Rahul Mishra is an acclaimed fashion designer, known for his use of the Indian handloom and for working with rural Indian crafts communities. A postgraduate from the National Institute of Design [NID] in India, Mishra was awarded Best Student Designer of the Year in 2005 and offered a scholarship to the prestigious Istituto Marangoni in Milan. Described as “the talent to watch” by French fashion doyen Didier Grumbach, Mishra won the International Designer of the Year award at the 2009 IAF (International Apparel Federation) and was featured in the list of top 20 young Indians for VISION-INDIA 2020.
Mishra is a staunch believer in integrating the rich heritage of Indian craft with the constantly varying pulse of global fashion. Committed to sustaining and empowering rural crafts people, he collaborated with the Taj Group of Hotels in 2011 and designed a collection devoted to reviving and reinterpreting the distinctive Ikat weave. His work and philosophy around sustainable design were featured in a documentary about Indian Handlooms, made for National Geographic and produced in collaboration with UNESCO and the Indian Ministry of Textiles. In 2012, Cotton Council International named him “Best Womenswear Designer” and he was invited by the British Council to showcase his designs at the Alchemy festival, Southbank Centre. His work is now held in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.