Name Barbara Tfank Role Costume designer | Spouse Perter Markham Education Stanford University | |
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Barbara Tfank is an American fashion designer.
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Career
A native of New York, Tfank is a graduate of Skidmore College and holds a masters from Stanford University She apprenticed with designer Sal Cesarani and worked as a costume designer for films, including A Midnight Clear and Dream Lover.
She also worked as a stylist for Avedon, for Japanese TV and as a design consultant for Prada, in which role she designed the Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman worn at the 1995 Academy Awards. The dress is featured in Hal Rubenstein's book 100 Unforgettable Dresses. She started her own design line with a collection for Barneys in 2001. Since 2006, Tfank has shown her designs at New York Fashion Week; she has also shown at Houston Fashion Week. She regularly collaborates with shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, sagafurs, and Shiseido.
Tfank’s high-profile clients include First Lady Michelle Obama, who wore a Tfank dress to meet Queen Elizabeth II on the Obamas’ official visit to the UK in 2011 and for the 2012 State of the Union Address, and singer Adele, who wore Barbara Tfank to the 2009 Grammys and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
