Her story begins in the Gilan Province of Iran, where her parents encouraged her to pursue her gift for fashion and the arts ... "I'm really a self-trained designer. I didn't go to big universities.

Iranian fashion designer, Nima Behnoud and friends engaged in experimental garment alteration which became emblematic of the youthful underground scene in Tehran in the ‘80s. Today the same hunger and ...

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Lili Maali, a longtime interior designer died on Monday, Feb. 12, according to her obituary on the Vander Plaat Memorial Home website. Maali was born in Iran and ... of beauty, fashion and fun ...

Noura, a 30-year-old Iranian woman raised in a religious ... Mahsa Mahmoudian, 33, a fashion designer and model in the capital, said that production of “old-style manteaus” had declined ...

Amen Khademi, the owner of the Mahuraa fashion gallery, used to be a journalist, but she decided to quit to design Iranian folklore-themed dresses. She opened the opportunity to acid survivors ...