1961
A star is born in Brooklyn, NY
Isaac Mizrahi
A star is born in Brooklyn, NY
Acting debut in the Academy Award winning movie, Fame
Launches his eponymous label
Winner, 1st Council of Fashion Designers Award (CFDA) for Best Newcomer; his first of 4 CFDA awards
Fall 1988 “Orange Oragne” coat with yellow jumpsuit
Winner, 2nd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Fall 1989 “Extreme Kilt” Stewart plaid cashmere flannel gown
Winner, 3rd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Supermodel Naomi Campbell wore the “Totem Pole” dress on the cover of Time Magazine
Famed photographer, Irving Penn’s, series of flower portraits inspires Isaac’s Tulip Collection
Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program for “Liza Minnelli LIVE from Radio City Music Hall”
Star and co-creator of Unzipped, the acclaimed, award winning documentary about the making of his Fall 1994 collection
Winner, 4th CFDA award; Designer of the Year; Womenswear
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen wore the “Baby Bjorn Ball Gown” dress for the Fall Fashion Week catwalk
Winner, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for “The Women”
Launches Isaac Mizrahi for Target, a commercial success that changes the face of fashion by creating accessible fashion pioneering his high-low philosophy
Meryl Streep wears an Isaac Mizrahi original design to receive her American Film Institute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award; includes Isaac in her acceptance speech
Releases fashion manual “How To Have Style” promotes via national book tour
Fall 2009 “Together But Separates”
First Lady Michelle Obama wears/dons an Isaac Mizrahi original design to the State of the Union Address
Main judge for all 7 seasons of Lifetime’s “Project Runway: All Stars”
“Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History” opens at the Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibition includes 250 clothing and costume designs, sketches, photographs, an immersive video installation, and an illustrative coffee table book
Target celebrates the 20th Anniversary of their groundbreaking Design For All program which launched in 1999 and featured a collaboration with Isaac in 2003
Releases New York Times Bestselling memoir “I.M.”
Collaborates with Crayola
Designs colorful costumes for Mark Morris’ “The Look of Love” dance ensemble
Broadway acting debut in the long-running, Tony-winning musical, Chicago
Narrates and directs holiday performance of children’s classic “Peter & the Wolf” at the Guggenheim Museum. Isaac began narrating the story in 2009, then conceived the full-length show with John Hegenbothem, performing it annually since 2014
A star is born in Brooklyn, NY
Acting debut in the Academy Award winning movie, Fame
Launches his eponymous label
Winner, 1st Council of Fashion Designers Award (CFDA) for Best Newcomer; his first of 4 CFDA awards
Fall 1988 “Orange Oragne” coat with yellow jumpsuit
Winner, 2nd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Fall 1989 “Extreme Kilt” Stewart plaid cashmere flannel gown
Winner, 3rd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Supermodel Naomi Campbell wore the “Totem Pole” dress on the cover of Time Magazine
Famed photographer, Irving Penn’s, series of flower portraits inspires Isaac’s Tulip Collection
Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program for “Liza Minnelli LIVE from Radio City Music Hall”
Star and co-creator of Unzipped, the acclaimed, award winning documentary about the making of his Fall 1994 collection
Winner, 4th CFDA award; Designer of the Year; Womenswear
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen wore the “Baby Bjorn Ball Gown” dress for the Fall Fashion Week catwalk
Winner, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for “The Women”
Launches Isaac Mizrahi for Target, a commercial success that changes the face of fashion by creating accessible fashion pioneering his high-low philosophy
Meryl Streep wears an Isaac Mizrahi original design to receive her American Film Institute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award; includes Isaac in her acceptance speech
Releases fashion manual “How To Have Style” promotes via national book tour
Fall 2009 “Together But Separates”
First Lady Michelle Obama wears/dons an Isaac Mizrahi original design to the State of the Union Address
Main judge for all 7 seasons of Lifetime’s “Project Runway: All Stars”
“Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History” opens at the Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibition includes 250 clothing and costume designs, sketches, photographs, an immersive video installation, and an illustrative coffee table book
Target celebrates the 20th Anniversary of their groundbreaking Design For All program which launched in 1999 and featured a collaboration with Isaac in 2003
Releases New York Times Bestselling memoir “I.M.”
Collaborates with Crayola
Designs colorful costumes for Mark Morris’ “The Look of Love” dance ensemble
Broadway acting debut in the long-running, Tony-winning musical, Chicago
Narrates and directs holiday performance of children’s classic “Peter & the Wolf” at the Guggenheim Museum. Isaac began narrating the story in 2009, then conceived the full-length show with John Hegenbothem, performing it annually since 2014
A star is born in Brooklyn, NY
Acting debut in the Academy Award winning movie, Fame
Launches his eponymous label
Winner, 1st Council of Fashion Designers Award (CFDA) for Best Newcomer; his first of 4 CFDA awards
Fall 1988 “Orange Oragne” coat with yellow jumpsuit
Winner, 2nd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Fall 1989 “Extreme Kilt” Stewart plaid cashmere flannel gown
Winner, 3rd CFDA award; Designer of the Year, Womenswear
Supermodel Naomi Campbell wore the “Totem Pole” dress on the cover of Time Magazine
Famed photographer, Irving Penn’s, series of flower portraits inspires Isaac’s Tulip Collection
Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program for “Liza Minnelli LIVE from Radio City Music Hall”
Star and co-creator of Unzipped, the acclaimed, award winning documentary about the making of his Fall 1994 collection
Winner, 4th CFDA award; Designer of the Year; Womenswear
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen wore the “Baby Bjorn Ball Gown” dress for the Fall Fashion Week catwalk
Winner, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for “The Women”
Launches Isaac Mizrahi for Target, a commercial success that changes the face of fashion by creating accessible fashion pioneering his high-low philosophy
Meryl Streep wears an Isaac Mizrahi original design to receive her American Film Institute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award; includes Isaac in her acceptance speech
Releases fashion manual “How To Have Style” promotes via national book tour
Fall 2009 “Together But Separates”
First Lady Michelle Obama wears/dons an Isaac Mizrahi original design to the State of the Union Address
Main judge for all 7 seasons of Lifetime’s “Project Runway: All Stars”
“Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History” opens at the Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibition includes 250 clothing and costume designs, sketches, photographs, an immersive video installation, and an illustrative coffee table book
Target celebrates the 20th Anniversary of their groundbreaking Design For All program which launched in 1999 and featured a collaboration with Isaac in 2003
Releases New York Times Bestselling memoir “I.M.”
Collaborates with Crayola
Designs colorful costumes for Mark Morris’ “The Look of Love” dance ensemble
Broadway acting debut in the long-running, Tony-winning musical, Chicago
Narrates and directs holiday performance of children’s classic “Peter & the Wolf” at the Guggenheim Museum. Isaac began narrating the story in 2009, then conceived the full-length show with John Hegenbothem, performing it annually since 2014