Jun 1, 2011

Maria Manuilova - MANka

Photo: A.Komarov

Maria is a young fashion designer living in St.Petersburg. Like many other people of her age she is fond of music and modern art. To the question what kind of music she likes she smiles and calls Rammstein, Leningrad and Marilyn Manson. It is really not so common choice for a girl, but this is she and that's it.


She shares her studio with three other girls and hopes that sometime in the future she creates her own fashion house.
Several  years ago Maria graduated from the St.Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy, named after Alexander von Stieglitz which is informally known as the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design. During her study there she had ideas to choose the way of designer for some mass market brand, but meeting Tatiana Parfionova changed her decision.


Maria participated in Russian Silhouette competiton for young designers with Indigo Children Collection and after the event was invited for the position of stylist in the TATIANA PARFIONOVA Fashion House. Eight months there influenced her quite seriously and encouraged to try her own business.


Now she has her brand MANka. It is clothes for strong, serious, decisive people, who know what they want, do not like to change their mind too often and keep their individual style.Creating new items Maria likes to combine different materials and looks for there new performance.



COLLECTIONS

Indigo Children

Photo: Elena Kashnikova

Photo: Pavel Zimin

Photo: Elena Kashnikova

Photo: Pavel Zimin

Photo: Pavel Zimin





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