AOD × Visa Capsule Collection at MBFWSL 2026

What does a brand idea look like when you give it to a fashion student? For the AOD × Visa Capsule Collection, second-year fashion students took Visa as their starting point and explored what luxury and possibility could look like in a runway-ready garment.

The challenge was turning those abstract ideas into choices you could see from your seat. How should the silhouette read as the model walked? What could the fabric, construction and finish say about the brief? With six students working from the same starting point, the audience could see just how differently each designer answered those questions.

The students showcased their looks on the opening day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Sri Lanka 2026. The presentation gave the audience a look at the thinking behind the collection, from the initial brief to the finished pieces, and celebrated winner Amaa Indumini Nimasha.

Programme Leader William Marshall took guests through the ideas that shaped the capsule. Hearing how the project began gave the audience another way to look at the garments. The occasion also brought the students together with Avanthi Colombage, Country Head of Visa, to recognise the work that went into the collection.

For the students, it was a first-hand taste of designing for a global brand.