About Us
Vandana Rao is a Paris-based couture brand that adopts a heritage-inspired lens on textiles and craftsmanship, blending with technology for a contemporary vision. The brand explores ideas of liberation in fashion through biomaterials and natural elements, creating garments that offer healing, comfort, and protection to the wearer.
Founder and creative director
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Vandana Rao Born in Hyderabad(India), she Pursued fashion education in Paris and gained recognition through her graduate collection at IFA Paris in 2023, with the work later presented across fashion showcases in Paris and Istanbul. Her interest in fashion began in childhood through exploring materials and textiles within her mother's boutique, developing an early understanding of craftsmanship, texture, and the importance of textiles.
For Vandana, garments are not simply worn they are felt, carrying emotion, comfort, and connection through wearable form.
Vandana Rao work is deeply influenced by nature and architecture, exploring their relationship with human anatomy, movement, and form. Balancing softness and structure, she creates garments that express resilience while examining the evolving nature of identity and perception.