Maryam malakpour biography

Malakpour has pulled off an impressive career: a woman from Iran who rose to be a highly celebrated stylist, particularly to rock stars writ.
Los Angeles based MARYAM MALAKPOUR is one of the fashion and music industry's most coveted stylist, creative director and costume designer.
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In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Maryam Malakpour handles the maddening roadblocks in Laurel Canyon with an unflappable sense of calm. Confidently careening past traffic cones, around dirt roads, and passing cars, she is a silver bullet in her 1970’s Porsche.

Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding curves. It’s nearly 50 years old but roars obediently to her every maneuver, of which there are many on these treacherous detour paths. The car is a perfect aesthetic reflection of Malakpour’s attention to detail and fondness for breaking the rules. “I love the gold accents against the silver paint. Mix the gold and silver together, come on—you have to mix it all up!”

Malakpour has pulled off an impressive career: a woman from Iran who rose to be a highly celebrated stylist, particularly to rock stars writ large. Her skillful styling has been employed by The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz,

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MARYAM MALAKPOUR

A Conversation With Maryam Malakpour: Fashion Editor and Stylist

Maryam began collaborating with top designers like Alexander McQueen, Hedi Slimane, and Ennio Capasa while working on the Rolling Stones tours. Since then she's styled numerous campaigns including Nine West with Constance Jblonski, Louis Vuitton with Keith Richards, Thomas Wylde with Craig Kadel, Costume National, and Gap. Maryam has also worked with, and continues to work with model, Heidi Klum. In addition she has styled editorials for British Vogue, Vogue Paris, VMan, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone. Maryam has also worked on the film ‘Wonderland’ with Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth and Larry Clark’s film ‘Wassup Rockers’. She currently serves as a contributing fashion editor for Telegraph Sunday.

What is your most memorable “panic moment”?

Maryam: It would have to be on the set of the Lenny Kravitz video shoot for ‘American Woman’. We were in the middle of the dessert and we had a pair of custom-made royal blue perforated leather pants and jacket done for the shoot and in the first few takes t

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