Olandria Carthen's evolution from Love Island contestant to fashion muse should be studied. What started as a suitcase full of barely-there bikinis transformed into a wardrobe of designer dresses, like her golden haute couture mini dress for Rahul Mishra's January 26 front row.
Less than a year after finishing second in Love Island USA Season 7, the rising star made her Paris Haute Couture Week debut. Indian couturier Rahul Mishra invited Carthen to his Spring 2026 Couture show, but not before styling her in his Fall 2025 opening look. She blended right in with the models in Mishra's "Heart of Gold" dress: a boatneck mini dress made of yellow gold flip sequins. A matching, wave-like sculpture cascaded down and around the thigh-grazing mini, which connected behind Carthen's head. Zoom in to appreciate the bulging, vein-looking embroidery atop the anatomical curvature.
