She wears a dress by BALENCIAGA, shoes by KALDA and earrings by BOTTEGA VENETA.

  • Words Hooman Majd
  • Photos Luke Lovell
  • Styling Tana Grossberg

GOOGOOSH

She wears a dress by BALENCIAGA, shoes by KALDA and earrings by BOTTEGA VENETA.

Issue 52

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  • Words Hooman Majd
  • Photos Luke Lovell
  • Styling Tana Grossberg
  • Hair Kelly Peach
  • Makeup Omayma Ramzy
  • Producer Alicia Zumback
  • Set Design Romain Goudinoux

A rare audience with the queen of Persian pop.

Googoosh wears a jacket by RICK OWENS and trousers by ISSEY MIYAKE.

It’s a sunny but unusually cold winter morning and Googoosh is sitting next to a heater at a desk off of her living room, wearing a turtleneck under a zip-up sweater. She is at her longtime home in Bel Air, in the hills above Los Angeles. One of her two Pomeranians is in her lap; her golden retriever is lurking in the background. We greet each other in Farsi before settling into a conversation in English, with just the occasional Farsi word thrown in.

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