Pegah Anvarian (born c. 1980s; ) is an
Iranian-born American fashion designer, fashion stylist,
creative director
A creative director is a person who makes high-level creative decisions; oversees the creation of creative assets such as advertisements, products, events, or logos; and directs and translates the creative people who produce the end results. Creat ...
,
and interior designer.
She had her fashion design label from 2005 until the spring of 2008.
Her design work has shown at
Los Angeles Fashion Week
Fashion Week in Los Angeles occurs biannually. Multiple show producers hold events throughout the Greater Los Angeles area each March and October. Traditionally, the City of Los Angeles identified the third weekend of those respective months as t ...
and
New York Fashion Week
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. Anvarian worked as the creative director for the Three Dots fashion label, starting in 2009.
Starting in 2014, she is the creative director of Poetry & Prose fashion label. She also known as Pegah Anvarian Watson.
Biography
Pegah Anvarian was born in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, and was raised in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
.
Her father was a photographer, and her mother was an educator.
Her mother taught her to sew at age six, and two years later she was designing clothing at the age of eight.
She never attended any formal design school.
Career
Anvarian began a year tour with the American rock band
The B-52's
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, k ...
as their stylist. She also designed the costumes for one of The B-52s' music video.
This early career allowed Anvarian to relocate to New York City in 1996.
She had no previous design experience, but it was her entrepreneurial mindset that allowed her to create her own pieces and designs. Anvarian is known for her draped jersey tops and dresses,
as well as a cashmere jersey knit dress that became her signature piece.
In the Fall of 2003, she presented her line at Los Angeles Fashion Week for her first collection that debuted. In the Fall of 2004, her work featured many low cuts, off-the-shoulder tops, and halter tunics.
In 2007, she debuted at
New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events in Manhattan typically spanning seven to nine days when international Fashion design, fashion collections are shown to buyers, the pres ...
and her work included leather and textured-wool bubble jackets and bolero jackets, and it was noted she had some fit issues with her bottoms.
Her 2007, work was astrology-themed in dark colors, this included star prints, tissue-thin washed wool tops, jersey dresses with low tops, draped coats, and biker jackets with fitted sleeves.
In spring 2008, her own fashion label closed.
Santino Rice
Santino Quinto Rice (born August 20, 1974) is an American fashion designer and television personality. He is best known for his appearances on the reality television programs ''Project Runway'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and '' On the Road with Aus ...
worked under Anvarian before his involvement with the television series
Project Runway
''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. It was created by Eli Holzman and was hosted by Heidi Klum from 2004 to 2017. It has a varied airi ...
in 2005.
Her fashion has been seen on celebrities such as
Rachel Zoe
Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig (born September 1, 1971) is an American fashion designer, businesswoman and author who rose to prominence as a celebrity wardrobe stylist. She has been credited with the creation of "the boho-meets-rock chic look that came ...
,
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the television series '' Girlfriends'' (2000–2008) and '' Black-ish'' (2014–2022) receivin ...
, Cameron Diaz, LeAnn Rimes, and Naomi Watts. She has been spotted in many publications such as Lucky, The New York Times,
The Los Angeles Times,
W magazine, Washington Post,
and Harper's Bazaar.
See also
*
List of Iranian artists
The following list of notable Iranian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are WP:ARTIST, notable and are either born in Iran, of Iranian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Iran.
...
References
External links
Official site
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1980s births
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women artists
American fashion designers
American people of Iranian descent
American women fashion designers
Iranian women fashion designers