Mike Amiri Trivia | 30 facts about the famous fashion designer

Mike Amiri is an Iranian-American fashion designer, who began his career handcrafting stage pieces for iconic musicians like Pop Smoke and Lil Babe.

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1. Mike Amiri is an Iranian-American fashion designer.
2. He was born in Los Angeles.
3. Mike Amiri was born on September 6th, 1976.
4. He is 45 years old.
5. His zodiac sign is Virgo.
6. He began his career handcrafting stage pieces for iconic musicians.
7. His rock ‘n’ rock aesthetic led him to design an exclusive capsule collection for the LA-concept store, Maxfield.
8. He launched his eponymous luxury fashion line, AMIRI, in 2014.
9. With that debut collection, Mike Amiri established a distinct design signature with his deconstructed, hand-embellished denim jeans, leather jackets, grungy flannel shirting and graphic tee-shirts.
10. The designer’s early DIY sensibility evolved into a studied and distinct savoir-faire.
11. The brand expanded distribution in 2015 and added women’s ready to-wear, footwear and accessories a year later.
12. In 2017, Amiri sold $275,000 worth of clothes in the first three hours of a six-week pop-up at Maxfield.
13. Today, his menswear and womenswear lines are revered for their refined sense of craftsmanship and recognized for embodying the glamorous ethos of LA’s authentic streetwear culture.
14. Mike Amiri currently presents a collection bi-annually at Paris Fashion Week and the ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories are available from some of the most renowned retailers worldwide, such as Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Selfridges in London and Joyce in Hong Kong.
15. In 2020, the opening of the L.A. flagship store on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, set the tone for the brand’s most immersive experience, offering up an authentic translation of the Californian lifestyle and a relaxed expression of modern luxury.
16. In 2021, AMIRI stores Las Vegas, New York, and Miami followed suit, with Asia locales to open in 2022.
17. Since 2018, Mike Amiri has been a member of the CFDA.
18. In 2018 he was nominated for the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent at the CFDA Fashion Awards.
19. That same year, he was honored with the Emerging Talent Award at the Footwear News Achievement Awards.
20. In 2019 and 2021, Mike Amiri was nominated for the Menswear Designer of the Year at the CFDA Fashion Awards.
21. In June 2019, Renzo Rosso’s OTB, which owns Diesel, Marni and Maison Margiela , took a minority stake in the Amiri brand.
22. In 2021, Amiri collaborated with Chemist and A Love Movement, both independent Los Angeles-based brands on capsule collections.
23. In 2022, Amiri collaborated with Wes Lang on AMIRI’s Fall 2022 collection, which integrated Lang’s artworks into Amiri’s garment
24. In 2019, Renzo Rosso’s, OTB Group takes a minority stake in AMIRI.
25. Fusing Californian rock ‘n’ roll nostalgia with streetwear, Mike Amiri has grown his namesake label into a luxury brand with a large international distribution, sales of over $40 million and an investment from Renzo Rosso ‘s OTB in 2019.
26. His name was mentioned at Pop Smoke’s hit «Dior».
27. He is married to Shirin Amiri.
28. Amiri is a name of Persian, Lurish, Kurdish, Hebrew and Arabic origins. It is primarily an Iranian name that means “Kingdom” or “Royal”.
29. In African countries, the name Amiri is closely related to the Arabic name Amir and means Prince, or ruler. In Maori however the name Amiri means east wind which is very uncommon in the Southern Hemisphere.
30. He is Christian.