Demna gvasalia biography of abraham
As Balenciaga's artistic director Demna Gvasalia takes home the International ready-to-wear prize at the British Fashion Awards, we revisit his conversations.
Gvasalia, 34, was born and raised in Georgia—the former Soviet republic, not the American Deep South....
Demna (designer)
Georgian fashion designer
Demna Gvasalia (Georgian: დემნა გვასალიაdem-NAHgvah-SAH-lee-AH; born 25 March 1981), known mononymously as Demna[2] (dem-NAH) is a Georgian fashion designer, currently the creative director of Balenciaga and the co-founder of Vetements.[3]
Early life and education
Demna was born in Georgia in 1981.[3] During the War in Abkhazia, and the accompanying ethnic cleansing of Georgians, 10-year-old Demna and his family had to flee Sukhumi following an attack by Russian-backed separatist forces, who destroyed his home in a bombing.
Demna and his family undertook a journey through the Caucasus Mountains, eventually reaching the capital Tbilisi where they took refuge.[3] The family subsequently also lived in Ukraine and Moscow.[4] During his teenage years, Demna experienced bullying as a gay youth in a “very religious, very macho” country.[5] Demna and his parents reloc