Tony Ward (designer)
{{short description|Lebanese fashion designer (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox fashion designer
| name = Tony Ward
| image = TONY-WARD-PORTRAIT- 2022.jpg
| caption = Ward in 2022
| native_name = طوني ورد
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|3|27}}
| birth_place = Beirut, Lebanon
| education = Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Paris
| occupation = Fashion Designer
| organization = Tony Ward Couture
| father = Elie Ward
| website = http://www.tonyward.net/
}}
Tony Ward (Arabic: طوني ورد; born 27 March 1970) is a Lebanese fashion designer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Life/Lubnan/2018/Feb-03/436709-lebanese-designer-juggles-chaos-and-order-on-paris-runway.ashx|title=Lebanese designer juggles chaos and order on Paris runway|date=2018-02-03|work=The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=2019-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422220803/http://www.dailystar.com.lb//Life/Lubnan/2018/Feb-03/436709-lebanese-designer-juggles-chaos-and-order-on-paris-runway.ashx|url-status=dead}} Named “The Architect of Detail”, he draws his inspiration from contemporary architecture.
Early life
Ward was born in Beirut. He is the son of Elie Ward, a couturier. At 18, Ward enrolled in the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in Paris, France.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebusinessjournal.org/2014/03/interview-mr-tony-ward.html |title=Interview Mr Tony Ward | Journal Business |access-date=2014-08-05 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045649/http://www.thebusinessjournal.org/2014/03/interview-mr-tony-ward.html |url-status=dead }} He worked with Claude Montana at Lanvin, with Gianfranco Ferré at Dior, and then with Karl Lagerfeld at Chloé,{{Cite web|url=http://www.buro247.ru/fashion/expert/intervyu-buro-24-7-toni-uord-dizayner-tony-ward-co.html|title = Интервью Buro 24/7: Тони Уорд, дизайнер Tony Ward Couture| date=31 January 2014 }} where he studied haute couture before he launched his own brand Tony Ward Couture.
Career
After working in Paris, Ward came back to his home country and launched his own couture line in 1997,{{cite news |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2013/Nov-11/237426-designer-tony-ward-rebrands-with-logo-contest.ashx#axzz3DPwAgWkr |title=Designer Tony Ward rebrands with logo contest |first=Brooke |last=Anderson |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313024453/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2013/Nov-11/237426-designer-tony-ward-rebrands-with-logo-contest.ashx#axzz3DPwAgWkr |url-status=dead }} for which he was awarded 1st prize at the "[https://encyclopedia.design/2022/06/23/societe-des-artistes-decorateurs-society-of-decorative-artists-france/ Société des Artistes et Décorateurs]" (SAD) design competition.
In 2013, his collection "Frozen Memories" was presented in Moscow at The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.{{Cite web |last=Couture |first=Tony Ward |title=Fashion Show At The Mercedes-benz Fashion Week {{!}} Events {{!}} News |url=https://tonyward.net/en/news/events/fashion-show-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-637878856150692647/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Tony Ward Couture |language=en-US}} The runway used competitors from the Miss Universe 2013 pageant who walked down the runway wearing Tony Ward Couture creations.{{Cite web|url=http://philnews.ph/2013/10/27/ara-arida-shines-on-tony-ward-couture-fashion-show-video-photos/|title = Ara Arida Shines on Tony Ward Couture Fashion Show Video (Photos)|date = 27 October 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/846020/un-defile-du-couturier-tony-ward-avec-les-miss-univers-a-moscou.html|title = Un défilé du couturier Tony Ward avec les Miss Univers à Moscou|date = 9 December 2013}}http://www.nbc.com/miss-universe/photos/tony-ward-fashion-show/591606{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.missuniverse.com/photos/index/gallery_id:6/year:2013/gallery_category_id:15/page:2 |title=Miss Universe : Photos |access-date=2014-06-25 |archive-date=2014-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717051423/http://www.missuniverse.com/photos/index/gallery_id:6/year:2013/gallery_category_id:15/page:2 |url-status=dead }}
After ten years of presenting his collections in Rome during Italian Fashion Week, in 2014, Tony Ward started presenting his collections in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.fr/,defile-tony-ward-haute-couture-printemps-ete-2014,709093.asp |title=Tony Ward chose to present his Couture line in Paris |date=2014-01-20 |accessdate=2014-06-25}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Life/Lubnan/2014/Jul-10/263304-light-and-dark-contrast-at-tony-ward-inspired-by-turners-hues.ashx#axzz3DDBc81A3 |title=Light and dark contrast at Tony Ward, inspired by Turner's hues | Life , Lubnan | THE DAILY STAR |access-date=2014-09-13 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307170944/http://www.dailystar.com.lb//Life/Lubnan/2014/Jul-10/263304-light-and-dark-contrast-at-tony-ward-inspired-by-turners-hues.ashx#axzz3DDBc81A3 |url-status=dead }}
Headquarters
Museum displays
A gown worn by Whitney Houston for The BET Honors in 2010 was part of a temporary exhibit at the Grammy Museum.[http://www.grammymuseum.org/on-display/special-exhibits/bet-awards-lifetime-achievement-honorees BET Awards: Lifetime Achievement Honorees exhibition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704051957/http://www.grammymuseum.org/on-display/special-exhibits/bet-awards-lifetime-achievement-honorees |date=2014-07-04 }}, Los Angeles, 24 August 2013. Retrieved on 25 June 2014.
A dress worn by Pink at the Grammy Awards was displayed at the Limited/Unlimited exhibitionhttp://www.dolcemag.com/fashion/fashion-altaromaltamoda/5673, Rome, 2010 for the AltaRomAltaModa fashion event 2010 in Rome, Italy.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://tonyward.net}}
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