How UAE-based designer Kristina Fidelskaya emerged as one of the most powerful voices in fashion

How UAE-based designer Kristina Fidelskaya emerged as one of the most powerful voices in fashion

Forty-two-year-old fashion designer, who has flagship stores in two of the city’s most important shopping destinations, is certainly living the Dubai dream

By Sujata Assomull Published: Thu 7 Apr 2022, 7:22 PM

Last December when Alicia Keys made an appearance at Expo 2020 Dubai, she wore a striking belted robe in a bold-hued geometric print. Modern yet modest and at first glance, it seemed like the work of an international designer. It was, in fact, a design from Kristina Fidelskaya’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection.

For a homegrown designer to have flagship stores in two of the city’s most important shopping destinations — The Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates — and a studio in Dubai Design District (D3) is an achievement. Forty-two-year-old fashion designer Kristina Fidelskaya is certainly living the Dubai dream. She moved to the city with her husband 17 years ago from the Crimea region and enrolled herself at Esmod Fashion Institute in Dubai. With both her parents coming from creative fields (her father is a musician and mother a painter), a career in an artistic field was an obvious choice.

“Attending Esmod was incredible, I learnt so much about the design process, the selection of fabrics and the make of materials.