Valeria Simonova

Valeria Simonova is a young Russian designer who graduated from Istituto Secoli in 2022.

Orel, Russia, 2000

@simonova_valeria

I grew up in the city of Orel, where since childhood I witnessed the process of creating clothes in the atelier where my mother worked.

Designer to Watch with the “Yakuza” collection

Weapons, drugs, tattoos. In a world where legality and illegality tend to blur, the collection emerges like shadows
in the sunlight. The organization’s iconic tattoos are transfigured into snakeskin—a lethal animal, yet majestic in its singularity. Dark and bold tones, accompanied by leather-effect and tattoo prints, stand out at a glance, with a veiled, gloomy, and mysterious backdrop.