His buildings place the modernist principles of Le Corbusier in a distinctly Indian context, steering away from shiny skyscrapers and instead responding closely to local traditions and climates.
"There is something unique about Indian sense of space"ĭoshi describes his own architectural style, which he still practises daily from his Ahmedabad studio, Vastu Shilpa Consultants, as "natural", attempting to fit seamlessly around people's lives. The only Indian architect to have previously won was Charles Correa, in 1984. “I’d like to make Mirror Palais more Mirror Palais, if that makes sense.RIBA president Simon Allford said Doshi was "the outstanding candidate" for this year's medal, "long deserving of the award". “I’m constantly on the edge of fantasy and wearability, and so just really continuing to carve into that, not losing the fantasy, not losing the wearability,” he said. I hope that they continue to be patient and that the pieces are worth the wait.”Įventually Gaia wishes to open a space for the public in New York City where people can come in to do a made-to-measure fitting and continue to create versatile clothes with stretch that can fit every woman’s body. I’m so thankful that people are so patient. I’d love to just be able to deliver things quicker. “I just want there to be a stronger infrastructure in place so that our contractors are ready for us and they just bang this out. I want everything ready to go so that the moment we get them, we get the preorder and then it gets straight into sewing,” Gaia said of his goals for Mirror Palais. Gaia hopes to change that for the future, but not at the cost of cheap labor. Due to its small-scale production, the pandemic has caused their fulfillment to be slower, so many customers receive their preorders a few months later. On top of already working with a small team for design, fulfillment and communications, Gaia hires contractors who have small teams of garment workers when it comes to making the clothes. “It has cons obviously, so many terrible things, but I think that a lot of businesses online have actually grown tremendously in this time because what else do you have to do but look at your phone?” “We’ve really thrived in this environment because of the fact that we’re online and you can safely experience Mirror Palais in the midst of a pandemic,” Gaia said.
However, the brand’s first street-style moment was from none other than Bella Hadid, who wore the underwire polo cropped in pale yellow in New York City, where Mirror Palais is based.Ī closer look at the two-piece circus set from a Mirror Palais collection.
Gaia already developed a following from the success of his past work, including Rosemilk, so by spring 2020, some of Mirror Palais’ pieces had already gone viral a few times with the help of influencers such as Alyssa Coscarelli and Jen Ceballos, known as and on Instagram.Īccording to Gaia, the first celebrity to wear Mirror Palais was Dua Lipa, who donned his collared cropped top in red for her “Break My Heart” music video, which was released in March 2020.
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Though Gaia created Mirror Palais in August 2019, he didn’t release his first full collection until that December. “So coming of age when I started dressing myself, I couldn’t really go shopping at the mall, so I would look in her closet and put outfits together that way. Basically everything she’s ever owned she just never got rid of,” Gaia said. “We didn’t really have any money, but just had so many clothes. A closer look at the two-piece suit in butter from a Mirror Palais collection.
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