Sareh Nouri (

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: ساره نوری) is a Persian-American

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known for her

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ous bridal line of

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es and luxury robes.

Early life

Sareh Nouri was born in

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, Iran, and immigrated to the United States in 1989 at the age of nine. Her family lived in northern

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. Bridal designer Sareh Nouri received her B.A in graphic design from

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. She is frequently cited as a notable alumna from the university. Before venturing into wedding dress design, Sareh Nouri worked on various commercial and non-profit media ads as a

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Career

After designing her own wedding dress in 2009, Nouri began working in the bridal industry in varying roles at high end bridal salons, eventually being promoted to buyer and director of sales. Nouri began making wedding dresses under her own name in 2011, launching a couture bridal label of wedding dresses manufactured in the USA. Now, bridal designs by Sareh Nouri have risen to popularity and are sold in upscale bridal boutiques and luxury department stores across the United States, most notably in New York City;

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;

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;

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and

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. In addition to wedding dresses, bridal designer Sareh Nouri has launched a collection of luxury bridal robes.

Personal life

Sareh Nouri was married in 2009 in Washington, D.C. at

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. She and her husband share twin daughters.

In the media

Nouri's bridal design collections have been featured in ''

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''. Bridal collections and interviews by Nouri have been featured in various bridal magazines and websites including ''The Knot,'' ''Martha Stewart Weddings,'' ''Wedding Wire,'' ''Premier Brides,'' and ''Inside Weddings''. ''Modern Luxury Weddings'' featured Nouri on the cover for their July 2020 issue. Nouri's wedding dresses are sold at luxury department stores including

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and

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Nouri's designs are also available at Kleinfeld, the bridal boutique ostensibly known as the setting for the television series ''

Say Yes to The Dress ''Say Yes to the Dress'' is an American reality television series on TLC which follows events at Kleinfeld Bridal in Manhattan. The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profi ...

''. Nouri designed the wedding gown for former ''American Idol'' contestant

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. Nouri'
first flagship store
will be opening on June 1, 2021, at the luxury Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nouri, Sareh 1979 births Living people American fashion designers American women fashion designers Wedding dress designers People from Tehran Iranian emigrants to the United States George Mason University alumni 21st-century American women