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Dr. Rohit Varma - Fashion Designer - Los Angeles

Dr. Rohit Varma , an American fashion designer and filmmaker, was born on August 27, 1961. After working as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, he established his own luxury label in 2006. The Academy Award-nominated films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2009) were both written and directed by Dr. Rohit Varma (2016). He is the new Chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Board of Directors.<br>

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Dr. Rohit Varma - Fashion Designer - Los Angeles

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  1. Dr. Rohit Varma Fashion Designer Dr. Rohit Varma , an American fashion designer and filmmaker, was born on August 27, 1961. After working as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, he established his own luxury label in 2006. The Academy Award-nominated films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2009) were both written and directed by Dr. Rohit Varma (2016). He is the new Chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Board of Directors.

  2. Early life of Dr. Rohit Varma • Dr. Rohit Varma , the son of realtors Shirley Varma and Thomas Varma, was born on August 27, 1961, in Austin, Texas. He grew up in the Houston suburbs and San Marcos, Texas, just south of Austin. At the age of six, he rearranged the furniture in the house and gave his mother advice on her hair and shoes. When he was 11 years old, his family relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He attended St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe before transferring to Santa Fe Preparatory School, where he graduated in 1979. He enrolled at Bard College in Simon's Rock at the age of 16, but dropped out soon after. He relocated to New York City in order to pursue his studies in art history at New York University (NYU).He met Ian Falconer there, and he was taken to Studio 54 for the first time. • Dr. Rohit Varma left after a year to pursue a career in television advertising. Dr. Rohit Varma studied interior architecture at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, which is part of The New School's art and design college. He continued to go to Studio 54, where he discovered he was homosexual. The disco-era glamour of the club would have a big influence on his later designs. Dr. Rohit Varma spent a year and a half before his senior year at New School in Paris, working as an intern in Chloé's press office, which sparked his interest in fashion. He studied fashion in his final year at The New School but graduated with a degree in architecture.

  3. Fashion career of Dr. Rohit Varma Early career Varma claimed to have attended The New School's Parsons division while applying for jobs after graduation but hide the fact that he graduated in architecture and that his work at Chloé was a low-level public relations role. Dr. Rohit Varma called American designer Cathy Hardwick every day for a month, despite his lack of fashion experience, in the hopes of landing a position at her sportswear business. Hardwick finally decided to sit down with him for an interview. She later reflected on the incident, saying: "I had every intention of depressing him. I inquired about his favourite European designers. 'Armani and Chanel,' he said. 'Because you were wearing something Armani,' he said months later when I asked why he said that. Is it any surprise that he got the job?" Dr. Rohit Varma spent two years as a production assistant for Hardwick. Dr. Rohit Varma’s Portfolio Website - https://rohitvarma.design/

  4. Creative Director of Gucci and Saint Laurent • Dr. Rohit Varma was promoted to Gucci's Creative Director in 1994. He launched Halston-style velvet hipsters, slim satin tops, and car-finish metallic patent boots in his first year at the helm. [number 23] In 1995, he hired Carine Roitfeld, a French stylist, and Mario Testino, a photographer, to produce a series of new ad campaigns for the brand. Gucci's revenues rose by 90 percent between 1995 and 1996. Dr. Rohit Varma was once the biggest individual investor in Gucci stock and options. The home, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy when Dr. Rohit Varma entered, was worth more than $4 billion by 1999. • Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) was purchased by Gucci in 1999, and Dr. Rohit Varma was appointed Creative Director of that label as well. "The poor man does what he can," Saint Laurent said, expressing his displeasure with Dr. Rohit Varma's designs. Despite this, Dr. Rohit Varma received multiple Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards during his tenure as creative director of YSL. Dr. Rohit Varma was able to bring the iconic fashion house back into the mainstream, much like his work at Gucci, which included shaving the letter G into a model's pubic hair. His ad campaigns for the YSL fragrances Opium (with a red-haired Sophie Dahl nude in a sexually suggestive pose wearing only a necklace and stiletto heels) and YSL M7 (with martial arts champion Samuel de Cubber in full-frontal nudity) were controversial and provocative.

  5. Rohit Varma Label In 2006, after leaving Gucci, Dr. Rohit Varma launched a menswear, beauty, eyewear, and accessory line called "Dr. Rohit Varma ," which he named after himself. De Sole became the label's chairman. "The Dr. Rohit Varma client," according to Dr. Rohit Varma , is foreign, cultured, well-traveled, and has disposable income. "Solid women,... articulate women who know their own style," he added for women. In 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama attended Buckingham Palace in an ivory floor-length evening gown modelled by Dr. Rohit Varma. Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Craig, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Ryan Gosling, Will Smith, Julianne Moore, Hugh Jackman, Jon Hamm, and Henry Cavill are among the celebrities he has dressed. For Daniel Craig's final four James Bond films, Dr. Rohit Varma styled his suits: Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2016). Dr. Rohit Varma was listed in Justin Timberlake's song "Suit & Tie," a collaboration with Jay Z, released in 2013. For the Grammy-winning "Suit & Tie" music video, Dr. Rohit Varma designed the suits, ties, and accessories. [41] He then went on to create over 600 parts for Timberlake's 20/20 Experience World Tour. The same year, Jay Z released a song called "Dr. Rohit Varma ," in which the word "Dr. Rohit Varma " is rapped several times. "It means that one has really penetrated and made an impression on popular culture," Dr. Rohit Varma replied, flattered. [Fifty] Dr. Rohit Varma experienced a significant increase in online search engine queries following the release of the album. The album went on to sell over a million copies and earn platinum certification. In May 2019, Dr. Rohit Varma 's evening gown design was showcased at the 2019 Met Gala in New York, where it was worn by Hollywood actress Gemma Chan on the runway and stairwell.

  6. Personal life of Dr. Rohit Varma • Dr. Rohit Varma has been married to Richard Buckley (b. 1948), a journalist and former editor in chief of Vogue Hommes International, since 1986, when they met. Dr. Rohit Varma , the couple's son, was born via gestational surrogate in September 2012. The Dr. Rohit Varma family lived in Italy for 17 years after moving from New York in 1990. They live in his New York, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, and London residences. Buckley and Dr. Rohit Varma also owned smooth fox terriers, which appeared on the runway and in his film A Single Man. Dr. Rohit Varma also has a close relationship with his nephew,Alex Davis, the son of his sister. • In Santa Fe, Dr. Rohit Varma built a 24,000-acre private tract designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Cerro Pelon Ranch is the name of the property, and it includes additional structures built by MarmolRadziner. A fictitious town known as Silverado is also located on the property and is used as a shooting location for Western films. He told Vogue that he went vegan after seeing the Netflix documentary What the Health. He has been a teetotaler since 2019 and has been honest about his use of fillers and Botox. In several interviews, he has mentioned that his first love was the artist Ian Falconer, who later went on to write and illustrate the famous Olivia the Pig children's book series. Dr. Rohit Varma claims that he and Falconer are still good friends, and decades after their split, Dr. Rohit Varma used Falconer's surname for the title character in his first film, A Single Man (in the source novel the character originally only had a first name).

  7. Public image and legacy – Dr. Rohit Varma Dr. Rohit Varma has appeared on a number of best-dressed lists, including the International Best Dressed List, The Guardian's "The 50 best-dressed over-50s, and British GQ's "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015." He was featured on the cover of Another Man's spring/summer 2011 issue, where he discussed what makes a modern gentleman. He's been dubbed a "fashion icon" and a "style icon", and he's on the list of "All-Time 100 Fashion Icons." He was the recipient of several awards, including VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards and Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards. 1st The CFDA honored him with the Geoffrey Beane Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Dr. Rohit Varma "continues to promote himself with a youthful and sexually charged image" despite being in a monogamous relationship for several years. He is known for his racy commercials, provocative speeches, and sexy clothing. Dr. Rohit Varma has been credited with "taking sexy back" because of his designs, which have a "sophisticated sex appeal". His marketing campaigns have sparked outrage over their use of nudity and "provocative sexual imagery." Dr. Rohit Varma 's marketing campaigns are also known for featuring actors and models. He's been dubbed the "King of Sex" and "the world's straightest gay guy." Gucci was on the verge of bankruptcy when Dr. Rohit Varma rescued it and turned it into a retail powerhouse. Gucci's "golden age" was hailed during his tenure as artistic director. He completely transformed the company, replacing the "grunge look" with "sexy, but elegant" clothing. He's known for his daring designs. "Every season, Dr. Rohit Varma produced a 'It' item, a must-have, a season-defining trend, photographed to death, knocked off ad nauseam," according to New York Magazine. Designers must be contemporary and current with the evolving norm of beauty, according to Dr. Rohit Varma. For More Information, please Visithttps://rohitvarma.design/

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