birth_place label_name nationality birth_date article_title name
oakland , california byron beauty mark lars shirt tales , green-t , byron lars american 19 january 1965 byron lars
 byron lars
byron lars

byron lars is an american fashion designer .
he began designing under his own label in 1991 .
as part of that season 's success , `` women 's wear daily '' named him `` rookie of the year . ''
retailers to carry his work include bergdorf , saks fifth avenue , bloomingdales , henri bendel , neiman-marcus , and anthropologie .
his current label is named byron lars beauty mark .
in 2012 , lars designed dresses for olympic gold medalists sanya richards-ross , carmelita jeter , and allyson felix .
michelle obama wore a dress from lars 's beauty mark line to the 2011 september 11 commemoration and in a portrait of the first family .
lars has designed custom clothes for barbie dolls since 1997 and has designed at least 19 dolls .
lars is a graduate of el cerrito high school , brooks college , and fashion institute of technology .
he was honored with pratt institute 's visionary award on may 1 , 2014 .
