Kamiar Rokni

Kamiar 'Kami’ Rokni (Urdu: کامیار روکنی ‎) is a Pakistani fashion designer and media personality. He is the founder of his namesake label The House of Kamiar Rokni and also a design director at Sapphire.

In early 2018, it was announced that Kamiar Rokni had joined Sapphire, the retail giant as a Design Director whilst simultaneously continuing his namesake label.

Kamiar designed a custom-made dress for Meesha Shafi at the Magnum Chocolate Party of 2017 in Lahore, Pakistan. As Meesha performed her track, her dress was illuminated using projection mapping by the light artist, Umer Toor. The 3D illuminated dress show became a major social media attraction for the event.

In 2016, he collaborated with L'Oréal Paris Pakistan in their Ambassador of Fashion platform by creating a capsule collection for the "Art of Color" campaign.

In 2014, Kamiar partnered with Porsche Pakistan to create a capsule collection based on the theme of Polo.

In 2008, Kamiar commenced hosting a show called No Reservations on Dawn News where celebrities were invited for a candid talk about their lives.

In 2008, Kamiar Rokni was nominated for a Lux Style Award in the 'Best Prêt Wear' category. In 2017, he was nominated again and this time for the category of 'Achievement in Fashion Design – Bridal'.

Two of Kamiar Rokni's designs opened the 'artist' and the 'prom queen' segments at the Lahore Grammar School Defence branch fashion show in 2008 which was held to raise funds for the Smile Again Foundation.

Kamiar was born via Pakistani and Persian descent on 15 October 1976 in Bahawalpur. His father is from Iran and his mother is from Bahawalpur in south Punjab. He comes from a creative family and was always surrounded by culture and art. The people around him were always making something so the first thing that he was interested in as a young person was making clothes which came to him at the age of seven.