Designer PPT Score Card Introduction Name of designer

Designer PPT Score Card Introduction Name of designer: Bijan Pakzad (4 April 1940 – 16 April 2011 Your name: Nasrin Golrang

About the designer and how they have influenced fashion Bijan Pakzad was born April 4, 1940, in Tehran. His father was an industrialist in the steel business. There are so many gossips about him, but to summarize them we can come to a conclusion that: 1) Bijan emigrated from Iran to the United State with a big luggage of cultural heritage of fashion from Middle East, which still was unknown to many people in USA and Europe. 2) His designs were actually custom-made and not available in the market 3) Beside extension of handbags, which were made from crocodile skin and kangaroo hide, his jewelers and perfumes were also very famous, the brand has also an extension menswear. 4) He was an extravagant fashion designer and boutique owner who happily and unabashedly made wealthy men look rich, feel rich and smell rich. Via his locked-door policy he made clear that he exclusively catered to men who had money, power or fame – and usually all three. His clients included Ronald Reagan; George Bush Sr; George Bush Jr; Barrack Obama; Vladimir Putin; Tom Cruise; Anthony Hopkins; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Prince Charles; Frank Sinatra; Stevie Wonder and Michael Jordan.

What was going on in history, culture and society that influenced your designer? Bijan Pakzad, generally known simply as Bijan, was an Iranian American designer of menswear and fragrances. He was born in Tehran on April 4, 1944, according to the website. He went to school in Switzerland Italy and traveled throughout Europe before settling in the United States and starting his business in Beverly Hills. His motto was: ‘the expensive men wear expensive in the world!’ The Iranian-born designer dictated that every accent must be ‘byooteefool’ [beautiful], from the ceiling beams he had imported from Switzerland to the fresh flowers flown in from Hawaii. He said he became inspired to open a menswear store after seeing pictures of high-profile men ‘dressed in the most ridiculous clothes. To promote his wares Bijan came up with a number of outlandish advertisements. He had even nuns appear in a campaign for his cologne to market its ‘heavenly’ scent.

3 -years of fall and spring collections; Influences; Inspiration

Identify style characteristics that carry over from season to season Bijan’s perfumes for both men and women are known for their specific circular glass bottle. In 2000, Bijan created an emotion controversy when he published advertisements featuring a naked model named ‘Bella’ which were banished by many magazines before being accepted by Tina Brown’s Talk. After it published in Talk, then it was accepted by various sources that had before denied them. He had also a sharp tendency of the religious personality in fashion, and billboards, name-checking countless celebrities and parking exotic cars outside his store, all to stoke his fame.

Presentation skills 5 minutes in length Bullet points on slides 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Custom-made designs Use of crocodile skin and kangaroo hide Locked-door policy Having men of money, power or fame in his list Use religious personality in fashion Parking exotic cars outside his store Use of ancient Iranian symbols

Creative thought and Interpretation Overall look Bijan was born and grown up in a city of Iran, Tehran, which at his time was the cradle of fabric, crystal, and fashion designs. First of all because Iran was the gate of the silk Road, secondly because of the royal dynasties generosities. Third it had a very close connection with the countries like Italy, Spain and France that were interested to buy these items from Iran for their costumers in their respective countries. Apart from that the Persian symbols were/are still very popular among fabric and fashion designers, just to mention one is Termeh Flower [See: https: //www. bing. com/images/search? q=termeh+flower&qpvt=termeh+flower &FORM=IGRE] Or the patterns of Persian carpets: https: //www. bing. com/shop? q=persian+carpet&FORM=SHOPPA&origin. IGU ID=6 DB 6 B 6 D 41 E 6745 CA 9 CF 1732 C 59 FDDF 2 F Most of all Bijan was a talented person who could combine his background with the taste of western fashion.

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