Leyla Piedayesh
Leyla Piedayesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Known for | Lala Berlin label |
| Website | lalaberlin |
Leyla Piedayesh (born 1970) is an Iranian-born German fashion designer. She is the founder of the Lala Berlin fashion label.
Career
Piedayesh founded Lala Berlin in 2004, originally as a knitwear brand. The first boutique shop was opened in 2006.
Piedayesh's designs are now available globally in more than 60 stores.[1] Piedayesh has shown Lala Berlin several times during Copenhagen Fashion Week.[2]
Before becoming a full-time designer, Piedayesh was an editor of the Designerama television segment for MTV Berlin.[1]
In 2015, she was a judge of the Designer Nest Awards during Copenhagen fashion week.[3]
In 2017, as part of International Women's Day, Barbie honored 17 contemporary and historical female role models. Piedayesh became the first German to have a Barbie created in her image.[4]
Personal life
References
- ^ a b "The Brander". www.thebrander.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Lala Berlin". Copenhagen Fashion Week. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Designers Nest Award 2015 - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Drier, Melissa (8 March 2018). "Lala Berlin's Leyla Piedayesh Is First German Barbie Shero Honoree". WWD. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Honigman, Ana Finel (21 January 2014). "Meet Germany's Answer to Isabel Marant". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 3 March 2020.