Awards and Success.

Dato' Bernard Chandran earned his honorary title 'Datuk' back in 2006 by Sultan Pahang, Malaysia Sultan Ahmad Shah Sultan Abu Bakar.

He also has been awarded by Malaysian International Fashion Alliance's [MIFA] Special Achievement Award in 2009.

He was voted Designer of the Year by the Malaysian International Fashion Awards in 2003.
He became the first non-European to win the Open European Contest for Look of the Year 2000. 
In 1991, he became the first non-European to win the coveted Silk, Cut Young Designers Award
In 1991 and won a place on the menswear course at the L’Union Des Chambers Syndicales Parisiennes in Paris.
Besides that Dato' Bernard Chandran has also landed a few roles in televesion. First off, he was chosen as a chief designer in Project runway Malaysia that was shown on august 3rd 2007 after two years from his debuted his haute couture label in London. 
He was alo has been invited as a guest judge for Britain Next Top Model cycle 6, episode 12 which all of the contestant are given the opportunity to as a runway model for his label. 

reference:
1.Low. S, 2009. Archives The Star Online: Bernard Chandran Unmasked. Retrieved from
http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2F2009%2F11%2F1%2Flifearts%2F4986272&sec=lifearts