Shiraz Fazli
Fashion designer, Bedford-Stuyvesant (pictured above)
Is this your first time at Disco Tehran?
No, I actually went to the first they ever had, a few years ago at Mood Ring. It was after a big Iranian football match, so there were a lot of Iranians there with their faces painted with the flag. Tonight, everyone is drinking something called Back Home beer, which was made by an Iranian woman. It has sumac and lime in it.
What sorts of clothes do you design?
I like to use recycled textiles to make things a little messy and disgusting but
also comfortable to wear and dance in. My brand name is Shirazophobia, like arachnophobia, because I used to get so many panic attacks. And then, also, people find the type of art I make weird and creepy and a little unsettling.
And what does your shoulder tattoo say?
It says “Rodent Bait.” I did it on myself when I was 17 because I had this thought that was like, God, I keep attracting the worst people into my life. I’m like rodent bait.
Angely Montilla
Editor, Greenpoint
Elika Hefazi
Pharmacist, Los Angeles
Alfred Bridi
Immigration lawyer, Crown Heights
How’d you hear about the party?
I’m friends with one of the founders, so I’ve been going since the beginning. A friend of mine who came to his first one tonight said to me, “Wow, at most parties, people are really just assholes. And here, people are distinctively not assholes.”
María Romero
Fashion and textile designer, Hudson
Andrew Kamel
Student, Greenpoint
What’s on the belt?
It’s the face of Pan, the mythological god of the wild, made of brass. I love Pan — he’s always gallivanting in the forests, drinking, and trying to have sex. He has a kind of disco-daddy vibe.
Lilia Hope Souri
Social-media strategist, Bushwick
Ari Diaz
Real-estate developer, Hudson
Saad Iqbal
Banker, Greenpoint
Jess Pullen-Schmidt
Nanny, Prospect–Lefferts Gardens
Arya Ghavamian
Artist, Chinatown
Lina Gabriela Alvarado Garnica
Artist, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Melika Abikenari
Artist, Sunset Park
How was the night?
The highlight is that they’re serving ash reshteh here. Some people call it Iranian noodle soup, but that doesn’t do it justice. The ingredients are all kinds of herbs and beans, plus reshteh and kashk. I had two bowls before it sold out, and I would have had more.
Rob Davis
Teacher, Jackson Heights
Christopher Ulysse
Unemployed, East Flatbush
Caroline Newton
Art director, Crown Heights
Ali Aoun
Student, Bushwick
Echo Wu
Graphic designer, Chinatown
Great name.
My original name was Wu Jing, but when I was growing up, no one could pronounce it. So I asked my teacher for an idea for an English name. He said he thought Echo suited me. I didn’t know it wasn’t common. I thought it was normal, like Julia.
Mickey Ashmore
Shoe salesman, Soho
Angely Montilla
Editor, Greenpoint
Elika Hefazi
Pharmacist, Los Angeles
Alfred Bridi
Immigration lawyer, Crown Heights
How’d you hear about the party?
I’m friends with one of the founders, so I’ve been going since the beginning. A friend of mine who came to his first one tonight said to me, “Wow, at most parties, people are really just assholes. And here, people are distinctively not assholes.”
María Romero
Fashion and textile designer, Hudson
Andrew Kamel
Student, Greenpoint
What’s on the belt?
It’s the face of Pan, the mythological god of the wild, made of brass. I love Pan — he’s always gallivanting in the forests, drinking, and trying to have sex. He has a kind of disco-daddy vibe.
Lilia Hope Souri
Social-media strategist, Bushwick
Ari Diaz
Real-estate developer, Hudson
Saad Iqbal
Banker, Greenpoint
Jess Pullen-Schmidt
Nanny, Prospect–Lefferts Gardens
Arya Ghavamian
Artist, Chinatown
Lina Gabriela Alvarado Garnica
Artist, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Melika Abikenari
Artist, Sunset Park
How was the night?
The highlight is that they’re serving ash reshteh here. Some people call it Iranian noodle soup, but that doesn’t do it justice. The ingredients are all kinds of herbs and beans, plus reshteh and kashk. I had two bowls before it sold out, and I would have had more.
Rob Davis
Teacher, Jackson Heights
Christopher Ulysse
Unemployed, East Flatbush
Caroline Newton
Art director, Crown Heights
Ali Aoun
Student, Bushwick
Echo Wu
Graphic designer, Chinatown
Great name.
My original name was Wu Jing, but when I was growing up, no one could pronounce it. So I asked my teacher for an idea for an English name. He said he thought Echo suited me. I didn’t know it wasn’t common. I thought it was normal, like Julia.
Mickey Ashmore
Shoe salesman, Soho
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