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I.M.A Memoir Flatiron Books Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis. Designer. Cabaret singer. Talk show host. He’s a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, just as likely to be recognized walking down Main Street USA as Madison Avenue NYC. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the 1980s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps. Until now.

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Entrepreneurship Isaac Mizrahi is no stranger to new ventures. He's not only the creator and chief designer of the Isaac Mizrahi brands; he also owns his eponymous production company, produced an award-winning documentary, and launched his own television talk show. As a pop culture icon with many irons in the fire, Isaac has unparalleled insight and invaluable advice on creating and running companies in the entertainment sector.

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Arts, Culture, and Entertainment With decades of experience in industries ranging from television to theatre to fashion to literature, Isaac Mizrahi shares insider information and reflections on the world of show business.

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LGBT Issues Isaac Mizrahi reflects on his own experiences in the LGBTQ community and its expressions in the industries in which he's worked. He discusses growing up gay in a traditional Jewish family, an age rampant with homophobia, and witnessing the ravaging effects of the AIDS epidemic.

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Finding Your Niche Isaac Mizrahi has been acquiring new niches since his breakout in the 1980s. From his first love--acting and showbiz--to becoming an international fashion sensation and design wunderkind, from filming documentaries to hosting talk shows to directing live productions, Mizrahi is a master of entering and dominating new fields.

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Growing Up Jewish Isaac Mizrahi discusses the hardships of growing up a gay man in a traditional, sheltered, Syrian Jewish Orthodox family. He reflects on the circumstances of his childhood and coming-of-age and the complex relationships of his immediate family.

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Isaac Mizrahi and Christian Siriano talk modern design trends for OZY.

In Daily Front Row, Mizrahi talks about his new show, his favorite haunts, and his upcoming book.

Read the Guest of a Guest interview with Mizrahi.

Read the Town & Country article about his Peter and the Wolf production.

Read the New York Times review of Mizrahi’s Jewish Museum exhibit.

Read the New York Times interview with Mizrahi about his cabaret act.

Read the Vogue review of Isaac Mizrahi’s cabaret act.

Read the Parade interview with Isaac Mizrahi on mentors, Project Runway, and his cabaret show.

Read Isaac Mizrahi’s article in the New York Post about his favorite Manhattan spots.

Visit Isaac Mizrahi’s personal website.

Follow Isaac on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Advance praise for I.M. "Mizrahi chronicles the stages of his life—as an ungainly youngster growing up in his uberconservative Syrian Jewish community, a closeted student at New York's High School for the Performing Arts, a gifted newcomer maneuvering through the layers of the fashion industry, a jet-setting superstar, and then, abruptly, yesterday's news—through his current career as a performer and producer. He shares his never-ending anxieties, indecision, and bouts of depression in introspective passages, as well as the ups and downs of his personal life, including the on- again, off-again courtship of his now husband, Arnold. This is likely to get a lot of celebrity buzz; expect enthusiastic demand.",br>-Kathleen McBroom, Booklist

“Isaac Mizrahi is a true Renaissance man. He can do it all! He’s managed to live several lives in one lifetime.”
-RuPual

“I.M. has everything! It’s colorful, hysterical, touching, bold, and heartbreaking. It’s about coming of age, creativity, being yourself, Jewish mothers, fashion, art, loss, and glamour. I loved it.”
-Andy Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of Superficial

“Intimate and generous and 100% Isaac. What makes this book so incredibly deliciously good is Isaac's specificity...not just as material (pun intended) but beyond the fabric of clothing and into the fabric of life, the experiences, the nuances, the brilliance and oddity of the times we're in.”
—A. M. Homes, New York Times bestselling author

“In this bracingly honest, courageously vulnerable, and often hilarious memoir, Isaac Mizrahi traces a life full of yearning, telling his story as generously as he’s lived it. This is the narrative of how a fat and conflicted yeshiva boy became a great and glamourous designer, and it is both gossipy and insightful, both elegant and profound, a portrait of Mizrahi’s enduring anxiety and prodigious brilliance.”
—Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Noonday Demon and Far from the Tree

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