Exclusive: Gaurav Gupta’s Paris Fashion Week show saw all three—catharsis, crying and couture
During the recent Haute Couture show by Gaurav Gupta, the procedures started with Navkirate Sodhi – his life partner – related to the ramp, draped in white languid tissue which revealed deep burns covering his skin. Cue the collective goosebumps.
While Sodhi was out a poem while walking on the track, she revealed the accident of life that led to the third degree burns visible more than 55% of her body. The incident in question took place last year: “We left a party with a friend and a candle took the corner of Navki pants in the aisle. Before it could do it, the flames flipped to its size and I immediately jumped to stop it. This is how I burned my hand too, ”explains Gupta.
“… let me tell you what I learned
a reluctant and deep spark
Bigger than you it’s your mind
Smaller than you, your pain … “
Entitled “Agout the Flame”, the window was a significant exploration of the search for inspiration through pain. After two months in the hospital, twenty doctors and countless zoom calls, bringing together this collection between the bandage sessions, later – Gupta finally felt ready to share his suffering with the world. “We always recover, you know, but that day, we both felt a huge release. When you share your love and pain with the wider audience, you also heal with them, “said the designer.
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Throughout history, designers celebrated their muses in their creations and concepts. Think of Amanda Harlech for Karl Lagerfeld and Audrey Hepburn for Givenchy. In the Indian context, we can now associate Sodhi with Gupta too. And although they were wrong as husband and wife in popular media, the designer reveals that their relationship defies the definition. “I am gay and she is straight, but we have lived together for 25 years. We met in high school and fell in love, so we decided to be the main partners in the life of others, ”revealed GUPTA.
Their connection does not only speak of unconventional forms of love, but also serves as a root of their life of life of life and an interspersed designer. On the personal front, after the incident, Gupta realized what it meant to be a real caregiver: “I would hold my hands while the dressing was done daily, it was the most painful and the most traumatic for her every day. It’s my twin flame, to say the least, “he added.
