About Helen Yarmak
Born 1949. Helen Yarmak is a Russian fashion designer.
Yelena Davydovna Yarmak (; born July 6, 1949, in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), known professionally as Helen Yarmak, is a Russian fashion designer and the founder of the Helen Yarmak fashion house.
Background Yarmak studied as a mathematician at Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. She earned the Doctor of Sciences title and academy seats at the French Academy of Architecture and the New York Academy of Sciences. She transitioned into designs at Moscow.
Vogue magazine named Yarmak the "Mistress of a Sable Mountain" (Vogue, November 1998). She was the first Russian designer to have a collection appear on a Vogue cover.
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Who is Helen Yarmak?
Russian fashion designer; born in Kiev
When was Helen Yarmak born?
Helen Yarmak was born on 6 July 1949 in Kyiv.
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Helen Yarmak is a fashion designer.
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Helen Yarmak is Russian.
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