And when Lemarié’s representative came to New York in May to present Sarafpour with samples, everything, save for a few feather and lace swatches, was lost in transit. The designer remained unruffled and calmly made her trim selections from photocopies. “The good thing about working with people that you know are good is you have some level of confidence that they’ll do something that’s well executed,” she explains of her easy-breezy attitude. “And part of being a designer is being able to envision something that doesn’t exist yet.”
In fact, for all the leaps of faith that came with working long distance with others, looking back, Sarafpour wouldn’t change a thing. That said, she admits to at least one nervous moment. After wearing flat sandals through all her dress fittings, the final look was leggier than she expected. “As a designer, I should know your skirt looks shorter the higher the heel,” she says. “Suddenly, I put the heels on and I was like, ‘Oh my God, my dress is obscene.’”
