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Endpoint: Bijan



created on: 16/05/2024
by: bob (9884)
 
 

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General info :
Bijan is a fashion and fragrance brand name of a business founded by Bijan Pakzad, generally known mononymously as Bijan (4 April 1940 – 16 April 2011 (aged 71)), an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances.

Bijan was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944. He was the son of a wealthy businessman. He attended Institut Le Rosey, and studied design in Switzerland and Italy. Bijan's career began in Iran with the Pink Panther Boutique in Tehran.

Upon immigrating to the United States in 1973, Bijan settled in Los Angeles and established his exclusive boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in 1976. He had initially purchased a parking lot that he turned into a building store, and was confident his business in L.A. would take off because "I saw brilliant men earning $100,000 a year dressed in the most ridiculous clothes".

In 1984, he opened a second store on Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in New York (which closed in 2000). By 1985, he had claimed 15,000 customers, including four kings and sixteen presidents. In his first ten years of business, he claimed a $150 million revenue. He owned a textile factory in Italy, where he manufactured his custom-made clothing.
In 1989, the Bijan NY store was hit by the 2-year, $50-million renovation of the adjacent St. Regis Hotel, and launched litigation against its then-owner, Sheraton.

He launched the Michael Jordan fragrance in 1996. According to the 2001 Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, the Bijan Perfume and Fashion Business has brought in an estimated $3.2 billion in sales worldwide.

On April 14, 2011, Bijan suffered a stroke and died two days later on April 16, 2011
Bijan's boutique on Rodeo Drive was sold to LVMH for US$122 million in August 2016.
The boutique moved across the street in 2020.
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Brand name used by : Bijan Boutiques Las Vegas LLC
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Brand name used by : Bijan Boutiques LLC
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Submitted by : bob (9884)
on : 16/05/2024
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Last updated on: 16/05/2024