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Bahar Shahpar

Fashion designer

My daughter, Bahar Shahpar, is my Iranian of the Day because we love her very much and we are very proud of her. This picture shows her first fashion design collection from 2005. See her web site at www.baharshahpar.com

From her web site: "Brooklyn-based Bahar Shahpar is a self-taught designer with a diverse creative background in multimedia event production, fashion, and publishing. Previously, she has owned an art gallery and designed custom accessories in London and New York. In 2005, she debuted her first womenswear line, Agricult, inspired by the American frontier. For Spring/Summer 2007, Bahar launched her eponymous label, focusing on a more modern, less structured form while still drawing from an Edwardian aesthetic. She was featured as part of domino magazine's 2007 Green List and has been profiled in Lucky, NYLON, ELLE, and WWD."

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from Mehdi Shahpar
13-Sep-2007
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that makes you what? a pig

by me (not verified) on Tue Sep 18, 2007 05:27 AM PDT

that makes you what? a pig born by a 3 humps camel?


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Muslim women = Camels.

by A Muslim Camel-Loving Man. (not verified) on Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:25 AM PDT

A Muslim woman = Camel. just good for riding! Even better when they have three humps.


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Sad is you calling me picky,

by Nima (not verified) on Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:09 AM PDT

Sad is you calling me picky, ugly and mean. I just made a valid comment. Clearly you have issues! I am actually very easy going, good looking and kind. :)


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You are all wrong! Why is it

by Nima (not verified) on Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:05 AM PDT

You are all wrong! Why is it that we have to accept everything another Iranian does because they are just ‘Iranian’? If you people feel that you should dispense your unconditional support to any “Iranian success” you people are bunch of fools! Constructive criticism, debates, valid arguments are the foundation of a healthy community. What’s wrong with you people? Are you blind? Can’t you see clinically sick girls in those pictures?

Don’t worry, you’d have a great time enjoying my Persian charm over tea and chelokabob. I am as Iranian (or Persian) as Ali, Asghar, Dariush and Amir, I love Iranians and I want to see Iranians succeed and for our culture of love to take over the world. I would challenge anyone who’d want to label me as a self-hating Iranian.

BUT, when I examine the teeth of bulimic Iranian girls at my clinic, and they just crumble with the slightest touch of the mirror, because they have been exposed to so much stomach acid, I have to get angry at the cause.

And “Jon”, there is a clear relation between thin models, dieting, teenage girls and anorexia.

There was nothing wrong or inappropriate about my comment! Mrs. Shahpar, Please advise your daughter to change those pictures. I wish her the very best.


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hajiagha...

by TyWe (not verified) on Fri Sep 14, 2007 09:53 AM PDT

I am surprised hajiagha could do the math at the bottom of the screen so he could post his comment.


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my daughter- Iranian of the day

by Minoosh (not verified) on Fri Sep 14, 2007 05:17 AM PDT

What is your problem with all these nasty comments. It's just something that makes this mother happy. Why can't Iranians be happy for anyone. You have to be picky, ugly and mean. That is so sad.


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whos can became mother

by hajiagha on Fri Sep 14, 2007 01:07 AM PDT

Iranian artist

we have so many beautiful girl in Canada blond blue eyes but , they can not cook a simple food and most of them are lonely , living , sad crazy , on hashes or....what sucks women they are ... and best women for me are islamic women clean nice honest good mothers


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Who cares...

by An-on-ym-ous (not verified) on Thu Sep 13, 2007 06:19 PM PDT

Her daughter is great as far as she is concerened. After all, she is a mother. What else would you expect? Who cares what you call art or whatever...


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Inappropriate previous comment

by jon (not verified) on Thu Sep 13, 2007 05:35 PM PDT

Dear Nima -

How about you appreciate art for what it is worth. Although anoxeria is an important issue, placing blame on the fashion industry or the entertainment industry is placing the blame in the wrong place. Models are skinny, but you forget that many people are skinny without being anorexic and may have better health than you and I. I am a physician who treats patient with eating disorders, and their self-image issues arise lack of emotional support and many times abuse from the people within their immediate environment. Unfortunately, in western cultures, we have lost our appropriate reference point for a healthy body weight. The percentage of people who are overweight/obese in society is rising at an extraordinary weight, and people think it is ok to be fat, when in reality obesity is expected to cause the average life span of this generation to be less than their parents for the first time ever. Mr. Shahpar's joy should not be spoiled but greater than ever as his daughter has become successful and visible Iranian in the society that often portrays "Middle Easterns" as such a negative light.


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I am sorry Mrs.Shahpar, I

by Nima (not verified) on Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:19 AM PDT

I am sorry Mrs.Shahpar, I did not see modernity, decrease in ‘structure’ or a sign of ‘Edwardian easthetic’ when I clicked on your daughters webpage.

I saw clinically anorexic models!

We all can survive without fashion. As hard as it is to accept by most people, we can very well survive without fashion. What we can’t accept are the growing numbers of teenage girls, including many Iranian girls, who die from starving themselves to death, trying to look like one of the models on your daughter’s website.

//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/769290.stm

I am sorry to spoil your joy, but some ethics would be great. If you’d like I can introduce your daughter to some of the most beautiful girls I know of, for the purpose of displayig her art. Oh, and none of them are either on a diet or hooked to an IV.


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