On Wednesday, Gaurav Gupta unveiled his Spring 2025 Couture show at the Paris Fashion Week 2025. The collection called Across the Fire is a touching story about love, trauma, and a new outlook on life inspired by his and his wife’s journey after a traumatic fire accident.
The designer told the story through the couture dresses he displayed. For the collection, Gaurav chose his wife and poet, Navkirat Sodhi, as his muse. In a video shared on his official page, he revealed how, during the fire accident, 55% of his wife’s body was burnt.
‘She is a fighter and survivor’
The video begins with Gaurav talking about the accident. “One of the most life-changing experiences happened with us about 8 months ago. We were in a fire accident, literally from a candle,” he said. The designer revealed that when he tried to douse the fire with his hands, he suffered burns on one of them. Navkirat was in the ICU for 2.5 months, and the doctor gave her a 50% chance of survival. “She is a fighter and survivor…she is a goddess,” he added.