Rahul Mishra Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture

The Rahul Mishra haute couture takes us on a magnificent journey, but this time the journey is rather intellectual, and Mishra questions the urban habitat that we live in in the 21st century. To convey his message and urgency, a dramatic opening look worn by top model Coco Rocha features a floor-length cape covered in pyramidal structures mimicking skyscrapers, hand-embroidered in thread and sequin work. Subsequent ensembles included a midi dress covered in similar pyramidal skyscrapers and a little black dress embroidered with a cityscape. The blackness may be the smog that embraces so many metropolises today. A list of the world's most polluted cities has many Asian top destinations mixed with European capitals. It is not surprising that France was not able to clean the Seine for safe enough for swimming, let alone drinking, ahead of the Olympics with all efforts put into it after centuries of pollution.

​Toward the end of the show, there is more brightness in color and silhouettes where the god plays an important role too. Overall, the collection seems more intricate, if possible, compared to the Fall 2024 haute couture collection, where we thought height of surrealism was achieved. It is a paradox that surrealism is used as a warning sign of social issues, but it is a beautiful genre to convey an important message for humanity.


To amplify the show's message “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena,” show notes state a quite Carl Sagan, the renowed American astronomer, as he observed our planet one last time from Voyager 1 as it passed beyond its communicable orbit past Saturn. The Pale Blue Dot, originally a spoken essay by Carl Sagan, which made a profound impression accompanied this collection too

The show notes continue,
This collection is born of loss and the slow process of healing. It envisions our foreseeable future through rearview mirrors and paints vivid images of wild animals reclaiming our homes as their own. The glorious geometry of human dwellings transforms into new life, emerging from the womb—an evocative metaphor for my hope that humans will indeed find the wisdom to enhance the meaning of our lives.

​These thoughts are realized by our team of over 2,000 fashion workers—a family that has grown over the years through our unwavering endeavor to touch more and more lives with our work. Our deliberate, measured processes not only provide sustainable employment but also allow us to slow down the consumption of natural resources. In doing so, we highlight the intrinsic value of ‘haute couture’—which celebrates craftsmanship, innovation, and purposeful design as a whole.