Katayoun "Kathy" Rose (born Katayoun Azarmi) is an
Iranian-American
Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...
jewelry designer, actress, business-owner, and entrepreneur.
Biography
Rose was born in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Iran
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and has lived in Los Angeles since 1978.
Career
She created the jewelry line Kaviar Jewelry in 2002, now called Kathy Rose Jewelry.
Rose opened a retail boutique, Kaviar and Kind in 2003, now called Roseark with jewelry and clothes. It is featuring her line, as well as lines from other designers. Photographs and paintings are also exhibited in the boutique. In 2009 she opened a second boutique in Santa Monica.
She won the first season of the
Bravo
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show,
Launch My Line in 2010.
In addition to her jewelry endeavors, she is an actress, appearing in ''Pranksters'' (2005), ''Hollywood'' (2006), and ''Out At The Wedding'' (2007), Inja Shahreh Man Bood (2012) as well as acting as producer on both ''Hollywood'' and ''Pranksters''.
Kathy Rose sold Roseark in February of 2023 to open a new art and jewelry business, Argyle & Valentine. Her new business features fine art and jewelry from artists all around the world.
Awards/Recognition
Rose was a
Fashion Group International The Fashion Group International (FGI) is a global, non-profit, professional organization founded in 1930 in New York City to benefit the fashion industry. FGI currently has over 5000 members in the fashion industry including apparel, accessories, b ...
Rising Star Finalist in Jewelry in 2004.
In 2007, she was selected to exhibit her Grasshopper Cuff at the California Design Biennial at the
Pasadena Museum of California Art.
In 2010, she won the Bravo series
Launch My Line with fashion expert Emil Gampe.
References
External links
Argyle & Valentine
* http://www.lookbooknyc.com/2008/10/kaviar-and-kind.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090821061108/http://www.bravotv.com/launch-my-line/bio/kathy-rose
* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1125194/
* https://archive.today/20140313151829/http://roseark.com/kathy-rose.php
WWD article on Kathy Rose Jewelry
1972 births
Living people
American film actresses
American jewelry designers
American businesspeople in retailing
Iranian emigrants to the United States
Actresses from Tehran
Participants in American reality television series
21st-century American businesspeople
21st-century American women
Women jewellers
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