Posted on 09/10/2008 11:00:37 AM PDT by Mister Ghost
Saida Mouradova
"A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step," said Lao-tzu. For Designer, Saida Mouradova... her journey in to the world of Fashion, which brought her to The Parson School of Design in Paris, and then to New York City, began at age 15 in her native Azerbaijan.
Fashion Time: Saida, you are from Azerbaijan, a small country to the north of Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea. Can you share with us something unique about Azerbaijan, that no other place in the world possesses?
Saida Mouradova: I don’t think I can speak for the whole world, as I’m still working on exploring it, but I would say that I cherish my peoples’ hospitality and openness to the new. I grew up with people from all over the world visiting our house: from India, Morocco, South America and African countries. And even though under the Soviet regime my dad risked prison for having so many foreigners around him at all times, it never stopped him from bringing crowds to our apartment. There was always a party going on. I think growing up in an environment like that helped me become open to the world and accepting its differences.
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