Isaac Mizrahi

Infobox Fashion Designer


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name= Isaac Mizrahi
nationality= American
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birth_place= Brooklyn, New York
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education= Parsons School for Design
label_name=Isaac Mizrahi, formerly Isaac Mizrahi for Target and Liz Claiborne
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awards=CFDA: Womenswear Designer of the Year (1991)

Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer.

Biography

Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, New York of Syrian Jewish heritage.cite news | last =Hartog| first =Kelly| coauthors=| title =Red carpet rascal| pages=| publisher =The Jerusalem Post| date =2006-12-11 | url =http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881868193&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull| accessdate =2006-12-11 ] He is the cousin of rock guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, former player in the New York Dolls. Mizrahi went to school at NYC's Yeshivah of Flatbush, High School of Performing Arts and the Parsons School of Design.

TV and movie appearances

Mizrahi has made appearances in numerous television shows and movies since the 1990s. In 1995, a movie was released about the development of his Fall 1994 collection called "Unzipped". In fall 2005 the "Isaac" show debuted on Style Network. He previously had a show on the Oxygen network.

He often appears on many of E!'s programs and has become well-known for being flamboyant and considered by some to be rude. He also appeared as himself in the episode ""Plus One is the Loneliest Number"" of the fifth season of "Sex and the City".

He also guest starred on the American dramedy series "Ugly Betty", in which he played a reporter for the cable channel "Fashion TV" in the episode "Lose the Boss".

Mizrahi also appeared as himself in The Apprentice season 1 (episode 6) as one of the celebrities auction for The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Mizrahi was originally believed to be of Iranian descent, but this later turned out to be false.

2006 Golden Globes

Mizrahi was an interviewer for "The Red Carpet Show" on E! for the Golden Globes in 2006. He took liberties with many female actresses, including looking down Teri Hatcher's dress, and feeling Scarlett Johansson's breast, over which she later expressed discomfort. [ [http://www.usmagazine.com/node/2667 Usmagazine.com | Scarlett Johansson: Sexiest One-Eyed Woman Alive ] ] He drew attention to Hilary Swank about being single given that she recently separated from her husband, Chad Lowe. He also asked many celebrities whether they were wearing underwear.

Designs

Many of his designs can be found exclusively at Target and Fairweather stores.

Mizrahi has also worked as the costume designer for three Broadway revivals, including two plays ("The Women" in 2001 and "Barefoot in the Park" in 2006), and one operetta ("Threepenny Opera" in 2006). For his work on "The Women", Mizrahi won the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design.

Mizrahi was also costume designer in the Metropolitan Opera's 2008 production of Orfeo ed Euridice.

Other projects

He made a series of comic books called Sandee, the Adventures of a Supermodel, published by Simon & Schuster.

Mizrahi is currently the spokesperson for Basic Research shell company Klein-Becker's "StriVectin" anti-wrinkle cream.

He is developing "The Collection," a one-hour scripted project that draws on the experiences of the designer for The CW Network.

Mizrahi will narrate the children's classic Peter & The Wolf at the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process performing arts series this December (2007).

On January 16, 2008 Mizrahi was named creative director for Liz Claiborne as part of its campaign to revamp the brand. This will end his contract with Target.

ee also

*List of Jewish Americans
*List of LGBT Jews

References

External links

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* [http://www.stylenetwork.com/Shows/Isaac/ "Isaac", Isaac Mizrahi's talk show on Style Network]
* [http://www.watchisaac.com/ Isaac Mizrahi's Website]