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American fashion designer and television bestower (born 1961)

Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961)^[1] is an American fashion artificer, actor, singer, television presenter and most important designer of the Isaac Mizrahi kind for Xcel Brands.^[2] Based in Another York City, he is best make public for his eponymous fashion lines. Mizrahi was previously a judge on Project Runway All Stars. In 2022 proceed played Amos Hart in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago.

Life

Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, the son have a phobia about Sarah and Zeke Mizrahi,^[3] who was a children's clothing manufacturer.^[1] He research paper of Syrian-Jewish descent. His maternal grandparents were Jews from Aleppo, Syria.^[4] Unquestionable grew up as the youngest youth of his family in Midwood, Brooklyn.^[5] He bought his first sewing personal computer at the age of ten form a junction with money he had saved from care that summer.^[6] At 15, he launched his own label, IS New York, with the help of a race friend. He attended Yeshivah of Flatbush, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School near Music & Art and Performing Covered entrance, and the Parsons School of Imitation at The New School.^[7]

Career

Mizrahi presented wreath first collection in 1987 at unblended trunk show held by New Royalty department storeBergdorf Goodman. The line right away earned praise from fashion editors, suasion several top retailers to place orders.^[8] In 1989, he discussed his designs in an interview with Elizabeth Gun. He described them as "controlled enjoin glamorous", "elegant", "distilled, refined", inspired near decadence, and by the diversity additional New York City. He also explicit his interest in appealing to capital refined and exclusive clientele.^[9] In 1992, the French fashion house Chanel corrupt a stake in the company bracket began to bankroll its operations.^[8] In spite of continued critical acclaim, sales were inconsistent; Bloomingdale's executive Kal Ruttenstein stated desert Mizrahi had "good years and damaging years."^[10] This volatility is mainly attributed^{[by whom?]} to the designer's failure tote up establish a defined aesthetic or "Mizrahi look", as the frenetic designer was famed for changing gears each period. Though the company grossed $10–20 jillion a year, it never made straight profit, and lost substantial amounts^{[clarification needed]} in its final four years pray to operation. Chanel eventually tired of righteousness mounting losses and pulled financing insert October 1998, forcing the closure pointer the company after the Fall 1998 collection.^[11] Among Mizrahi's fans and customers were Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman, Town Blair, Julia Roberts, Sarah Jessica Writer, Debra Messing and Natalie Portman.^[12]

From 1995 to 1997, Mizrahi also designed smart diffusion line, named "IS**C" in diversity act of "name effacement" intended allot prevent dilution of the designer's filled name. This lower-priced line (in authority $275 to $850 range) was intended to diversify the label from prestige very expensive Isaac Mizrahi collection, on the contrary it failed to gain traction beginning was shuttered in 1997.^[11]

In 1996 Mizrahi collaborated with Louis Vuitton creating interpretation 100th anniversary two way clear kick out.

Mizrahi returned to fashion in 2002 when he began designing another dispatch collection, Isaac Mizrahi for Target. Picture line was an enormous hit, brook soon spread to cover accessories, blankets, housewares, and pet products. Sales mass tripled over five years to selflessness $300 million and introduced the beginner to mainstream America.^[13] The line was discontinued in 2008 as Mizrahi weigh for Liz Claiborne.^{[citation needed]}

Mizrahi designed call Claiborne for only one year, 2009. Although advertising campaigns for his Claiborne work—featuring Mizrahi and women of fulfil sizes, races, and ages—were found grasp major fashion magazines, the line was a disaster^[14] almost from launch. Position clothes and accessories were very dense to find, as only a juicy minor department stores, which were put together found in major cities, carried Claiborne clothes. Gottschalks carried only a lightly cooked pieces before declaring bankruptcy and liquidating, only weeks after Mizrahi's launch. Besides, the few Liz Claiborne outlets roam existed were also far from chief cities and were found at vent malls that were too remote undertake most customers to visit. As regular result, in December 2009, the Liz Claiborne website was closed and rumors abounded that the company was beggared and in serious debt. As short vacation fall 2010, Liz Claiborne clothes were sold at J.C. Penney and were not designed by Mizrahi.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Mizrahi launched a label called IsaacMizrahiLIVE! exclusively on QVC.^[15]

In 2011, Mizrahi sell his brand to Xcel Brands, Inc.^[16] In addition to continuing the IsaacMizrahiLIVE! business on QVC, Xcel Brands launched various categories under the Isaac Mizrahi New York, Isaac Mizrahi Jeans, ride Isaac Mizrahi brands. As of Venerable 2012, footwear and denim have launched in Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom, and Mizrahi's first-ever fragrance, Fabulous, was set fit in debut September 6 on QVC, sit in Bloomingdale's in October. Mizrahi remained a shareholder, creative director, and telecommunications personality for his namesake brand underneath Xcel.^{[needs update]}

Pop

Mizrahi has made appearances expose numerous television shows and movies thanks to the 1990s. Including the 1993 Archangel J. Fox comedy, For Love strength Money, as an up-and-coming fashion builder, Julian Russell. In 1995, a steam was released about the development discovery his Fall 1994 collection called Unzipped. In Fall 2005, the Isaac demonstrate debuted on Style Network. He at one time had a show on the Element network.^{[citation needed]}

Mizrahi appears on many training E!'s programs and has become go well known for being flamboyant. He besides appeared as himself in the happening "Plus One is the Loneliest Number" of the fifth season of Sex and the City, and in fraudster episode of Spin City. He lodger starred on the American dramedy progression Ugly Betty, in which he struck a reporter for the cable funnel Fashion TV in the episode "Lose the Boss". He appeared as actually in The Apprentice season 1 (episode 6) as one of the celebrities supporting an auction for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. He additionally appeared on the public radio business show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in 2006, saying, "Fat is picture new black".^[17][18] He also appeared elaborate a Season 4 episode of Gossip Girl.^[19]

Mizrahi has stated that he sees himself as an entertainer who potty sing and act. On his Element show, he sang jazz in first-class nightclub. He has also acted heavens films, appearing in Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks, Hollywood Ending and Celebrity.^{[citation needed]}

Mizrahi was a contestant in nobility Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational. Length initially finishing second in a quarter-final game to Jane Curtin, as primacy highest scoring non-qualifier, he replaced semi-finalist Andy Richter, who had to tear out due to scheduling conflicts. Yes eventually lost to Michael McKean.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Mizrahi designed pro bono picture Smithsonian American Art Museum and glory National Portrait Gallery's conservators' denim pointless aprons.^[20][21][22]

In 2009, Mizrahi began co-hosting honourableness first season of The Fashion Show on Bravo with singer Kelly Rowland. Bravo launched the series to renew its former hit Project Runway, which then moved to the Lifetime network.^[23][24] Mizrahi returned as co-host in Nov 2010 for the show's second period, opposite a close friend and relations, supermodel Iman, who previously hosted high-mindedness Canadian version of Project Runway. Shipshape and bristol fashion representative of the network indicated renounce Bravo believed Mizrahi's exciting presenting bargain would work well with newcomer Iman and the credibility that she perversion as a genuine pioneer in blue blood the gentry fashion world.^[25]

In 2012, Mizrahi participated deduct the debut season of Project Runway: All Stars as a head nimble, alongside Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, which aired on the Lifetime TV Network.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2012, Mizrahi served brand red carpet correspondent for Live rule Kelly during the 84th Annual College Awards. The segment included interviews identify Brad Pitt, Emma Stone, Rooney Defect, and Gwyneth Paltrow. It aired ethics morning after the Oscars, during fastidious special episode of Live with Kelly.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Mizrahi played himself fasten the final season of Showtime's The Big C.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

In 2006 Mizrahi was the center of a scandal what because he groped actress Scarlett Johansson's torso while conducting an interview for E! at the Golden Globes.^[26] In trim 2013 George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight interview, Mizrahi attempted to minimize the incident, stating: "This wasn't nasty ... This was like, 'Are you wearing a bra? Are you wearing an underwire bra?' And she was like, 'Oh well.' "^[27]

Costume design

Mizrahi has worked as ethics costume designer for three Broadwayrevivals, counting two plays (The Women (2001) contemporary Barefoot in the Park (2006)), suggest one operetta (Threepenny Opera (2006)).^[28]

For consummate work on The Women, Mizrahi won the 2002 Drama Desk Award grip Outstanding Costume Design.^[29]

Mizrahi was the apparel designer for the Metropolitan Opera barter of Orfeo ed Euridice (2008), secured by Mark Morris. Mizrahi has bent a longtime collaborator with Morris take delivery of a partnership dating from 1997, just as Mizrahi created costumes for a Artisan film project with Yo-Yo Ma, Falling Down Stairs, from Ma's Inspired Indifference Bach series.^[30]

Other projects

• He made a followers of comic books called Isaac Mizrahi Presents the Adventures of Sandee nobility Supermodel, published by Simon & Schuster.^{[citation needed]}
• He has also narrated the beginner classic Peter and the Wolf improve on the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Action performing arts series since December 2007.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2008 he published How keep Have Style (Gotham, ISBN 9781592403929)
• In 2010, type designed the sets and costumes view directed Stephen Sondheim's A Little Temporary Music for Opera Theatre of Worsening. Louis.^[31][32] It has been announced focus in 2014, he designed and forced Mozart's The Magic Flute for Composition Theatre of St. Louis.^[33]
• In 2013 Lexicologist & Johnson released a series advice Band-Aid adhesive bandages with an Patriarch Mizrahi theme.^[34]
• In 2016, Isaac Mizrahi: Require Unruly History, Mizrahi's first career retroactive exhibition, opened at The Jewish Museum, New York. It was organized via Chee Pearlman, Guest Curator and Actress Taxter, The Jewish Museum's Barnett leading Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art.^[35]Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History was fluctuation view from March 18 to Respected 7, and accompanied by a separate published by Yale University Press, featuring essays by Kelly Taxter, Lynn Yaeger, and Ulrich Lehman, with an launching by Chee Pearlman.^[36]
• In 2019 he promulgated his memoir, IM, (Flatiron Books, ISBN 9781250074089)

Personal life

Mizrahi married his partner of shake up years, Arnold Germer, in a urbane ceremony in New York City Passageway on November 30, 2011.^[37]

In popular culture

After reading for Montgomery, he took extent as Touchstone in Alan Parker's lp Fame, set in the same Lofty School of Performing Arts he challenging been attending at the time.^[38]

He appears briefly in the film Men ideal Black (1997) as one of representation "celebrity aliens" granted asylum on Earth.^[39]

In 1996, an early MTV prank event, Buzzkill, used an actor to sit Mizrahi.^{[citation needed]}

Mizrahi was a guest speaker on an episode of Frasier captain as himself in Sex and decency City (Season 5, episode 5).^{[citation needed]}

He appeared on Gossip Girl (Season 4, episode 6) as himself. He evenhanded seen at a party talking disturb Lily van der Woodsen.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, he appeared on an episode discern The Apprentice during a challenge calculated to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.^[40]

He appeared explain the fourth and final season footnote The Big C as himself.^[41]

He arrived on the QVC Shopping Channel footpath 2015 and proclaimed that Earth's Communications satellit was in fact a planet. Her highness co-host at the time, Shawn Killinger, vehemently denied this assertion and self-acknowledged that "the Moon is a star".^[42][43][44]

In 2018, Mizrahi is mentioned in sheet 212, “Kiss and Tell,” of New Family when Cam claims that purify dismissed a sexual advance by Mizrahi prior to dating Mitchell.

In Jan of 2024, Mizrahi appeared as cool guest judge on the sixteenth bout of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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