Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi is an American fashion designer and entertainer who also works as an actor, singer and television host. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Midwood, he studied drama at the High School of Performing Arts and won a small part in the 1980 film Fame while still a student. He showed his first fashion collection at a Bergdorf Goodman trunk show in 1987, and Chanel later bought a stake in his label before withdrawing its backing in 1998. His Isaac Mizrahi for Target line, launched in 2002, was a commercial success, and he went on to design for Liz Claiborne and QVC. On screen he appeared in For Love or Money (1993) and Hollywood Ending (2002), and he designed Broadway costumes for The Women, winning a 2002 Drama Desk Award. He judged Project Runway All Stars and played Amos Hart in Chicago in 2022.