Natalia Valevskaya (fashion designer)

Valevskaya was born on June 3, 1978. As a school student, Valevskaya attended courses in reconstructive goldwork at the Moscow Kremlin.^{[citation needed]}

Valevskaya received her first diploma at the Moscow State Law Academy. She acquired a higher education at the Moscow State University where she majored in fashion theory and management.^{[citation needed]} Valevskaya also completed courses in fashion marketing and promotion in New York.^{[citation needed]} She did a three-year course on scenography and historical costumes at the Mayakovsky Theatre.^{[citation needed]} Currently, Natalia is studying a postgraduate degree at the Moscow State University in Semiotics of Art.^{[citation needed]}

Natalia Valevskaya Fashion House was opened in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

In spring 2008, her fashion show opened the Russian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} In autumn of the same year, Valevskaya was invited by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the president of Argentina, to show her collection at the Fashion Week in Buenos Aires.^{[citation needed]}

Selected projects:

• The international Modeling competition «The Best of the Best» (outfits for hosts and participants)
• Song competition «The New Wave» in Jurmala (outfits for hosts and some participants)
• MTV Russia Music Awards (outfits for hosts and some participants)
• Muz-TV Awards (outfits for hosts and some participants)
• Miss World (Russian contestant's outfit)
• Mrs. World (Russian contestant's outfit)
• Cooperation with the jewelry house Van Cleef and Arples
• Project with Piaget Russia^[1]
• Participation in the Buenos Aires Fashion Week upon personal invitation from the President of Argentina (2008)

Valevskaya's reviews are published in various Russian magazines, including OK!, Telenedelya, SNC (formerly Sex and the City). Currently Valevskaya is a regular author of the Fashion column in a Russian online magazine Posta da VIP.^{[citation needed]}