Shirin Guild
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1946 (age 78–79)
Shirin Guild | |
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شیرین گیلد | |
| Born | Shirin Zafar[1] 1946 (age 78–79) Iran |
| Education | Saint Martin's School of Art |
| Occupations | Fashion designer, costume designer |
| Known for | Apparel design, fashion label |
| Movement | Minimalism |
| Spouse | Robin Guild (m. 1985–2006; death) |
Shirin Guild (Persian: شیرین گیلد; née Shirin Zafar;[1] born 1946)[2] is an Iranian-born British fashion designer. Her fashion label was established in London, in 1991. Her clothing design is minimalist and she has reworked Iranian clothing traditions through a "reductionist aesthetic".[3] Her design work has been described as "trans-cultural".[3]
Shirin Guild was born in 1946 and grew up in Iran. Prior to the 1979 revolution, she moved to Los Angeles where she remained during the early 1980s.[4] Her early interest with fashion came from layering with Iranian tribal apparel.[4] Comme des Garcons and other Japanese designers of the 1970s and 1980s had an early career impact, which inspired her to start designing.[4]
She eventually moved to Belgravia in London.[1][5] Apart from two years of tuition from the London Saint Martin's School of Art,[6] in her youth, Shirin Guild is a self-taught fashion designer.
