For the third anniversary of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Genelia Deshmukh wore a Rahul Mishra Couture gown from the designer’s Nargis Festive Couture 2024 collection, styled by Karisma Gulati. Set against a black base, the gown is densely worked with embroidered florals that climb across the full length in reds, pinks, lilacs, greens and muted metallic tones. The cut stays relatively direct, with a scooped neckline, slim straps and a long, narrow line that gives the embroidery room to dominate.. What stands out is the way the floral motifs are distributed. Instead of sitting in neat clusters, the embroidery travels upward in winding stems, with blooms, leaves and smaller details scattered across the full frame. The hem is especially dense, almost as though the surface gathers force towards the floor, while the low open back keeps the shape from feeling overly burdened.. Rahul Mishra has described Nargis as one of the most intricate collections from his atelier, realised over eight months with more than 1,200 embroidery artisans across villages in India. That level of labour comes through in the density and variation of the handwork, where colour, texture and motif keep shifting across the black ground.
