India, July 30 -- Rahul Mishra presented his acclaimed Devi collection - bringing his spellbinding collection show at Paris Couture Week to Delhi - and a new festive couture line at the grand finale of the FDCI initiative, India Couture Week, in collaboration with Nexxus New York. The collection explored the concept of building garments thread by thread until the embroidery resembles sculpted stone using his signature ektaarka technique.

Actor Sobhita Dhulipala closed the show for the designer, concluding the evening with an immersive presentation that combined couture with a theatrical performance inspired by the divine feminine.

She first appeared on the ramp in an ethereal ivory-and-champagne-toned ensemble featuring embroidered pant...