The Iconic Isaac Mizrahi in Person

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Featured Guest Speakers: The Iconic Isaac Mizrahi in Person VIP Reception: 10:00 am; Program: 11:00 am Chairs: Bonnie Kaye and Alisa Cohen Isaac Mizrahi is a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the 1980s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps. Until now. In his new memoir I.M., Isaac offers a candid and touching look back on his life so far. He tells the story of growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family. At the famed LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts, he found his people (and appeared in his first movie, Fame). As a budding fashion designer, he worked with luminaries such as Perry Ellis and Calvin Klein. After branching out on his own, his label’s instant success anointed him the wunderkind of the international fashion world. In his elegant memoir, brimming with intimate details and inimitable wit, Isaac reveals not just the glamour of his years, but the grit beneath the glitz. This is pure Isaac, as only he can tell it.