Salar Bilehsavarchian
Salar Bilehsavarchian, also known as Salar Bil (Persian: سالار, born May 1, 1993) is an Iranian writer, author, fashion designer,[1][2][3] and artist. He is cited as the forefather of conceptual fashion in Tehran.[4][5] Bilehsavarchian is a translator of underground art under strict laws.[4][6] He is the Founder of the Salar Bil Foundation.
Early Life and Education
Bil was born to Gita Mirmehdi. He professionally studied cinema but later shifted to the field of textile design for his BA. He has a master's in Arts and Culture.
Career
Based in Tehran, Bilehsavarchian started making movies and writings scripts and reviews about movies at seventeen.[7] In 2012, he began designing collections.[3] and his initial work was by Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi.[5]
Bilehsavarchian practices in the fashion industry through his alter ego Salar Bil, an alternate self, referring to fictional literature and other narrative personas of him that broke the super-ego, which means the ethical personality that provides the moral standards; he broke the idealized self-image in Iran. He works actively in filmmaking, photography, directing, stage design, painting, collages, fashion, theatrical costumes, hair and makeup, dancer since early childhood, digital works, animations and poetry. [5][8][9]
By 2015, Bilehsavarchian became known as the hottest designer in Iran.[10] He has been featured in BoF as one of the successful pioneers in Iran's fashion industry.[11] and has been called the Marcel Duchamp of Tehran.[12]
His work on different fabrics has been profiled in TIME, VOGUE, L'Obs, and the UK's Guardian.[6][13] and his designs have been featured in Tehran's Fashion Week.[10]
In 2015, Bilehsavarchian made a line for The World Food Programme; he went from sustainable development from food like WFP to articles about sustainable fashion. He pictured a conceptual dialectic collection.[5][6] Christina Aguilera wore a signature belt designed by Bil during her performance at The Hollywood Bowl on July 16, 2021.[14] He was the costume designer for Sergei Polunin's Take Me to Church[15] and designed clothes for Erykah Badu, Boy George, Róisín Murphy, and Ellen von Unwerth. Bilehsavarchian also dressed Daniel Lismore and Betony Vernon and was included in Lismore's exhibition, Sustainable Sculptures, when Gilbert and George cut the ribbon and opened the show.[16]
Bilehsavarchian was filmed as Martha Graham in David LaChapelle's poetry film by England's Most Eccentric Dresser.[16]
Bilehsavarchian pictured Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, based on the novel by the philosopher Albert O. Hirschman for 2020 before COVID for Iran's sanctions.[17][14][18] His 2020 Punk, ware, and Persian Couture visuals were inspired by a treatise by Albert O. Hirschman.[19] Kim Gordon also supports his foundation.[20]
Bilehsavarchian writes academically on subjects such as fashion history, fashion industry sustainability, and the Anthropocene age of the Fashion Revolution (a book published) in Iran.[5] Bilehsavarchian also translated several books that were audited and not allowed to print in Iran.[16]
He is the Founder of the Salar Bil Foundation, which tries to shape discourse about fashion and its problems through articles, pictures, drawings, clothes, and accessories.[21]
Bilehsavarchian's collection Bandar[22] was the first native fashion inspired by Global South and Afro-Iranians.
Advocacy
Bilehsavarchian is non-binary[3] and has paved the way for several queer people and empowered them as assistants and team workers.[5][8][23]
Since LGBTQIA and feminism are illegal in Iran, Bilehsavarchian has been introduced by Iran's press as a transgressive and a threat to the state. He is the first Iranian feminist fashion designer[23] and the man who foresaw the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.[17][24] He has also been labeled for cultural appropriation.[21] He was imprisoned by state artists and has been subject to sexual bullying.[4][5][6] His advocacy for freedom and street performances address multiple issues in Tehran, playing an active part in the region's rise of the #MeToo movement.[5] He was praised by Patti Smith, a Nobel Prize winner and an art punk leader as a master of punk literature,[19][25] she made him special gifts and empowered him as a punk literature icon and Xtina wrote her appreciation letters and a signature on his childhood painting of her.[5][6]
Salar Bil's articles like Duchamp's have become popular in the western world, and they have been used for trends for the fashion companies. He is currently the ambassador of Tom of Finland.[18][26]
References
- ↑ "See Iran Coming Out of the Shadows" (in en). 2015-11-05. https://time.com/4098457/see-iran-coming-out-of-the-shadows/.
- ↑ "Iran arrests models in renewed crackdown on unlicensed industry | Iran | The Guardian". https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/16/iran-arrests-models-crackdown-unlicensed-industry-hijab.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Salar Bil, non-binaire, créateur de mode en Iran" (in fr). 2022-05-11. https://www.nouvelobs.com/mode/20220511.OBS58321/salar-bil-non-binaire-createur-de-mode-en-iran.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sharp (2020-07-01). "Salar Bil is an artist from Iran" (in en-US). https://www.tomoffinland.org/salarbil-is-an-artist-from-iran/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Desk, DN News (2022-11-29). "Praise For Salar Bil The Godfather Of Conceptual Mode In Tehran By Christina Aguilera – Broadcast Cover" (in en-US). https://www.broadcastcover.com/praise-for-salar-bil-the-godfather-of-conceptual-mode-in-tehran-by-christina-aguilera/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Pernet, Diane (2022-08-12). "Salar Bil, an Iranian artist based in Tehran fighting for his rights" (in en-US). https://ashadedviewonfashion.com/2022/08/12/salar-bil-an-iranian-artist-based-in-tehran-fighting-for-his-rights/.
- ↑ "SalarBil on SoundBetter". https://soundbetter.com/profiles/539988-salarbil.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Buzz, Brand (2022-10-12). "Salar Bil Forefather Of Conception Serving Global Culture – Tech News Vision" (in en-US). https://www.technewsvision.com/salar-bil-forefather-of-conception-serving-global-culture/.
- ↑ newsfashioniran (2023-04-05). "Salar Bil is the Godfather of Conceptual fashion based in Tehran," (in en). https://www.openpr.com/news/3000217/salar-bil-is-the-godfather-of-conceptual-fashion-based-in-tehran.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tavakolian, Newsha. "IRAN. Tehran. 2015. Iranian men during a fashion show by Iran's hottest designer Salar Bil. This show is a part of Tehran's Fashion Week, which was organized in June for the second time. Fashion shows and modelling have long been illegal in Iran, foridden under its interpretation of Islamic laws, recently though the attitute towards fashion and modelling is changing.". JSTOR. https://jstor.org/stable/community.18988195.
- ↑ Perine, Shaun (2022-10-07). "The Forefather Salar Bil Glam Rocker Of Bandarabbas" (in en-US). http://digiherald.com/the-forefather-salar-bil-glam-rocker-of-bandarabbas/.
- ↑ Buzz, Brand (2022-10-04). "Salar Bil as a new Marcel Duchamp in Tehran" (in en-US). https://www.openthenews.com/salar-bil-as-a-new-marcel-duchamp-in-tehran/.
- ↑ mas, alexandra (2022-04-05). "Salar Bil" (in en-US). https://www.the-edge-mag.com/2022/04/05/salar-bil/.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Salar Bil Made A Kimono For Christina Aguilera" (in en-US). 2022-10-12. https://www.fabworldtoday.com/salar-bil-made-a-kimono-for-christina-aguilera/.
- ↑ "Salar Bil" (in en-US). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14445278/.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Salar Bil the Godfather of Conceptual Fashion based in Tehran,". https://www.openpr.com/amp/2907566/salar-bil-the-godfather-of-conceptual-fashion-based-in-tehran.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "IRANIAN FASHION DESIGNER SALAR BIL ON LIVING UNDER A “SEXUAL APARTHEID”" (in en-US). 2022-04-27. https://www.missionmag.org/sarar-bill-iranian-fashion-designer/.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Salar Bil The Godfather Of Conceptual Mode To Dominate Politics Of Islamic Republic Fashion - Coverage Log" (in en-US). 2022-12-16. https://www.coveragelog.com/salar-bil-the-godfather-of-conceptual-mode-to-dominate-politics-of-islamic-republic-fashion/,%20https://www.coveragelog.com/salar-bil-the-godfather-of-conceptual-mode-to-dominate-politics-of-islamic-republic-fashion/.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Buzz, Brand (2022-10-06). "Salar Bil Was Praised By Nobel Winner Patti Smith - Globe Stats" (in en-US). https://www.globestats.com/salar-bil-was-praised-by-nobel-winner-patti-smith/.
- ↑ Desk, DN News (2022-12-19). "Godmother Of Grunge Build The Left Pillar Of Tehran’s Godfather Of Conceptual Mode Foundation" (in en-US). https://www.timebulletin.com/godmother-of-grunge-build-the-left-pillar-of-tehrans-godfather-of-conceptual-mode-foundation/.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Buzz, Brand (2022-10-06). "Salar Bil The Forefather of conceptual Fashion in New York Magazine" (in en-US). https://www.ustimesnow.com/salar-bil-the-forefather-of-conceptual-fashion-in-new-york-magazine/.
- ↑ "Salar Bil: Glamour Of Bandar - Thoughts on globalization - Sphere Radio - leipzig kultur hören" (in de-DE). https://sphere-radio.net/projekte/cultural-affairs/mode-und-globalisierung/salar-bil-glamour-of-bandar-thoughts-on-globalization/.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 admin (2023-05-25). "Salar Bil Godfather Of Conceptual Fashion, Woman, Life, Freedom Survivor" (in en-US). https://ventsmagazine.com/2023/05/25/salar-bil-godfather-of-conceptual-fashion-woman-life-freedom-survivor/.
- ↑ "Salar Bil Godfather Of Conceptual Fashion, The Futurist Of Woman, Life, Freedom…". https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/salar-bil-godfather-of-conceptual-fashion-the-futurist-of-woman-life-freedom-.
- ↑ "The Godmother Of Punk Listened To Salar Bil The Godfather Of Conceptual Mode Of Tehran’s Transmit - Resident Weekly" (in en-US). 2023-01-03. https://www.residentweekly.com/the-godmother-of-punk-listened-to-salar-bil-the-godfather-of-conceptual-mode-of-tehrans-transmit/.
- ↑ Daniels, Champ (2022-08-14). "Salar Bil, an Iranian artist based in Tehran fighting for his rights" (in en-US). https://www.tomoffinland.org/salar-bil-an-iranian-artist-based-in-tehran-fighting-for-his-rights/.
