SCUOLA RED RICAMO E DESIGN
+39-3297075845
KATERINA KOUZMINA
Embroidery expert
"When I arrived in Italy in 2001, I didn't know what kind of job I could do.
When I entered the fashion world, I realized that it can become a serious job. I never listened to those who told me that I couldn't do it, when in 2009 I opened the first Haute Couture embroidery school in Italy... but I believe that the right mix of passion, tenacity and many sector studies can create a winning formula...."
2003 I work as an embroiderer for a company that produces for the Valentino house
-2005 I work in the Gattinoni style office in Rome. (development designs, embroidery samples for Haute Couture and VIP customers)
-2006 I started working with bridal ateliers in Rome.
-2009 I opened the first Haute Couture embroidery school in Italy. In the same year he studied at the school of Lesage (Paris)
-2011 I opened the branch in Milan. In the same year I began teaching at the universities Polimoda (Florence) and Accademia moda e costume (Rome)
- the school is growing, foreign students from 34 countries are arriving. Numerous requests for interviews on Glamour, Io Donna, Sole 24 ore, RAI, Rai International (program broadcast in 30 countries), TG Lazio
-2013 I create my collection of embroidered bags Floral bags by Katerina Kouzmina. Later I participated in numerous fairs and events such as White Uomo and White Donna in Milan, exhibited at Alta Roma and Fashion week in Moscow. One of the bags was purchased by Silvia Venturini, designer of Fendi. In 2016 I became one of the first 25 foreign women entrepreneurs in Italy.
- I work as an external consultant for large Italian embroidery factories. (Management of production processes, staff training, savings strategies, innovation of processes and techniques)
-2017 I study in London at Central Saint Martins College of Art for the contemporary collage course.
- I continue to teach embroidery and textile art in the many Italian universities: Polimoda (Florence), Academy of Costume and Fashion, NID (Perugia), Academy of Fashion (Naples), UED (Pescara)
-2018 I officially became a teacher at Central Saint Martins College of Art and worked there until the beginning of Covid.
In the same year I concluded agreements with the fashion universities of Miami and Dubai, but I received a cancer diagnosis, and for this reason I canceled everything.
️-2020, after a long struggle with health continued teaching in universities, including at FAD Dubai, and school management and cooperation with large companies.
moreover, my textile paintings are currently in private collections in Italy, Emirates, Miami