Ekaterina Smolina is a famous Russian designer who managed to realize her creative ideas and open a fashion house with her own name. Her iconic distinction is a coat, but a coat is not just like an outerwear, but as a work of art, like an outer dress, making a woman feel luxurious and elegant.
Ekaterina Smolina: biography
Little is known about the biography of Ekaterina Smolina; the designer carefully protects his personal life from the press. It is known that she was born in St. Petersburg to a family of doctors. Already in childhood, Ekaterina is fond of sewing, with pleasure she embodies her ideas in clothes for dolls. After school, she follows the lead of her parents and enters the medical university.
In her student years, Catherine does not give up her hobby and is happy to sew for herself and her classmates. Most of all, the designer's consciousness is occupied by a woman's coat, it is with it that she wants to experiment and take it beyond the ordinary.
Ekaterina Smolina: fashion house
At the very beginning of her design career, Ekaterina rents a small room and buys two sewing machines. Her first creation is a red coat, beautifully trimmed with beads. The model resembles an elegant dress that favorably emphasizes the female figure. But to create and develop her brand, Ekaterina understands that ideas alone are not enough, start-up capital is needed. Her friend Yulia Karginova comes to her aid, together they begin to realize their dream.
Women's coat was taken as the main concept of the brand. This narrow design focus becomes a distinctive feature of the brand, which quickly helps to find the love of the buyer. In 2005, the designer opens his own fashion house Ekaterina Smolina in St. Petersburg. The slogan “Coat is like a dress” becomes the brand's philosophy.
In 2006, the fashion house of Ekaterina Smolina will debut in St. Petersburg at the Fashion Industry exhibition. Elegant and feminine coats, with an unusual cut, are well received by the public. On the first day, 15 models were sold.
Exhibitions and shows in St. Petersburg very quickly bring popularity to the brand. Smolina's coat becomes recognizable and fashionable.
In 2009, the designer opens his first boutique in St. Petersburg. The place was chosen as a landmark in the very center of the city, in the building of the Cinema House. The interior of the store resembles a French living room of the Rococo era, where you can not only make a purchase, but also sit comfortably on the sofa and have a cup of tea. In 2011, Ekaterina opens a boutique in Moscow.
Today, the Ekaterina Smolina fashion house is a well-known brand, not only in Russia, but also in European countries. Each season, the designer presents about 40 coat models, distinguished by unsurpassed femininity, grace and style.
Ekaterina Smolina: personal life
Ekaterina Smolina is not only a famous designer, but also a happy mother and wife. Together with her husband Arkady, she is raising a daughter, Ksenia. According to Ekaterina, family and work can be easily combined, especially if work is your favorite hobby.
