Suneet Varma (born 1964) is an Indian fashion designer.[1][2] He launched his first Couture collection in 1987 after returning from Europe where he worked for Yves Saint Laurent to master traditional artisanal techniques. He set up a self-named boutique at DLF Emporio Delhi in 2009.
Every year he showcases his couture collection based on a theme . His 2010 collection "The Pirates of Couture" was inspired by fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez's book Antonio's Tales from the Thousand & One Nights.[3] He did a fashion show themed on Kamasutra in July 2011.[4]
His father was a textile consultant, and he was brought up in New Delhi, along with his sister Geetika Varma and brother Vineet Varma. After his schooling he went to London to study sculpting, however after doing a foundation course in sculpting and painting, he switched to fashion and graduated from the London College of Fashion in costume history.[5]
Careeredit
Varma started his career in 1986, working as an intern with Yves Saint Laurent label in Paris,[citation needed] subsequently he worked for the Lalbhai group (Arvind Mills) in Ahmedabad on a denim project after the company tied up with fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt. He had his first fashion show in 1991. In 2009, he started design collaboration with American luxury handbag brand, Judith Leiber and is also the first Indian designer to design the interiors of the BMW 7 series.[6]
Personal lifeedit
Suneet is openly gay. He married fashion designer Rahul Arora in 2013.[7]
Referencesedit
^"Suneet Varma's 'Elixir of Youth', a fabled magical potion". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^"Couture comes calling". Hindustan Times. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^"Fashion is universal expression of art'", The Pioneer, 22 February 2013, retrieved 13 March 2013
^"Suneet's musical rendition of Kamasutra". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^"Genuine article!". The Hindu. 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
^"The real romantic: After 25 years in business, Suneet Varma is set to move from being a designer to a true fashion house". Mint Lounge. 20 April 2012.
^"Suneet Varma: "We haven't done anything brave. I married my lover, that's all."". 12 February 2016.
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