verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message garo sparo industry fashion founder garo sparo headquarters new york city united states website www.garosparo.com garo sparo is an american new york city based couture design house . its founder and head designer garo sparo works with many of nyc s most colorful characters and renowned fashion icons . sparo is also a television personality who stars on unleashed by garo broadcast on sundance channel . contents 1 biography 2 unleashed by garo 3 references 4 external links biography edit garo sparo was born into a creative family of skilled artisans working mostly in beadwork and lacemaking . he grew up on the south shore of long island and began creating clothing at the age of eleven under the direction of a native american costume designer . in his teens he relocated to north carolina and started designing hats selling them at various venues under the name garo sparo collection . in 1995 absolut vodka sponsored one of sparo s collections bringing him wide visibility in new york . this collection was followed by fashion shows at nyc nightlife venues the limelight webster hall click drag and jackie 60 . citation needed in 2000 he opened the garo sparo boutique on st. mark s place in manhattan . at this time he began to focus heavily on corsetry and custom couture . his clientele rapidly grew to include many burlesque and drag icons such as miss understood hedda lettuce angie pontani world famous bob and sequinette . he also has many clients who collect his custom day and evening wear such as fashion icon daphne guinness . 1 garo s designs have also been featured in commercials films dance performances and art installations . he is the resident designer for new york production company and sister organization screaming queens entertainment . citation needed unleashed by garo edit unleashed by garo is a six episode television series about garo sparo and the world of fashion and design that debuted on sundance channel on september 9 2011 . 2 it also debuted the same day on the canadian sundance channel . 3 in each episode three clients visit garo s new york city studio to express themselves through fashion and be transformed through his expertise . participants vary from society brides looking for unique gowns to performers seeking eye grabbing stagewear . references edit garo sparo list of clients promotional video on unleashed by garo sundance channel canada premieres three new zeitgeist series external links edit garo sparo official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title garo sparo & oldid 738631941 categories high fashion brandsamerican brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 04 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view