Osman Yousefzada

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Osman Yousefzada is an artist, writer and designer.

Yousfezada made clothes from a young age, inspired by his mother who ran a couture dress making business in Birmingham. A Central Saint Martins graduate, Yousfezada founded his eponymous label, Osman, in 2005. Two years later, Yousfezada was nominated for the annual Designs of the Year 2007 at the Design Museum and his Little Black Dress collection for Mango was met with critical acclaim. Osman Yousfezada is sold internationally with 25 stockists worldwide, including Selfridges, Libery, Harvey Nichols, Saks and Fred Segal in the US and Podium in Russia. Celebrity fans include Thandie Newton, Charlize Theron, Lily Cole, Kate Moss and Alice Dellal. He was featured in Hywel Davies' 2008 book 100 New Fashion Designers.

Yousefzada's creative practice engages with migration experience through textiles, sculpture, performance and the written word. His first book was published in 2018, followed by The Go-Between in 2022, a coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s.

The artist has curated multiple exhibitions and had several solo shows globally. In 2022, Yousefzada curated an exhibition on displacement, movement, migration and climate change in response to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan at the V&A, London.

Osman Yousefzada is an artist, writer and designer.

Yousfezada made clothes from a young age, inspired by his mother who ran a couture dress making business in Birmingham. A Central Saint Martins graduate, Yousfezada founded his eponymous label, Osman, in 2005. Two years later, Yousfezada was nominated for the annual Designs of the Year 2007 at the Design Museum and his Little Black Dress collection for Mango was met with critical acclaim. Osman Yousfezada is sold internationally with 25 stockists worldwide, including Selfridges, Libery, Harvey Nichols, Saks and Fred Segal in the US and Podium in Russia. Celebrity fans include Thandie Newton, Charlize Theron, Lily Cole, Kate Moss and Alice Dellal. He was featured in Hywel Davies' 2008 book 100 New Fashion Designers.

Yousefzada's creative practice engages with migration experience through textiles, sculpture, performance and the written word. His first book was published in 2018, followed by The Go-Between in 2022, a coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s.

The artist has curated multiple exhibitions and had several solo shows globally. In 2022, Yousefzada curated an exhibition on displacement, movement, migration and climate change in response to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan at the V&A, London.

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