Yazbukey biography
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Purple Magazine
— S/S 2011 issue 15
Yaz Bukey
Portrait by Ami Sioux
interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI
portrait by AMI SIOUX
CAROLINE GAIMARI — Are you really the descendent of an Egyptian king?
YAZ BUKEY — Yes. He was an officer in the Ottoman Army at the end of the 1700s. In the Ottoman Empire, the better you performed your work, the higher your status became. So the Sultan made him King Muhammad Ali of Egypt. The family reigned until King Farouk, the last king of Egypt, who lasted until the coup d’état in 1953. For the last 20 years we’ve been in a legal battle with the Egyptian government to recover the palaces and the land we owned. My grandmother lived in a small apartment and the view gave onto the palace where she grew up, which is now a museum. It’s horrible for my family. Most of them have left.
CAROLINE GAIMARI — Your family traveled a lot, right?
YAZ BUKEY — My father was a diplomat so we moved every three or four years — to Algeria, to Sa
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Yazbukey
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Yazbukey for shu uemura:
Yazbukey reunites with shu uemura for another eye-popping collaboration.
Artist/designer/creator Yaz Kurhan, better known in fashion circles as ‘Yazbukey’ is a whirlwind of creativity and energy. Meet her in person and you first notice how she carries herself: like a classic Bond femme fatale with a stunning sense of style and sleek humour. She’s part actress, part designer. Her Paris mode Week presentations have become a hot ticket as she features the same cast of characters each season with new personas and stories. Her Pop Art plexiglass accessories are hugely popular with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Dave Gahan, Madonna, Britney Spears and fashion stylists who love the modig colour and whimsy. Not only has she worked with shu uemura in the past, but has also collaborated with Lacoste,
Yaz was born in Istanbul in 1973 and studied Graphics and Industrial Design in Paris. She and her sister dreamt up the ‘Yazbukey’ brand drawing on their love of