Match Of The Decade

Michael Russo and Tamara Ralph, the dynamic duo behind British luxury house Ralph & Russo talk about courting couture and having Bollywood star, and our cover girl, Sonam Kapoor close for their autumn winter 2017/2018 collection.

- Akshita Nahar Jain

Australian designer, Tamara Ralph was visiting London when she bumped into Michael Russo on Fulham Road. “There was an instant connection. We both dreamt of building our own company and Tamara’s passion for couture presented an incredible opportunity for us to fuse our talents and create a business. I sent Tamara a one-way ticket from Australia to London, and the rest is history,” recalls Russo. The serendipitous meeting blossomed into a successful couture label and a love story that is nothing short of a modern fairytale.

Beyoncé’s famed The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, Angelina Jolie’s honorary damehood ceremony, and the wedding of a Russian oil tycoon’s daughter—each occasion vastly different from one another have all received the magical, tulle-finished touch of couturiers, Ralph & Russo. Established in 2007, the eponymous fashion house has, in the last decade, prospered into a bridal dream. Experience a world of organza flowers, ornate embroideries, and sparkling crystals dressed in full skirts, slinky drapes, and flowing gowns handcrafted at their ateliers in London and Paris.