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

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]

Early life and education

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

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

References

  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.

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