India Couture Week 2025: Showstopper Tamannaah Bhatia enthrals audience in Rahul Mishra’s ‘Becoming Love’ outfits

New Delhi: Showstopper Tamannaah Bhatia enthralled the audience while walking the ramp for designer Rahul Mishra’s Couture Fall 2025 collection at Hyundai India Couture Week 2025 on July 23. Unveiling his collection – Becoming Love – she looked stunning in two outfits. One was a contemporary bodycon dress and the other was a lehenga. “We don’t simply fall in love; we become it,” stated the show note.

‘Becoming Love’ explores the concept of seven stages of love as expressed in Sufism. Known as the maqamat of ishq, the love journey moves through attraction or dilkashi, infatuation or uns, surrender in love or (aqidat and mohabbat, devotion or ibadat, obsession or junoon and death or maut. Rahul Mishra took inspiration from this emotional and spiritual evolution for his designs. “Traversing these seven stages, we gather hue and form along the way, moving ultimately towards a profound stillness, where not even light intrudes,” stated the show note.

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Rahul Mishra came back to Delhi right after showcasing his collections at Paris Haute Couture Week, held recently. Tamannaah opened the show, organised in partnership with Reliance Brands. It’s an initiative of the Fashion Design Council of India or FDCI.

In both outfits – contemporary bodycon dress and lehenga – Tamannaah looked like a fairy. Rahul Mishra’s vision – flamboyant and artistic – were reflected exactly the way he wanted in every piece of his work. So, let’s take a closer look at what makes these dresses so enchanting and the both attires represent nature.

1. Contemporary bodycon dress

The mermaid silhouette gown, elaborately embroidered with vibrant blooms, leaves, and petals in dreamy pastel hues, sculpted her frame well. It added a fresh and floral element to the show stopping look. One shoulder strap added an asymmetrical touch, while her dewy, rosy makeup and wet-styled hair gave the look an exquisite edge. The concept of love is evident through the entire length and breadth of the gown.

2. Ethereal lehenga

Tamannaah’s second attire – an ethereal lehenga, flared out voluminously, and royally, expressed the same fantasy-inspired vibe. The intricately embroidered lehenga depicted mesmerising ethereal scenery including lake, lotuses, birds, and fields. The sheer white dupatta matched the nature-inspired motifs. She teamed it up well with a traditional accessory, jhumka, which matched the floral lehenga with sheer elegance.

Other outfits

Models glided through the runway, attired in pieces embellished with sequins, pearls, and such exquisite craftsmanship that it was hopeless not to be enchanted by the artistry of Indian craft traditions.

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Multiple other pieces were inspired by Gustav Klimt’s art, brought to life through Indian craft traditions like aari threadwork, zardozi, naqshi and dabka. Sequins, white pearls and kundan added texture and richness. Floral motifs, tigers and hearts appeared throughout, each carrying its expression.

Rahul Mishra’s show surely made the house full with his collections displaying a conceptual journey through myth, cosmos, and emotion, but Tamannaah was the show stopper in true sense, breathing life into the designer’s vision.