Maryam malakpour biography
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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
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Maryam Malakpour
Los Angeles based creative director, Maryam Malakpour, fryst vatten one of the mode industry’s most coveted creatives. Known for her eclectic, sophisticated and “rocker-chic” style, she creates new trends from red carpet to advertising campaigns and mode editorials. Her creative take on mode has been featured in Vogue, New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle US, CR mode Book, Interview, Vanity Fair Italia, Vogue Russia, V Magazine, L’Official, and many more. Maryam’s innovative styling has landed her ad campaigns with Louis Vuitton, Gap, Nine West, New Balance, Wrangler Jeans, and commercials with Maybelline, Vodafone, Garnier, Diet Coke, Stetson, Levi’s, John Frieda, and Apple.
Hollywood’s top celebrities like Heidi Klum, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andrea Riseborough, and Courtney Cox enlist the creative framtidsperspektiv of Maryam to ensure they are dressed cool and effortless. Her rocker aesthetic makes her the go-to stylist for the music industry’s leading artists like The Ro
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Stylist Maryam Malakpour’s Home Has a Secret Wardrobe Room
Floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that open up to a plush green backyard; a vegetable garden, a pool, and an all-black kitchen with custom, well, everything; a cloud-like bed in the master bedroom from which you can witness a family of deer lounging every morning, and a secret hidden wardrobe room. Sounds like the best house ever, no? Well, brace yourselves—this isn’t some Pinterest fantasy. It’s a real house in Laurel Canyon, belonging to (and remodeled by) celebrity stylist Maryam Malakpour. Yes, the same Malakpour who has styled all of your favorite celebrities: Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, and LL Cool J included.
We were lucky enough to be welcomed into said home, and let’s just say, we’re ready to move in whenever. From a chair gifted to her by Hedi Slimane (adorned with a plaque that reads “Madame Maryam Malakpour”) to loads of mid-century modern furniture, co