RUNAA RAY☀️

Front row @montecarlofashionweek

Let’s go @turnermojica @montecarlofashionweek

At the @montecarlofashionweek with the Prince Albert ll foundation

We debut Kelptex. Stay tuned for seaweed bio textiles

THE STORY BEHIND THE DRESS THAT WON @sagaftra @thepittfanpage ☀️What people see on the red carpet is a moment. What they don’t see are the hundreds of moments that made it possible. This dress began with an AI-generated image sent by the client @tracyifeachor_ . From that single visual reference, we worked to translate pixels into fabric, structure, and movement. Every decision happened remotely. Fabric was selected over video calls. Colors were approved across time zones. And we had only five days to complete the garment. The moment the design was confirmed, the entire team treated it as a personal mission. It became something bigger than work — a commitment to deliver excellence against impossible timelines. At that time I was in India visiting family, but the moment the project was finalized I booked my flight back to the United States because the dress had to be ready by March 1st. After landing from India in San Francisco, I was already on another flight to Los Angeles so the work could continue. We were still finishing the gown late on February 28th. Behind the final garment are many unseen hands. Tailors fasting during Ramadan stayed late into the night stitching. Women in the studio postponed going home as patterns were altered again and again. The dyeing unit worked overnight to achieve the exact shade of red. All of this was coordinated remotely between London, India, and the United States. There were also people in my life — both in India and in the U.S. — who needed my presence, but the responsibility to complete this piece meant putting everything else aside. Fashion may look effortless. But behind every dress are sleepless nights, fingerprints, discipline, and devotion. A gown may appear once on the red carpet — but it carries the labor of many whose names are rarely known. I take this opportunity to thank everyone from my atelier to my family for making this dress happen under pressure. This is the true story of fashion. — Runa Ray #runaray #sagawards #sagaftra #hollywood #thepitt Netflix

A fisherman, a non-profit founder and a [wannabe] pageant queen walk into the 2026 @mainefishermensforum 🦞👑🫶🏻 … @rozaliaproject and I teamed up on Saturday evening to elicit conversation about the Gulf of Maine’s sexiest problem, GHOST GEAR, aka abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing equipment—such as nets, lines, and traps—that remains in the marine environment, causing “ghost fishing” by uncontrollably trapping marine life. This dress was made from 36lbs of recovered rope off Hart Island in Port Clyde, Maine in 2023 in collaboration with sustainable fashion designer @runaraay and a team of Rozalia Project volunteers. It was an honor to showcase it at the 51st Annual @mainefishermensforum . … Since 2010, @rozaliaproject has brought 95,000+ fishermen, scientists, environmentalists and other impassioned change-makers together to find and implement solutions to oceanic pollution. Visit 🔗 to learn more! ⬆️ #SoTrashy #SpontaniousTrashionShow #SisterhoodOfTheTravellingTrash #GlamourizeTheUnglamourous #MadeYaLook

The future of fashion is being rewritten, quietly, powerfully, and from within. We are proud to celebrate @runaraay , a true pioneer at the intersection of design, science, and climate action. Worn by @tracyifeachor_ at the SAG Awards, this piece was more than a gown it was a statement. What the world saw on the red carpet was elegance. What many didn’t see was transformation. Beneath the surface lies innovation, biomaterials derived from seaweed, replacing traditional petroleum-based elements and redefining what luxury can be. This is what the future looks like. Not louder, but smarter. Not extractive, but regenerative. At @oneoceanplanet , we believe in supporting the visionaries who are reimagining entire systems from the ocean to the global stage. Runa’s work is a powerful reminder that the ocean is not only something we must protect, but something we can learn from. The future is already here. And it’s woven into our threads. 🪡🧵

Fantastic win! Congratulations to The Pitt. And my dearest @tracyifeachor_ for having me design her beautiful Red Dress for the Red Carpet

Last night was special. I had the honor of being chosen to design for @tracyifeachor_ The Pitt — and seeing the cast receive the 2026 SAG Award was beyond ecstatic. Moments like this remind me why I do what I do. The gown was crafted in silk — timeless, fluid, and powerful. But what many don’t see is just as important as what they do. Hidden within the architecture of the dress were structural elements made from Kelptex, our seaweed-based biomaterial. While invisible to the eye, it replaced traditional petroleum-derived stabilizers often used inside couture garments. Because sustainability in luxury doesn’t have to shout. Sometimes it simply needs to exist. For me, red carpet moments are not only about beauty — they’re about quietly proving that regenerative materials can live inside the highest levels of fashion without compromising elegance. The exterior honored tradition. The interior represented the future. Congratulations to the entire cast of The Pitt on this incredible recognition. And thank you, Tracy, for trusting me to be part of your journey. The future of couture is not just what we see. It’s what we choose to build beneath the surface.

I was chosen to design for the @sagaftra — and the timing could not have been more intense. I was in India, traveling across cities, in and out of factories, meetings, airports… and yet, there was no way I was going to miss this opportunity to create for my dear friend, Tracy Ifeachor, for The Pitt When a moment like this calls, you answer. No matter the timezone. No matter the jet lag. As a designer, you are always thinking about one thing: Will the dress fit perfectly? Because beyond the glamour, beyond the red carpet, beyond the headlines — there is craftsmanship, engineering, trust. You obsess over the cut, the structure, the way the fabric moves when she walks, when she turns, when she breathes. You worry about the invisible details no one sees… and that is exactly what makes it work. Tracy did an incredible job wearing the piece — poised, powerful, completely herself. And watching her and the cast receive their SAG Award nomination? That was the moment. The quiet exhale after weeks of coordination across continents. And yes — this photo? This is me on the phone, backstage-mode from across the world. Making sure the understructure was sitting exactly as designed. Tracking delivery timelines down to the minute. Red carpet magic is built on invisible conversations. So grateful. So proud. So excited.

I was born into a manufacturing family where sustainability was never a trend or a strategy—it was simply how things were done. For more than half a century, my family has worked with textiles in ways that respected material, labour, and resource efficiency. Long before “circularity” became a global conversation, they pioneered the recycling of thousands of tonnes of both pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste across India, finding value where others saw excess. Fabric scraps, rejects, offcuts—nothing was considered disposable without first asking how it could live another life. Growing up in that environment shaped my understanding of fashion early on: that waste is a design flaw, not an inevitability; that manufacturing carries responsibility; and that scale can coexist with care. Today, that legacy continues—not as nostalgia, but as practice. We work with fashion’s largest waste streams to create new possibilities: packaging, textile alternatives, and materials that can re-enter the fashion ecosystem rather than exit it. The intention remains the same as it was decades ago—to reduce pressure on land, water, and people by rethinking how materials move through industry. This work isn’t about inheriting a legacy. It’s about carrying it forward—quietly, deliberately, and with the understanding that sustainability is not something you claim, but something you commit to, every single day.

Wrapped up the seventh international seaweed symposium with @indianchamber @icar.cmfri and the Government of India