Iranian-American Fashion Icon Bijan Pakzad Passes Away
Huffington Post / Shirin Sadeghi
16-Apr-2011 (one comment)

When I look at the young Iranian-Americans today, living in a society that has reached the point where it knows where Iran is, how talented Iranians are, and how proud they are, I think back to my childhood in this country when none of that was known.

As members of the first generation of Iranian immigrant families to make a mass exodus to America, my family found itself in a country that was reeling from a hostage crisis, images of horrifically unfriendly clerical faces, and footage of a bloody war dotted with the huddled figures of

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by yolanda on Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:04 AM PDT

 "The reason for my success is because I'm Iranian," he said once.

He has bequeathed his business to his three children, Daniela from his first marriage and young Nicolas Bijan and Alexandra from his second marriage to Irish-Japanese model and interior designer Tracy Murdock: The "D", "N," "A" in his award-winning triple-helix bottled perfume, DNA.

Extravagant though his life and his legacy are, the most valuable thing about Bijan Pakzad was his affection for his people -- his family in all senses of the word. It is said that he requested that his resting place be marked with an-all black stone with "Bijan Pakzad, Son of Mohsen Pakzad" engraved on it. Only in Persian.


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