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Behnaz Sarafpour

Behnaz Sarafpour (born 1969)[1] is an Iranian-born American fashion designer,[2] and fragrance designer.[3] She had a ready-to-wear line of women's apparel bearing her name, Behnaz Sarafpour, Ltd. from 2001 until 2014, and has her own perfume line.[4][3] Sarafpour has held design positions at Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodriguez,[4] Richard Tyler,[4] Anne Klein,[5] and Barneys New York.[5] She has been based in New York City and Pound Ridge, New York.[3]

Behnaz Sarafpour
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Tehran, Iran
EducationParsons School of Design
OccupationFashion designer
Known forWomen's apparel
Websitebehnazsarafpour.com

Early life and education edit

Sarafpour was born in 1969 in Tehran, Iran and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][6]

She attended Parsons School of Design (BFA 1992), where she was honored with the Golden Thimble Award.[7][4] She interned at Anne Klein, studying under Narciso Rodriguez and Richard Tyler.[1] Sarafpour's aesthetic is a layered look, often in the colors black, white, shades of grey, and metallics, and she likes a hand–dyed or hand-painted fabric.[1][2] She likes to experiment with fabrics.[2]

Career edit

After graduation she designed for Isaac Mizrahi from 1994 to 1998.[1][6] She later became a womenswear designer for the Barneys New York private apparel label from 1998 to 2003.[1][6] In 2001, she founded her own label, and first sold it at Barneys New York.[6]

In 2002, Sarafpour had her first runway show at New York Fashion Week, sponsored by Style.com.[1][2] Other runway sponsors have included Moët & Chandon, Hewlett-Packard, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Tiffany & Co.[1][8] Her Spring 2005 sponsor, Tiffany & Co., allowed her to present the collection at the jewelry company's 5th Avenue flagship store.[9] In November 2006, Sarafpour designed a collection of clothing and accessories for Target Corporation's Go International.[4] Sarafpour also minted a limited-edition lipstick for Lancôme and jeans for Scott Morrison's Earnest Sewn collection.[10]

Sarafpour is a member of Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).[11] She has been nomination for the CFDA Swarovski/Perry Ellis Award for ready to wear apparel in 2003, 2004, and 2005.[6] In 2013, she was awarded the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Award in fashion.[1]

In 2007, Sarafpour was one of five designers whose work was chosen to feature in the Sportswear section of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London's New York Fashion Now exhibition.[12] Sarafpour was honored at the White House in July 2010 as a finalist of the Smithsonian's National Design Award in the fashion design category.[13]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alford, Holly Price; Stegemeyer, Anne (25 September 2014). Who's Who in Fashion. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-60901-969-3.
  2. ^ a b c d Trebay, Guy (10 September 2002). "Waiting for Takeoff, Designers Offer a Peek of Spring". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Molvar, Kari (22 October 2019). "The Floral Tonics One Designer Relies on to Stay Balanced". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e LaMont Jones (16 October 2006), Style Book: GAP, (Product) Red join AIDS campaigns, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 30 July 2011
  5. ^ a b Wish upon a rising star, The Economist, 4 March 2004, retrieved 30 July 2011
  6. ^ a b c d e "Contemporary New York fashion". Victoria and Albert Museum Online Museum. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Behnaz Sarafpour". South China Morning Post. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  8. ^ Zissu, Alexandra (4 December 2005). "The Remix; Fashion Rocks, Van Cleef & Arpels". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Behnaz Sarafpour Ready-To-Wear - Catwalk report - New York Spring/Summer 2009 (Vogue.com UK)". Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Behnaz Sarafpour Fall / Winter 2006 Women's Interview | Global Fashion News". www.youtube.com (video). Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  11. ^ Loose threads, The Dallas Morning News, 26 August 2004
  12. ^ Stanfill, Sonnet (2007). New York Fashion. V&A Publications, London. pp. 28–49. ISBN 978-1-85177-499-9.
  13. ^ "Cooper-Hewitt Announces Winners of 11th Annual National Design Awards". Retrieved 30 July 2011.

External links edit

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