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Rahul Mishra’s ‘We, The People’: A couture spectacle at FDCI

Known for his surface textures this collection is an articulation of the fashion worker’s trance interlaced with their immediate reality…reports Asian Lite News

Pioneering a remarkable milestone as the premier Indian designer to unveil at the prestigious Paris Haute Couture Week, Rahul Mishra once again asserts his exceptional talent through a magnificent presentation at the ongoing FDCI Hyundai India Couture Week, in partnership with Reliance Brands.

‘We, The People’ marries reality and imagination into its fabric, and strives to draw the enablers of couture, the artisans, to the face of its narrative, and had them seated front and centre at the showing. It envisions them as the juncture where artistic expression meets age-old craft and technical prowess that allows them the godlike ability to turn imagination into reality.

Known for his surface textures this collection is an articulation of the fashion worker’s trance interlaced with their immediate reality. “A work of wonderment that assumes if an embroiderer would really envision the adda (embroidery frame) turning into a lotus pond and if there is an instance when they feel themselves in the Sundarbans amidst its virgin forest, caressing a majestic tiger,” states the designer. 

Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor walked the runway as showstopper for the designer. 

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‘Shunya’ : Expanding the possibilities of zero and infinity

Gaurav Gupta showcased 'Shunya' at Paris Haute Couture Week.(photo:IANSLIFE)

Indian couturier and artist Gaurav Gupta showcased his Summer Spring ’23 couture collection titled ‘Shunya’ at the recently concluded Paris Haute Couture Week…reports Asian Lite News

Shunya is a Sanskrit word that translates as zero. Zero was discovered in India many centuries ago. The stillness of zero and infinity expanded possibilities in studies of space and time.

Speaking about the collection Gaurav Gupta said, “For our first showcase on the official calendar Paris Haute Couture Week, I wanted to delve deeper into our mindscape to come up with a concept that is subliminal in thought and original in form. I have tried to explore the movement possibilities between zero and infinity with tangents of mythology, fantasy, and surrealism. Frozen strokes of dancing wind in infinite forms are sculpted in gold and silver handwoven tissue – the set of twin dresses in silver is an embodiment of this.

Exploring sculptural draping forms in indigo electric blue in satins, chiffons, and organzas represents a sense of futurism. There are elemental dresses in black and nude strategically revealing the form in its pristine state. Meteoric light embroideries emulate melting lava or deep waves of a very dark ocean. There is also a garbage-like dress with abstract entangled wires as embroideries.”

“There is a snake dress slithering and intertwining all through the body. The snakes, inspired by the kundalini, softly meander on the body in hand-embroidered waves. Their form is made luminous with black and purple rainbow and blue iridescent glass beads. There are goth dresses in black leather-like jerseys and an acid trip neon yellow.

There is also a silver and yellow kundalini snake dress. The last segment of the collection is in stark gold and black. I am constantly fascinated with ancient Egyptian civilizations, explorations of time, and metaphysics. There are pyramid nails sewn into detailed directional embroideries. This is a handwoven, handcrafted story of form to infinity,” adds Gaurav Gupta.

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‘Tree of Life’ at Paris Haute Couture Week

Rahul opens his show with a flurry of 3D golden embroideries of foliage expressing his appreciation for nature…reports Asian Lite News

“Trees have always been an inspiration to us, rendered first in an Escher-esque design language – now an identifiable signature, for our International Woolmark Prize-winning collection. The tree is metamorphosed into buildings, portraying the Metamorphosis the planet has gone through over the past few centuries,” reveals an Instagram post by fashion designer Rahul Mishra.

Taking inspiration from the tree of life, which symbolizes growth, strength, and beauty. Fashion designer Rahul Mishra presents his Couture Fall 2022 collection titled “Tree of Life” at Paris Haute Couture Week.

Rahul opens his show with a flurry of 3D golden embroideries of foliage expressing his appreciation for nature.

“Our ‘the Tree of Life’ collection celebrates opulence with a strong palette of gold and black and focuses on high precision craftsmanship,” says Rahul. “Trees From Our Atelier, at the onset of a new beginning, we look at the one source that never goes out of style – the handbook of nature. Through analogies to nature, many of the problems faced by mankind have been optimally solved. The ‘Bursting Tree’ motif was birthed at the atelier, capturing how a strong wind would gush through a dense tree, with the nesting birds flying out of it, showing us how fragile our ecosystem is, how beautiful our planet is, and the necessity of preserving the purity of it,” he says.

Being one of the first Indian designers to showcase at the Paris Fashion Week/Haute Couture Week, Mishra champions slow, state-of-the-art fashion with traditional Indian crafts and Lenskart’s ‘Do More, Be More’ spirit.

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