When Rahul Mishra made his Paris Haute Couture Week debut in 2018, the landscape was still largely defined by Eurocentric heritage houses. His arrival introduced a distinctly different voice to the couture calendar, one rooted in Indian craft traditions, folk philosophies, and a deeply embedded artisan ecosystem. Over the years, collections such as Superheroes and Becoming Love established his reputation for narrative-driven couture that moves beyond surface aesthetics into