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Hindustan Times
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Cardi B wears red bustier gown with rose halo to Rahul Mishra Paris Couture show, channelling high fantasy energy
At the Paris Couture Fashion Week, Cardi B attended the celebrated Indian designer Rahul Mishra's show, where he presented his latest collection, 'Becoming Love.' This was held at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris. The collection explored the seven stages of love, from attraction to death, while taking inspiration from Sufism and cultural art. Cardi B's ensemble included one of the pieces in his collection, a custom couture adaptation. Cardi B embraced the whimsical fantasy charm with this outfit.(PC: IG/@hearandtherelive) On the ramp at the fashion show, the model wore a bejewelled sequin fitted top and pants from which the rose structures seemed to sprout from the front and sides. Even though Cardi adopted the same rose set, the base garment and styling were distinctly unique. The model during the Women's Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2025-26 collection show at College des Bernardins in Paris, on July 7, 2025. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) What did Cardi B wear? Cardi B's ensemble was a reimagined custom version of one of the pieces from the Becoming Love collection. While the model wore a fitted ensemble that gave more attention to the rose structure branching out from the sides and front, Cardi's outfit made the rose structure part of a whole; cohesive with her long red bustier dress, featuring a sweetheart neckline, sequins, and a dramatic silhouette with a cinched waist. Cardi's dress had a bit more volume, appearing red-carpet ready. The rose structure, instead of branching out from the dress and dominating the body, bloomed out from her back in a stunning, halo-like formation, exuding romantic high couture fantasy energy. Along with the dress, she wore Tanishq's Crimson Mirage necklace set- a diamond choker necklace and earrings set with embedded tourmaline. The red hue of the stones colour coordinated with the rich crimson dress. It is a standout moment for Indian designers as well, where Indian design language is entering the global red carpet vocabulary, and head-to-toe international celebrity styling now includes homegrown brands. Whether it's Tanishq's exquisite jewellery design or Rahul Mishra's innovative sculptural fashion, the sartorial prowess of India's artistic and cultural craftsmanship is growing within the global luxury narratives. Previous Rahul Mishra outfit that Cardi B wore Designer Rahul Mishra is known for his creative silhouettes and avant-garde style in his collection. And the avant-garde fantasy style is in tune with Cardi B's upcoming album's look. For her album announcement, Am I The Drama?, she wore a custom floor-length dress featuring the striking Raven's Flight 3D embroidery installation from his Spring Couture 2025 collection. Fitted to the neckline was a 3D installation of flying ravens arranged in a circle, giving the dress a dark, gothic look.
Mint
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Paris couture week: Rahul Mishra brings together Sufism and classical art
On 7 July, the first day of Paris Haute Couture Week, designer Rahul Mishra showcased his latest collection, Becoming Love, at the Collège des Bernardins. The 30-plus looks offered the same design philosophy the Delhi-based designer is known for—high on embroidery, detailing and exaggerated silhouettes. Some of the pieces were inspired from the work Gustav Klimt, presented using techniques of aari threadwork, zardozi, naqshi, dabka and fareesha embroidery. Besides resham threads, the collection included the use of embellishments like beads, freshwater pearls, kundan and sequins, all woven on to silk organza, tulle, velvet and satin fabrics. While talking about the collection, Mishra said, in the press release, that Becoming Love delves into seven stages of love, from attraction to death, and draws from various sources like Sufism and classical art. Here are some highlights from the show: Also read: The seductive power of Rahul Mishra designs Also read: Paris Fashion Week: A menswear show of designs inspired by India, the 90s
Fashion Network
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Philosophical couture: Iris van Herpen and Rahul Mishra
Two great couture originals staged subtly dramatic shows on Monday in Paris; Iris van Herpen with her latest techno Sturm und chic, and Rahul Mishra with 21st-century Sufism style. Iris van Herpen: Urban ornithology Iris van Herpen is an artist who used clothes to make unexpected and often very beautiful visual statements. Wearability is not a word that exists in her lexicon. Though words like wonderful, wicked and wow-factor certainly do. See catwalk Add breathtaking and phantasmagorical this season, where in the show in the funky Elysée Montmartre theatre she conjured up a full aviary of van Herpen creatures. Beginning the action with a performance – a dancer in gigantic synthetic tulle wings, gyrating on a column, as a back-lit pyramidal lazar column flickered on the faux feathers. The first proper model then appeared in a pale blue woollen lattice cocktail dress, finished with Aegean blue veil. Like most looks, anchored by remarkable pumps, built at a 35-degree angle, the better to fit into a Masai-worthy metal wire frame. See catwalk Giant crinolines or cocoon dresses followed made in honeycomb tech-y nylons, sheer fantasy garments, where the models did so much wear the clothes, as inhabit them. Before the look went into full abstraction, John Chamberlin-car-crash-style, with huge scrunched-up clouds of tulle. Leading to Iris' grandiose finale and intensely applauded bow, most enthusiastically in the front row by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The latest rarefied statement of fine art made of fabrics, and the latest reminder of why Iris van Herpen had her very own retrospective in the Louvre. Not bad going for a 41-year-old. Rahul Mishra: Seven stages of love India's greatest couturier Rahul Mishra entitled his latest collection "Becoming Love", and the clothes became artful visual expression of seven stages of love in an outstanding show. See catwalk Beginning with the first moment of attraction, symbolized by golden veined metallic gold cloud dresses that opening the show. Before becoming infatuation, seen in some superb columns and cocktails, done with puckered and embroidered exotic flowers and petals. Altogether a powerful reminder that Rahul remains a creator very much in control of his atelier. And including devotion, an entirely apt feeling, considering the show location. It was staged amid the honey-stoned 13th-century medieval Collège des Bernardins, whose founder St. Benedict of Nursia postulated a doctrine of balance, moderation and reasonableness. Instead, in Rahul's hands, devotion was expressed in a beautiful sculptural white cocktail, bedecked with pearl epaulettes or in a degradé sequinned dress that morphed into tulle embroidered in carnations and lotuses. See catwalk Though, his boldest looks were a quintet of Gustav Klimt-style patchwork golden gowns and suits. They represented obsession. All told a powerful statement, even if a little editing of a quartet of outfits from which protruded nine-inch-wide fabrics at the end of metal prods would not have gone amiss. One of these even made into the show's final section, the final stage in Sufism's concept of love as a seven-stage adventure that inevitably ends in death. Interpreted by Mishra as in part 'a quiet culmination.' Death-inspired swirling black jacquard gowns embroidered with the face of one's true love, to a last look in the shape of a black heart. A somber denouement to a courageous show.
Fashion Network
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Philosophical couture: Iris van Herpen and Rahul Mishra
Two great couture originals staged subtly dramatic shows on Monday in Paris; Iris van Herpen with her latest techno Sturm und chic, and Rahul Mishra with 21st-century Sufism style. Iris van Herpen: Urban ornithology Iris van Herpen is an artist who used clothes to make unexpected and often very beautiful visual statements. Wearability is not a word that exists in her lexicon. Though words like wonderful, wicked and wow-factor certainly do. See catwalk Add breathtaking and phantasmagorical this season, where in the show in the funky Elysée Montmartre theatre she conjured up a full aviary of van Herpen creatures. Beginning the action with a performance – a dancer in gigantic synthetic tulle wings, gyrating on a column, as a back-lit pyramidal lazar column flickered on the faux feathers. The first proper model then appeared in a pale blue woollen lattice cocktail dress, finished with Aegean blue veil. Like most looks, anchored by remarkable pumps, built at a 35-degree angle, the better to fit into a Masai-worthy metal wire frame. See catwalk Giant crinolines or cocoon dresses followed made in honeycomb tech-y nylons, sheer fantasy garments, where the models did so much wear the clothes, as inhabit them. Before the look went into full abstraction, John Chamberlin-car-crash-style, with huge scrunched-up clouds of tulle. Leading to Iris' grandiose finale and intensely applauded bow, most enthusiastically in the front row by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The latest rarefied statement of fine art made of fabrics, and the latest reminder of why Iris van Herpen had her very own retrospective in the Louvre. Not bad going for a 41-year-old. Rahul Mishra: Seven stages of love India's greatest couturier Rahul Mishra entitled his latest collection "Becoming Love", and the clothes became artful visual expression of seven stages of love in an outstanding show. See catwalk Beginning with the first moment of attraction, symbolized by golden veined metallic gold cloud dresses that opening the show. Before becoming infatuation, seen in some superb columns and cocktails, done with puckered and embroidered exotic flowers and petals. Altogether a powerful reminder that Rahul remains a creator very much in control of his atelier. And including devotion, an entirely apt feeling, considering the show location. It was staged amid the honey-stoned 13th-century medieval Collège des Bernardins, whose founder St. Benedict of Nursia postulated a doctrine of balance, moderation and reasonableness. Instead, in Rahul's hands, devotion was expressed in a beautiful sculptural white cocktail, bedecked with pearl epaulettes or in a degradé sequinned dress that morphed into tulle embroidered in carnations and lotuses. See catwalk Though, his boldest looks were a quintet of Gustav Klimt-style patchwork golden gowns and suits. They represented obsession. All told a powerful statement, even if a little editing of a quartet of outfits from which protruded nine-inch-wide fabrics at the end of metal prods would not have gone amiss. One of these even made into the show's final section, the final stage in Sufism's concept of love as a seven-stage adventure that inevitably ends in death. Interpreted by Mishra as in part 'a quiet culmination.' Death-inspired swirling black jacquard gowns embroidered with the face of one's true love, to a last look in the shape of a black heart. A somber denouement to a courageous show.
Fashion Network
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Philosophical couture: Iris van Herpen and Rahul Mishra
Two great couture originals staged subtly dramatic shows on Monday in Paris; Iris van Herpen with her latest techno Sturm und chic, and Rahul Mishra with 21st-century Sufism style. Iris van Herpen: Urban ornithology Iris van Herpen is an artist who used clothes to make unexpected and often very beautiful visual statements. Wearability is not a word that exists in her lexicon. Though words like wonderful, wicked and wow-factor certainly do. See catwalk Add breathtaking and phantasmagorical this season, where in the show in the funky Elysée Montmartre theatre she conjured up a full aviary of van Herpen creatures. Beginning the action with a performance – a dancer in gigantic synthetic tulle wings, gyrating on a column, as a back-lit pyramidal lazar column flickered on the faux feathers. The first proper model then appeared in a pale blue woollen lattice cocktail dress, finished with Aegean blue veil. Like most looks, anchored by remarkable pumps, built at a 35-degree angle, the better to fit into a Masai-worthy metal wire frame. See catwalk Giant crinolines or cocoon dresses followed made in honeycomb tech-y nylons, sheer fantasy garments, where the models did so much wear the clothes, as inhabit them. Before the look went into full abstraction, John Chamberlin-car-crash-style, with huge scrunched-up clouds of tulle. Leading to Iris' grandiose finale and intensely applauded bow, most enthusiastically in the front row by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The latest rarefied statement of fine art made of fabrics, and the latest reminder of why Iris van Herpen had her very own retrospective in the Louvre. Not bad going for a 41-year-old. Rahul Mishra: Seven stages of love India's greatest couturier Rahul Mishra entitled his latest collection "Becoming Love", and the clothes became artful visual expression of seven stages of love in an outstanding show. See catwalk Beginning with the first moment of attraction, symbolized by golden veined metallic gold cloud dresses that opening the show. Before becoming infatuation, seen in some superb columns and cocktails, done with puckered and embroidered exotic flowers and petals. Altogether a powerful reminder that Rahul remains a creator very much in control of his atelier. And including devotion, an entirely apt feeling, considering the show location. It was staged amid the honey-stoned 13th-century medieval Collège des Bernardins, whose founder St. Benedict of Nursia postulated a doctrine of balance, moderation and reasonableness. Instead, in Rahul's hands, devotion was expressed in a beautiful sculptural white cocktail, bedecked with pearl epaulettes or in a degradé sequinned dress that morphed into tulle embroidered in carnations and lotuses. See catwalk Though, his boldest looks were a quintet of Gustav Klimt-style patchwork golden gowns and suits. They represented obsession. All told a powerful statement, even if a little editing of a quartet of outfits from which protruded nine-inch-wide fabrics at the end of metal prods would not have gone amiss. One of these even made into the show's final section, the final stage in Sufism's concept of love as a seven-stage adventure that inevitably ends in death. Interpreted by Mishra as in part 'a quiet culmination.' Death-inspired swirling black jacquard gowns embroidered with the face of one's true love, to a last look in the shape of a black heart. A somber denouement to a courageous show.
