ORIGIN

Archive 57 takes its name from 1757 — the year the Battle of Plassey reshaped the movement of materials, labour, and design between India and Britain. The brand works within this history, reframing Victorian dress through its overlooked reliance on Indian textiles and craft.

Rather than replicate the period, Archive 57 reconstructs it  tracing form back through cloth, construction, and origin.

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STORY

The work is informed by early encounters with 19th-century European doll dressmaking — garments made at miniature scale, defined by precision, structure, and hand-finished detail. This language of construction carries through each piece.

Silhouettes draw from Victorian form, but are reinterpreted through an Indian material context — where the history of making sits within the fabric itself.

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MATERIAL & CRAFT

Raw silk from Karnataka, matka silk from Bhagalpur, and linen from Bihar form the foundation of each collection, developed in collaboration with independent craftsmen across India.

Each piece is produced in a limited edition of 57.

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Edition 01 was first presented in Paris, April 2026.