ready.

I want to study fashion technology in Italy because I believe the most interesting work happens at the intersection—where programming meets pattern-making, where data meets drape.

HTML / CSS / JS Python Basics Colour Theory Fashion History (self-study) Figma Adobe Illustrator CLO 3D (learning) Concept Development

SELECTED
WORK

5 Projects — 2024–2026
Honest beginner work

Project 01 — Web App — 2025

Digital Mood Board
Generator

★ First web project in fashion context

A browser-based tool where you can build fashion mood boards by dragging colour swatches, uploading reference images, and adding text notes. Built with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—no frameworks. Inspired by how designers at Maison Margiela compiled physical reference boards.

HTML CSS JavaScript Drag & Drop API
Open Project →

002

Utility Tool — 2025

Outfit Colour
Palette Tool

★ Colour theory meets CSS

Enter up to 5 clothing colours and get a harmony analysis—complementary, triadic, or analogous. Helped me understand colour theory from a fashion perspective. Built entirely in vanilla JS with HSL calculations.

JavaScript Colour Theory CSS Canvas

003

Utility Tool — 2024

India → Italy
Size Guide

★ Practical problem I actually faced

A size conversion tool for clothing and shoes between Indian and Italian standards. Built this to solve a real problem when researching Italian brands. Simple but functional. My first project combining design research with coding.

HTML Forms JavaScript Responsive CSS

004

Concept Lookbook — 2024

VOID — Minimal
Lookbook Concept

★ First fashion concept I designed

A six-look fictional capsule collection concept for a deconstructivist minimal brand. No sewing—purely a design thinking and visual communication exercise. Layouts done in Figma, rendered as a web page. Inspired by Margiela SS1989.

Figma HTML/CSS Visual Concept

005

TypeScript App — 2026

Realtime Capsule
Outfit Planner

★ First TypeScript-first project

A live outfit planning tool that updates recommendations as you change weather, occasion, and colour mood. Built with typed models and real-time UI updates while preserving this portfolio's minimal visual language.

TypeScript Realtime UI Design Systems
01

Start before
you're ready

Every project in this portfolio was built while I was still learning. The act of making is how I learn. I would rather show imperfect work than explain perfect intentions.

Personal principle

02

Systems as
aesthetic

CS trained me to see structure everywhere. Fashion is not decoration—it is a system of silhouette, proportion, construction, and context. I approach both the same way.

After Issey Miyake

03

Honesty over
performance

I am not pretending to be a fashion designer. I am a software engineer who is learning fashion seriously. That specificity—not false confidence—is my strongest asset.

Core admission statement

Martin Margiela

Deconstruction

"The label removed. The seam reversed. The garment as its own critique."

MM

Yeezy / Ye

Minimal Utility

"Fashion as infrastructure. The oversized silhouette as cultural monument."

YZ

Issey Miyake

Technology + Cloth

"A single piece of cloth. Infinite structural possibility through fold."

IM

Jil Sander

Radical Simplicity

"Remove everything unnecessary. What remains should be inevitable."

JS