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Perhaps Mizrahi ultimately failed at marketing his aesthetic because he was too focused on marketing himself. The designer, who appears in the upcoming Woody Allen film Celebrity, has wanted to pursue a film career ever since his charming turn in Unzipped. Women's Wear Daily editorial director Patrick McCarthy notes, "He's been a little bit less interested [in fashion] than when he first started out. He has said to friends lately, 'Maybe this isn't for me anymore.'" Mizrahi is working on a screenplay based on a comic book he wrote, The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel. And he wants to act. But that, of course, is something he's been doing all along.
--With reporting by David E. Thigpen/New York