STORY

PARIS - INDIA - NORWAY - NEW YORK - DUBAI - MILAN

        Half-Indian, half-Norwegian, 26-year old designer Helena Bajaj Larsen was born and raised in Paris. After pursuing a Bachelor in Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design (‘17), she founded her eponymous textile studio.

Her focus from the start has been on textile design and the exploration of surface design through various mediums. She attended Central St Martins in London for a semester abroad in Print Design, and internships during university include Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna, Vogue India, Mary Katrantzou, Thakoon and others. 

When her final year at Parsons came around, students were asked to create a senior thesis which told a story but also showcased the range of skills they had acquired over four years in school. Helena chose the topic of khadi. Khadi constitutes an Indian homespun cotton cloth often referred to as “the fabric of social change” due to its crucial role in the Indian Independence movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. Her thesis
by this very name is a contemporary take on an old story which is both close to her heart as it reflects her family history but also embodies her passionate relationship to textiles.