Behnaz Sarafpour

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Behnaz Sarafpour
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Tehran, Iran
EducationParsons School of Design
OccupationFashion designer
Known forWomen's apparel
Website behnazsarafpour.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]

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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]

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