Rahul Mishra partners Zoya for Paris Fashion Week

Designer Rahul Mishra is showcasing his collection at Paris Fashion Week in collaboration with luxury jewelry brand Zoya. The collection takes inspiration from the evolution of cities--how barren land has been transformed into structures like buildings and those into a concrete jungle, and how people live inside these concrete boxes. The collection looks at these details and ideas. For example, a flower growing in the balcony is seen with the background of a concrete jungle. The jewelry completes the look.

The collaboration looks at a completely new avatar of embroidery. Embroideries are always thought of as age old techniques that are lost in time. But this will be a fiercely modern version of hand embroideries. The designer and Zoya are also creating shape shifting experimental embroidery, which means the posture will decide how the garment will look, how it’s going to fall, what is the form it’s going to take. So the embroidery will create a look with this element. In terms of tailoring and shape, there is a beautiful play of controlled volume, accessorizing in terms of fluid fabric as well as stiff fabric. There is an interplay of organza, sheer, tulle, cotton, silk. Rahul Mishra is a Woolmark prize winner.