PAPERCITY MAGAZINE : A HOUSTON PIONEER

You’ve probably heard of Amir Taghi —Houston’s fashion wunderkind who created his own successful brand at the age of 15, interned for Oscar de la Renta at 17, showed at New York Fashion Week at 18 and has been written up in German Vogue and on fashionista.com. All while attending Episcopal High School.

But despite the flurry of fanfare, he has taken a step away from both the hot lights and his label to return to school. Not just any school … Taghi moved to London this summer to attend the most prestigious fashion school in the world: Central Saint Martins, where Alexander McQueen, Riccardo Tisci and John Galliano studied. Taghi is the first Texan to attend the fashion design program at Central Saint Martins and is one of only five Americans currently in residence.

Taghi’s parents, Iraj and Fariba Taghi, weren’t especially surprised by his career — or his success. After all, the Taghi name is linked to fashion — two generations of Taghis have owned the haberdashery A. Taghi, which was founded by his grandfather, Ahmad Taghi, and his cousin Maryam Afshari owns the boutique Baanou in River Oaks District.

Anne Lee Phillips in Papercity Magazine