Biography
After bursting onto the New York fashion scene in the late-1980s, Mizrahi's nascent design company was subsidized by French fashion powerhouse Chanel for six turbulent years. During this time, he increased his profile with acclaimed work as the costume designer for the musical special "Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall" (PBS, 1992), as the focus of the lauded documentary "Unzipped" (1995), and with an occasional acting job, as in …
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Career Milestones
| After graduating from Parsons, served apprenticeship under fashion designer Perry Ellis | ||
| At age 13, began designing clothes for his mother's friends | ||
| Began designing costumes for ballets | ||
| Later worked with designers Jeffrey Banks and Calvin Klein | ||
| Put on puppet shows as a child | ||
| Raised in Brooklyn, NY | ||
| While in high school, took night classes at Parsons School of Design | ||
1987 | Opened own design business | |
1989 | Garnered praise for his fall collection | |
1989 | Won the CFDA Perry Ellis Award for new fashion talent | |
1990 | Launched first men's collection | |
1990 | Named CFDA Designer of the Year | |
1991 | Designed costumes for Liza Minnelli's stage show "Stepping Out" performed at Radio City Music Hall; earned 1993 Emmy nomination for TV special based on this production | |
1992 | Again won CFDA Designer of the Year award | |
1993 | Made feature acting debut playing a fashion designer in "For Love or Money," starring Michael J. Fox | |
1994 | Launched a shoe line | |
1995 | Featured subject of the documentary film "Unzipped" | |
1996 | Created the costumes for the stage play "The Santaland Diaries," starring Timothy Olyphant | |
1996 | Made directorial debut on two episodes of the series "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (PBS) | |
1998 | Chanel, his financial backer, forced closure of design businesses | |
1998 | Made a cameo in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" | |
1998 | Was an interviewee for the documentary "Beautopia" | |
2000 | Acted in Allen's "Small Time Crooks" | |
2000 | Wrote and starred in the cabaret offering "Les MIZrahi"; also designed the sets and costumes | |
2001 | Designed costumes for the Roundabout Theater's revival of "The Women" | |
2001 | Hosted "The Isaac Mizrahi Show," described as a documentary-style look at his day-to-day activities (Oxygen) | |
2001 | Wrote and directed two parts of "Chasing the Sun," a documentary miniseries on aviation | |
2002 | Appeared in Allen written and directed romantic comedy "Hollywood Ending" | |
2005 | Appeared in the documentary "Seamless" | |
2006 | Guest starred on ABC series "Ugly Betty" | |
2009 | Hosted the Bravo reality competition series "The Fashion Show" | |
2011 | Featured as a regular judge on "Project Runway All Stars" (Lifetime) | |
Awards
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Costume Design For a Variety or Music Program in Liza Minnelli Live! From Radio City Music Hall |