Pacing up and down, arranging re-arranging, mixing and re-mixing exploring different combination is the usual Varun Bahl at his work station. “I am a restless designer who does not have the time to breathe in or breathe out till I have found eureka” confesses the workaholic Varun Bahl. Having finalized his goals in life at an early age of eight, one does not wonder at the designer’s supreme detailing and extra minute design sensibility.  Varun recalls, at the age of eleven he first met Rohit Bal, he was so impressed that he still distinctly remembers that Rohit was wearing a mustard coloured t-shirt and brown trousers. That was the moment when he told himself that this is exactly what he wants to become.  
Varun showcased at White in Italy in 2003. Each season White, a select showcase of talented designers, introduces a group of new designers to the international fashion fraternity. It was here among a tough jury of top 10 Design stores of Italy such as Tessa bit, Sugar, Penelope, Luisa Via Roma to name a few , Varun Bahl’ s collection was voted the ‘Best of season’ from among 20 competing designers from different countries.
  • Varun is a National Institute of Fashion Technology Graduate
  • Varun Bahl launched his label in 2001.
  • Varun has embellished the works of Annani, a part of Kenzo Jungle, Jeans and Kenzo Paris, and Lacroix’s Bazaar and Jeans.
  • Varun’s collection is available in 42 stores across Italy, 10 in Spain, and 10 plus in the Middle and Far East.
  • The focus of Bahl’s collection is primarily on surface ornamentation, simple and clean silhouettes and a fusion of techniques.
  • This means that one will find block printing, appliqué and embroidery on an outfit that is crafted from fabrics with different textures.

Varun Bahl excels at blending the vintage with the contemporary, the antique with the new and manages every time to come up with a new pattern in the kaleidoscope. He is known for his innovative use of fabrics that he specially creates for his collections. Bahl’s palette resembles that of an artist- replete with nuanced colour, texture and form – the Philharmonic Orchestra recreated in fabric. Part of the magic is the sheer sensuousness of his designs, and the other is the insouciance with which he designs them. Something that Varun feels extremely honored about and has emotionally touched him both as a designer and as the person is his meeting with Isabel Toledo when she laid the proposition for Varun to work with her, little did he know that this is the last time he is seeing her.