On September 28, 1965, a small event took place in Moscow. In the family of aircraft designers who built Tupolev's planes, a girl was born - Daria Razumikhina. Our heroine, like her parents, turned out to be very smart.
Time for change and new beginnings
In 1987, Daria graduated from Moscow University, and four years later received a PhD in Philology. This unique woman knows five languages. Then the Spanish and French television companies gladly accepted Daria as a translator-producer. She also worked in the Moscow correspondent office of the favorite newspaper of the French, Liberation. Then the time came that changed the lives of so many people who lived in the USSR. The union collapsed, and no one needed some smart, active and talented people.
Daria Razumikhina also experienced all the hardships. Her biography has changed dramatically. When she visited hot spots in search of work, she met a correspondent for a British newspaper and married him. After a while they went to live inLondon. There, the active Daria could not remain without work, she needed to do something. She was always attracted by the world of fashion and, remembering her design abilities, the young woman entered St. Martins College.
It should be noted that this institution accepts only the most talented students. There were many tests here, but a very good school. It was necessary to constantly draw sketches of outfits, sew costumes. This was an excellent professional training that helped Daria become a truly talented and sought-after designer.
Later she bought a very useful book - "How to become a designer" - and, based on her advice, began her career.
The call that changed my life
Let's go back to 1998. An interesting article is published in Vogue magazine. It tells about several students who study at the college. There were many calls. One of them predetermined the future of the designer. And it happened like this: a girl called and said that if Daria wants to organize a show of her models, then she has excellent seamstresses. Our heroine did not think for a long time and agreed.
The girls really sewed sixty things, and already in 1999 Muscovites could evaluate the first collection of the fashion designer, whose name is Daria Razumikhina. The year of her birth as a designer can be dated to this date. They showed her at the auction house, and her friend's dad acted as a shareholder. He gave the room and, as Daria says, laughing, she thanked him for this with a case of champagne. Fashion designer sent press releasesin many magazines and did not even expect that the first collection would cause so much excitement and positive reviews. But what was especially pleasant for Daria was that all her models were quickly sold out, and the order not only paid off commercially, but also brought a good profit.
World Standards
Razumikhina can boast of many achievements. Daria was the first of all Russian fashion designers to take part in one of the main world fashion weeks - London, exhibitions in Paris, Milan, Tokyo. Many can appreciate her work, since it was she who created the splash screen sketches for Google. Fans of Coca-Cola Light, when they pick up a can, can see the design work done by Daria Razumikhina. Photos of her creations are impressive and prove great talent, her own unique style of performance.
Razu Mikhina is unique and stylish
In 1998, she created her own brand Razu Mikhina. At first glance, the incomprehensible name is explained simply. As Daria herself says, her name and surname in the West were incomprehensible to people, so she began to write them in abbreviated form so that they could read them correctly. And now in elite stores located in England, America, Canada, Japan and other countries you can find collections of her clothes.
You can instantly recognize her style. The fashion designer has an amazingly subtle ability to combine Russian and Oriental images, functionality and romance. Daria Razumikhina characterizes her style as ethnofuturism. In each thing, variouslace, ribbons that are attached to fabrics in such a way that new combinations appear. And although many people say that her things are a bit theatrical, they always carry a positive charge and look very refined and sophisticated. With excellent craftsmanship and design talent, she is a frequent guest of large enterprises to develop their products.
World famous
There is a famous printed silk factory in Moscow. It's called "Red Rose". Here Daria was invited to work as the main artist. She worked there tirelessly, she bought fabrics herself and determined their cost. At this time, the factory was almost bankrupt. Part of the production was closed, property was being sold, but now the Red Rose team decided to preserve the traditions and continue their cooperation with our heroine.
Daria Razumikhina is a unique designer. She also loves fabrics that are produced in Russia. It always surprises her why other designers seek to source fabrics from abroad. After all, wool and cotton, chintz, linen and its unique branded braid are all produced in Russia.
The Dutch invited her to be a designer so that the Ethics brand could become famous and successfully sell their products. Then the French invited her to promote the MOHANJEET brand. Then she went to Japan at the invitation of GKB. The famous Nadezhda Babkina asked me to come up with outfits for her theater of Russian song, which Daria Razumikhina did an excellent job of. The biography of her work continued whenshe created costumes for the girls participating in the Miss Russia 2006 contest. And that's not all achievements.
The main happiness is a friendly family
Now Daria Razumikhina lives in Moscow. Her husband is Andrei Smolyakov. He is a well-known actor of the famous Tabakerka and Moscow Art Theater theaters, and also acts in films a lot. Her children, Taya and Styopa, are proud of their mother. She met her second husband Andrei very romantically - in a cafe. Then for a long time they invited each other to shows, and then after some time they got married. And for ten years they have been a happy couple.
They travel a lot, and they like to go to some distant country like Cambodia. They like to explore uncivilized places. So they climb into such territories where ordinary travelers will not go. The spouses explore different rivers, waterfalls, historical monuments, from which only ruins remain. But since both are very busy at work and they rarely see each other, such trips are a joy. Razumikhina Daria, whose personal life is developing happily, successfully combines her design work with her family, devoting time and attention to her children and husband.
Apartment Museum
Our heroine now has a new hobby. She bought a communal apartment and is slowly making her own museum out of it. As in all such rooms, there is a long corridor in which shelves with books and special devices have appeared. They are hung with models from different collections. There are also many things that she brought from different countries. Although the apartment resembles a museum, it is very cozy and comfortable. Here you can see original Russian spinning wheels, numerous collections of fabrics and various beads.
Special highlight
Daria Razumikhina's merit is that she maintains her unique individual style and preserves Russian elements in it, using ruffles and ribbons for this. She endlessly invents new embroideries and appliques all from the same ribbons and ribbons. For Daria, the worst thing is if her collection is compared with other, even the most famous, fashion houses. She admits that she would be very offended if she were told that she was using other people's ideas. The only thing she doesn't like is pants. But sometimes she releases them and they sell out immediately.
Our heroine has her own style, ideas that can sometimes be repeated. But it was conceived in such a way so that the brand of the designer is recognized immediately and so that there is no doubt: this is Daria Razumikhina. The biography, personal life, creative path and merits of our heroine show that she is an incredibly talented, interesting and hardworking person who devotes herself to her beloved work with all her heart. And she is also a great mother and wife, life with which will always be bright and exciting.
