Irina Shabayeva Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Saga Design Award, for which she had the chance to study fur design in Denmark
• Graduated from Parsons School of Design with a degree in Fashion Design in 2003
• Started out as the head designer for Adrienne Landau
• Quote: "For me, designing is an expression of who I am as a woman․"
• Quote: "I think you have made it as a designer when you have your own distinct look that is very much unique and your own․"
• Best known as a fashion designer and contestant and winner of season six of "Project Runway․"
• Designed the dress singer Carrie Underwood wore on the cover of her album "Blown Away․"