Monochrome dress
Rahul Mishra · 2014
Noida, India
Rahul Mishra
- Couture embroidery
- Indian handweaving
Rahul Mishra builds contemporary Indian fashion around hand weaving, embroidery and the people who practise those skills. His label emerged in the 2000s, and he won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 with the Lotus Effect collection.
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Monochrome dress
Lotus Effect — 2014
This Lotus Effect dress belongs to the collection that won Mishra the 2014 International Woolmark Prize. Hand embroidery turns a lotus into an urban landscape, drawing on M. C. Escher’s optical transformations.
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1 collections represented · 1 pieceLotus Effect — 2014
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About Rahul Mishra
His work explores transformations in nature, architecture and landscape through painstakingly worked textiles. Later invited to Paris Haute Couture Week, he has made artisan employment central to his account of luxury, connecting highly visible international presentations with craft communities and production in India.