Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it's minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos.Collection: Women
My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I'm thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity.Collection: Thankful
If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.Collection: Design
'Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.Collection: Equality
There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by going on the Internet.Collection: Knowledge
I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.
When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.
I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.
I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too.
I have a few pieces that I got for my birthdays or that I bought for myself: I acquire things that speak to me and put them on my wall. When I see things I like, I just know.
The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia.
Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels.
I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.
The thing is, I grew up in L.A., so I had this unique opportunity to live in both communist Russia and see that life, and then move to America as a young girl and experience a completely different life.
England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don't have such a strong pharmaceutical industry in England, and homeopathy has been taught and promoted there for hundreds of years.
If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.
I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.
Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen.
I think it's fascinating that clothes can drastically transform someone's mood or the way they feel about their appearance.
Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.Collection: Vision
I guess people wouldn't say nasty things to my face. When you're kind of isolated, you don't really hear the gossip, or you're not really involved in it. You're here, and it's all going on over there.Collection: People
People have the freedom to say what they want, and I get it - mean stuff sells better than nice stuff.Collection: Nice