Barbara Tfank
Barbara Tfank is an American fashion designer.
Career
A native of New York, Tfank is a graduate of Skidmore College and holds a masters from Stanford University[1] She apprenticed with designer Sal Cesarani and worked as a costume designer for films,[2] including A Midnight Clear and Dream Lover.
She also worked as a stylist for Avedon, for Japanese TV [3] and as a design consultant for Prada, in which role she designed the Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman worn at the 1995 Academy Awards.[4] The dress is featured in Hal Rubenstein's book 100 Unforgettable Dresses. She started her own design line with a collection for Barneys in 2001. Since 2006, Tfank has shown her designs at New York Fashion Week; she has also shown at Houston Fashion Week.[5] She regularly collaborates with shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, sagafurs, and Shiseido.
Tfankβs high-profile clients include First Lady Michelle Obama,[6] who wore a Tfank dress to meet Queen Elizabeth II on the Obamasβ official visit to the UK in 2011 and for the 2012 State of the Union Address, and singer Adele,[7][8] who wore Barbara Tfank to the 2009 Grammys and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
References
- β Barbara Tfank Biography - ARTISTdirect Movies and DVDs
- β Barbara Tfank - IMDb
- β "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- β Top 10 Oscar Looks
- β "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- β Home - Mrs.O - Follow the Fashion and Style of First Lady Michelle Obama
- β Barbara Tfank | British Vogue
- β http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/08/23/adele-style-file/gallery#/image/5
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