Helen Yarmak

Yelena Davydovna Yarmak (Russian: Елена Давыдовна Ярмак; born 6 July 1968 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), known professionally as Helen Yarmak.

Helen Yarmak
Елена Ярмак
Born
Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

She is a Russian fashion designer and founder of the Helen Yarmak fashion house.[1]

Background

Early in life, Yarmak studied as a mathematician at Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv, earning the Doctor of Sciences title and academy seats in French Academy of Architecture and New York Academy of Sciences. However, after relocating to Moscow due to her husband's employment requirements, Yarmak found herself starting her life anew.[2]

She placed her first self-designed consignment order with the Moscow factory "Krasnaya Zarya", introducing herself as a non-existent Canadian firm representative. Despite the fact that her fake identity was discovered soon after, the factory liked her sketches and decided to move forward with the order.

Vogue magazine named Yarmak a "Mistress of a Sable Mountain" (Vogue, November 1998). Moreover, she was the first Russian designer to have a collection appear on a Vogue cover.[3][1]

References
  1. "Hollywood stars collect coats from Helen Yarmak". minikar.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. "Елена Ярмак: Королева Мехов". www.sostav.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. "Event > Helen Yarmak Spring/Summer 2019". Sarah Gargano. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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