Last Updated: 08 Oct, 2024 | Views: 254
Age: 48
Profession: Fashion Designer
Famous For: Founder of AMIRI
Higher Education: Graduated
Mike Amiri is an international brand owner and fashion designer. Mike is from an American and Iranian background. He was born in Hollywood, LA and lived his life there only. He attended Beverly Hills High School and then joined UCLA to complete his graduation. He studied History at UCLA and majored in it. In his early days of career he started designing on stage clothes for musicians. All those stage pieces were meticulously handcrafted for users. This hand finished approach later became the signature AMIRI style. In 2014 Mike Created his first collection of unique menswear styles for LA concept store Maxfield.
His Career
• Amiri presented his fashion brand AMIRI for the first time in 2014 and gave people a new sense of style.
• AMIRI has over 160+ high-end retailers all over the world from New York to Paris, from Dubai to Hong Kong.
• In 2018 his brand AMIRI debuted in Paris Fashion Week and grew his stake in the global luxury market.
• In 2021 He launched ‘The AMIRI Prize’ to encourage new fashion talent and give them recognition and incubate them for becoming big.
His Achievements
• He won the Emerging Talent Award in the 2018 Footwear News Achievement Awards.
• He was also nominated for ‘American Menswear Designer of the Year’ at CFDA Fashion Awards in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• He has Designed Clothes for larger than life stars like: Justin Bieber, Yasiin Bey, Shakira and many others.
Some Unknown Facts about him
• In 2023 AMIRI appointed Adrian Ward-Rees (Former SVP at Burberry and MD at Dior Menswear) as the CEO of the Brand.
• Mike Amiri also has Juris Doctor Degree from Loyola Law School.
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