A high level of work is the credo of designer Igor Gulyaev. He himself says that he seeks to create any of his products according to the canons of the highest quality, and that for him it is the basis of the whole business. Many of Gulyaev’s clients will confirm his words.
Biography
Igor Gennadievich Gulyaev was born in 1969 in the city of Satlaev, Karaganda region, present-day Kazakhstan. Since childhood, the boy was fascinated by the sewing machine: he watched for a long time how gradually ready things that used to be just cloth came out from under my mother's hands. It struck him, and he wanted to learn this craft.
Mom allowed him to practice simple things, and as a teenager he already sewed shirts for himself. When he showed his products to friends, they all the time asked to sell a shirt to them or to sew to order. Gradually, he began to sew things for sale, and many townspeople dressed with him. These were simple, but modern and well-stitched things, things were going well, but Igor wanted more.
He decided not just to sew things according to other people's patterns, but to invent his own, original products. Therefore, he decided to receive the education of a designer in St. Petersburg. After studying, Igor began to sew outerwear, and he also did well.
After graduation, only a few years passed, but the ambitious guy managed to open a network of fur salons in the northern capital. He now turned all his attention to the manufacture of fur products. In boutiques, clothes of foreign manufacturers were sold, which were in great demand. However, for the designer to sell other people's products is not quite what we would like.
Design career
And in 2009 Gulyaev created his own fashion house in St. Petersburg under the name "Igor Gulyaev". To this he was prompted by a strange story that began in the mid-nineties. One of his acquaintances bought excellent fur and asked Igor to sew a luxury coat from him. On the one hand, it was an experiment, on the other, a desire to make money on the sale of an upscale thing.
Igor made kimonos from skins and gave them to the customer. Some time later he went to Italy, and in one of the magazines he saw his work - that same fur kimono. But the story did not end there. In the same year, Gulyaev went to Beijing on business, and saw exactly the same kimono in the shop window. It was exactly the same model, beautifully stitched and finished. The store owner could not believe that the creator of this model is in front of him. He received these fur coats from Italy and sold them in large quantities, including to Russia.
So Gulyaev realized that it was time for him to create his own brand, because there were a lot of ideas in his head, and he wanted to bring them all to life. He liked to do completely new things, not like any other, so that there was an individual style. In one year, he registered his brand and made the first collection.
This collection was dedicated to the fifties and sixties of the last century - products dictated by the images of famous actresses of that time. The collection consisted of long coat dresses, shortened coats with three-quarter sleeves, bat-bolero wraps with bat sleeves, and other products.
Gulyaev decorated his models in a very original way: for decoration he used rhinestones, flowers and other decorative little things that unexpectedly looked harmoniously combined with fur.
The designer named the collection "Igor Gulyaev fur collection", and she decorated the Ready-to-Wear Fashion Week in the northern capital, at the VOLVO Fashion Week fashion show in Moscow, as well as in the designer’s homeland in Alma-Ata. Then the collection received a ticket abroad - it was shown at the Bratislava Fashion Days in Bratislava.
The next year, in 2011, Gulyaev created a new collection: kimono coats with metallized inserts. He represented her at shows in both Russian capitals, and she was a great success. Here he again used the style of the sixties, trying to give those who will wear his products, the most feminine look.
After several successful shows, the fashion designer decided to expand the range of models and began to create evening dresses. This collection has already gone to a show in Paris and Milan - so the Russian fashion in the person of Igor once again went outside the country.
Since then, Igor Gulyaev has created a large number of collections. He is inspired by female beauty, and on his catwalks appearing models not mutilated by overly creative cosmetics and elaborate hairstyles.
Over time, the designer began to create fur clothes for children, and now little fashionistas can flaunt in fur coats and jackets from the fashion house "Igor Gulyaev".
Now Gulyaev dresses the most famous stars of Russian and foreign show business, and this is the best indicator of the quality of his work - after all, there are no more demanding clients than the stars. Couturier shops can be found in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Cannes, St. Tropez, Milan.
Famous people not only buy the things of a famous designer - they became his friends. At the last anniversary of Igor Gennadievich there were many famous faces of Russian pop music, show men and producers.
Despite being very busy, Igor takes the time to broadcast fashion programs on MUZ-TV. At various times, he worked in programs with partners Victoria Lopyreva, Lera Kudryavtseva and Elena Kuletskaya.
