Jarinpat

@jarinpat

Ever scrolled through TikTok and felt that instant click when you stumble upon someone whose work just *gets* you? That’s the vibe of @jarinpat. Born in Bangkok but now rooted in Paris, Pattraporn Chaveesak—known online as jarinpat—quietly built a 330K+ following not with flashy trends, but with her pencil. As a third-year Fashion Marketing student at IFA Paris, she’s the antithesis of your typical influencer. No staged outfit reels or viral dance challenges here; instead, her feed feels like flipping through a friend’s sketchbook. She once shared a time-lapse of her drawing a silk dress in soft charcoal, the camera catching crumbs of eraser dust on her desk—tiny, relatable details that make her art feel alive, not airbrushed.

Her content thrives on turning silence into storytelling. Jarinpat admits she’s "not so good at speaking," so she leans hard into the visual. A recent video shows her hands sketching a model against a backdrop of Parisian café chatter, cut to a close-up of her finished editorial piece for a student designer in Milan. No captions, no voiceover—just the scratch of graphite and the rhythm of her process. It’s meditative, almost rebellious in an age of over-narrated content. Followers often comment things like, "I skip my morning coffee and just watch her draw—it’s therapy," which speaks volumes about how her minimalist approach cuts through the noise.

Beyond creating, she’s quietly building her own legacy with Patricia Studio, her debut fashion label. Her first collection, "L’Essentiel," blends her self-described style—elegant yet wild, sophisticated but playful—into pieces like a deconstructed silk corset that morphs into a flowy skirt. She teased it on TikTok with a behind-the-scenes clip of fabric swatches pinned to her sunlit studio wall, alongside a sticky note reading "For days I feel like a tornado 💫". It’s not just fashion; it’s a visual diary of her duality as a Thai artist navigating Parisian runways.

What’s striking is how she turns limitations into connection. When she struggled to explain textile sustainability in words, she filmed herself dyeing organic cotton with turmeric in her tiny apartment kitchen, the golden liquid staining her fingers as she winked at the camera. Comments flooded in: "This made me research natural dyes!" and "Finally, fashion that feels human." She’s proof that you don’t need a booming voice to start a conversation—sometimes, a well-placed sketch says it all.

Jarinpat’s journey—from googling fashion schools to collaborating with emerging designers worldwide—is still unfolding, but her impact is clear. She’s not chasing virality; she’s inviting you into her world, one careful stroke at a time. Whether she’s illustrating for students in London or sharing a lo-fi clip of her drafting table overlooking a Parisian courtyard, her authenticity stitches together a global community. And honestly? That’s the kind of slow, meaningful connection social media often forgets it can create.