2019 · Collection

MBFW

In 2019, Jute Matryosh was presented through the Global Talent programme at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. Jute — a fibre long bound to industry — is treated here as an international fashion language, arguing that Bangladesh can author design.

01 · Context

Context

Jute Matryosh was presented through the Global Talent programme at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in 2019, extending Rokaiya’s argument for design authorship beyond the subcontinent.

02 · Research

Research

The collection sits inside a wider inquiry: how a crop associated with manufacture can be re-read as couture material without stripping it of place.

03 · Material

Material

Jute is the house fibre of this work. Across the practice, jute is held beside Jamdani, muslin and folk memory as part of a culturally specific, internationally legible vocabulary.

04 · Process

Process

The studio will supply a verified process narrative with image credits. Until that lock, this chapter records only the public fact of the Global Talent presentation.

05 · Outcome

Outcome

The presentation placed Bangladeshi material intelligence on an international fashion-week platform. Full look imagery and credits remain studio-gated.

Look 1 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 1. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 2 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 2. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 3 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 3. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 4 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 4. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 5 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 5. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 6 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 6. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 7 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 7. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 8 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 8. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 9 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 9. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 10 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 10. Rights: Licensed to RAP.
Look 11 from the MBFW Global Talents runway presentation.
MBFW runway look 11. Rights: Licensed to RAP.

Credits

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ModelStudio credit pending approval

StylistStudio credit pending approval

MakeupStudio credit pending approval

LocationMercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia

Year2019

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