Rufat Ismayil
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2 February 1981
Rufat Ismayil | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rufat Ali oglu Ismayilov 2 February 1981 |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
Rufat Ali oglu Ismayilov, more commonly known under the pseudonym of Rufat Ismayil (Azerbaijani: Rüfət İsmayıl; 2 February 1981), is an Azerbaijani fashion designer, model, entrepreneur and businessman.[1] Rufat Ismayil founded the AFFFAIR textile firm and the AFFFAIR brand, as well as the official fashion ambassador of Turkey and Azerbaijan on the world arena. He is the first Azerbaijani designer to have his collections shown at fashion weeks in Dubai, Istanbul, Tehran, Paris, Milan, Beirut, New York City, Florence, and Bucharest.[2][3]
Rufat Ali oglu Ismayilov was born on February 2, 1981, in Baku, the capital of Soviet Azerbaijan, in the family of Ali Ismailov and Dilbar Topchubashova. Rufat Ismayil enrolled at the 20th Secondary School of Baku's Narimanov District in 1986 and graduated from its 10th grade in 1996, while also studying music at the Narimanov District's 16th Music School from 1987 to 1995. He also enrolled in the Osman Mirzayev Journalism Program, from which he graduated with honours in 1994. He graduated from the Azerbaijan High Diplomatic College's Faculty of International Relations in 2001 and studied at Goethe University's Faculty of International Relations in Germany from 2002 to 2007. Rufat Ismayil also studied design and modeling at Esmod Vakko Design School in Turkey between 2013 and 2014. He speaks Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, German, Flemish and English.[4]