{{short description|American fashion designer (born 1965)}} {{Infobox fashion designer |name=Byron Lars |image= |caption= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|1|19|df=yes}} |birth_place=Oakland, California |death_date= |death_place= |education= |label_name={{hlist|Byron Lars Shirt Tales|Green-T|Byron Lars Beauty Mark}} |awards= |}}
'''Byron Lars''' is an American fashion designer. He began designing under his own label in 1991.<ref name="about">[http://byronlarsbeautymark.com/about.php Byron Lars Beaty Mark (about page)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829073929/http://byronlarsbeautymark.com/about.php# |date=2012-08-29 }}, accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref> As part of that season's success, ''Women's Wear Daily'' named him "Rookie of the Year."<ref name="about" /><ref name="anthro">[http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/beguile%20by%20byron%20lars/clothes-mik-12.jsp Beguile by Byron Lars], accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref> 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.<ref>"[http://www.eurweb.com/2012/09/audreys-society-whirl-essence-hosts-luncheon-celebrating-2012-olympic-gold-medalists/ Audrey’s Society Whirl: Essence Hosts Luncheon Celebrating 2012 Olympic Gold Medalists . . . ]"; ''Essence''; Sept. 13, 2012. Accessed Sept. 14, 2012</ref>
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.<ref>"[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fash-track/michelle-obama-portrait-byron-lars-274390 Michelle Obama Wears Byron Lars Dress In The New First Family Official Portrait]" by Elizabeth Snead; Dec. 15, 2011. Accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref>
Lars has designed custom clothes for Barbie dolls since 1997 and has designed at least 19 dolls.<ref>[http://www.barbiecollector.com/collection/byron-lars-collection Byron Lars Collection], accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.crazyforbarbie.com/listofbyronlarsbarbiedolls.php List of Byron Lars Barbie Dolls], accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref>
Lars is a graduate of El Cerrito High School, Brooks College, and Fashion Institute of Technology.<ref name="answers">[http://www.answers.com/topic/byron-lars Answers.com bio], accessed Sept. 14, 2012.</ref>
He was honored with Pratt Institute's Visionary Award on May 1, 2014.<ref>[http://www.msfabulous.com/2014/05/pratt-fashion-show-2014-award-winners.html Pratt Fashion Honors Visionary Byron Lars]</ref>
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