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Her most recent accolade was being nominated as a High Fashion Designer at the Fashion Awards Maryland 2013. The Fashion Awards Maryland 2012: High Fashion Designer – Winner. The Helen Hayes Award 2010: Outstanding Production for Youth - Winner. Evgenia was also a nominee for the National Silver Archer Award in Public Relations 2011.

Evgenia has been a costume designer for the last 30 years. She worked for different theaters in Russia and United States where she has created costumes for more than 50 plays. During the last six years, she has produced her own Fashion show called “Passion Runway,” which was presented at the Russian Embassy, The Convention in Chicago, The Sylvan Theater, Fort McNair - The Officer's Club, and 1st Annual Model Contest in Washington, DC, and at The Synectic Theater, VA.

She participated at the Couture Fashion Week New York Spring Collection 2014 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York, and 2012 and 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, The Virginia Fashion Week Evening Wear & Couture Collections 2012 and 2013 in Norfolk Virginia, and at the 7th Annual Maryland Fashion Showcase 2011 and 2012.

Her works have won critical acclaim in both local and national newspapers, on radio and television.

vgenia Luzhina-Salazar was born in Moscow. She received a B.A. in Fine Art and Design from Moscow Art College in 1980. For five years, Evgenia served as the Resident Set and Costume Designer for the Moscow Chamber Forms Theater. There she designed numerous productions, which were staged in Moscow, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. In 1991 Evgenia came to the United States of America where she continues to exhibit her extensive experience in Art and Theatrical Set and Costumes Designs.

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Evgenia may be contacted at www.luzhina.com or directly at [email protected].

The photographer, Dedalus and Crane, may be contacted at http://www.dedalusandcrane.com/

Dress design: Evgenia Luzhina

Jewelry: Evgenia Luzhina

Photography: Dedalus and Crane

Model: Anastasia Vilkova

Hair styling: Ivan Shatrov

Makeup Stying: Kristina Rozdovan

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