Two Arts Déco students fall in love. The rest is Made in India.

7,000 kilometers lay between their lives. Lucie Bourreau and Bapan Dutta came from two different countries, cultures, and worlds when they met in Paris, studying Textile Design at the Arts Déco. They fell in love, then began to create together. In 2009, a trip to India changed everything. There, they met artisans forced to leave their homes for lack of work. A shared vision was born: to defend these master crafts by bringing them to life. Mii, for Made in India, was created. Since then, their wardrobe has unfolded between Paris, Brittany, and Bengal.

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They like to say they are yin and yang: 7,000 kilometers between their childhoods, two languages, two cultures, two social backgrounds, and radically different temperaments. Yet, Lucie Bourreau and Bapan Dutta met at the Arts Décoratifs in Paris, both textile design students, and fell in love. In 2009, they traveled together to India. There, local artisans shared their economic struggles and the looming necessity of leaving their regions, sometimes their families, to find work. Lucie and Bapan decided to build their project around these traditional crafts rather than simply drawing inspiration from them. Embroidery, weaving, printing, and handwork became the vocabulary of Mii, an acronym for Made in India.

Their early motto sums it up beautifully: "2 heads, 2 hearts, 2 x 2 hands." Years later, their love story has grown into a collective journey, with teams spread between Brittany, Paris, and Bengal, and a wardrobe that the couple describes as traveling, joyful, optimistic, and multicultural.

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Mii Collection · Lucie & Bapan · Love story · Arts Déco Paris · 7,000 km apart · Made in India · Paris meets Bengal · Textile lovers · Yin & Yang · Indian craftsmanship · Hand embroidery

Two Arts Déco students fall in love. The rest is Made in India.

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