Lyubov Chernikova

Lyubov Oleksandrivna Chernikova (23 September, 1986, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) is a Ukrainian fashion designer, founder, owner and designer of the eponymous brand CHERNIKOVA.
Lyubov Chernikova is the author of more than 27 collections of designer clothes with ethnic elements. Collections were presented at Lviv Fashion Week, Fashion Runway Ukraina (Toronto, Canada), Celebration Of Silk (Bangkok, Thailand), Summer Weekend by Odessa Fashion Day 2017, Euro Fashion Union (Hungary), Ukrainian Fashion Evening, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Show, Ptak Warsaw Expo, exhibitions in Chicago, Sacramento County Fair, others.
CHERNIKOVA brand clothes are worn by women, men and children in more than 30 countries of the world. These are blouses, dresses, shirts and designer coats with embroidery. A feature of the collections are double-sided korsetky (type of traditional Ukrainian women's outerwear, sleeveless, waist fitting, made from colored fabric, characteristic of the central and eastern regions of Ukraine) - this is a modern interpretation of an ancient traditional element of clothing.
For creativity, the designer uses home-spun Canvas, linen, silk, velvet, cambric. And for decoration - Ornament from ancient Ukrainian embroidery shirts from clothes and household items in the author's interpretation, lace, elements made by hand on an Loom, original techniques of woodblock printing on textiles and Petrykivka painting.
== Biography ==
She was born on September 23, 1986 in Ivano-Frankivsk. Studied at school No. 3. After school, she entered the Institute of Arts of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, the art faculty of fashion design.
2009 - presentation the first collection of Hutsuls.
2010 - opens her own sewing workshop. In the same year, Lyuba presents a new collection consisting of 17 models: embroidered shirts, dresses, korsetky, coats, men's embroidered jackets, etc. The show takes place in the Cultural and Art Center "Ye".
2012 - the opening of a store with designer clothes of the "CHERNIKOVA" brand in the Fortress Gallery "Bastion"(Ivano-Frankivsk).
2012 - the opening of a store with designer clothes of the "CHERNIKOVA" brand in the Fortress Gallery "Bastion".
2013 - the first foreign exhibition in Chicago.
== Creativity, inspiration and collaborations ==
Lyubov Chernikova says that her greatest inspiration is fabric and texture. Because with the first touch of the material, the designer imagines which product she will create from it.
To decorate the outfit, the designer uses Vyshyvanka, lace, Headscarf, etc.
"CHERNIKOVA" collections include coats, jackets, corsets, dresses, sundresses, men's embroidered shirts, women's embroidered shirts, blouses, ponchos, headscarves, etc.
She mostly uses machine embroidery for decoration. And the ornaments themselves are an author's vision, an interpretation of ancient embroidery patterns that Lyuba finds in expeditions or private collections. As for embroidery, it is borshchivska and nyzynka (a type of regional Ukrainian embroidery), which are popular in many regions of Ukraine.
Also, the outfit is decorated with elements from headscarves, lace, woven elements, which are made by hand on an old loom.
The designer is attentive to the silhouettes, fabrics, patterns and colors of her works. She works on the game of contrasts, bright colors. Thanks to this, Lyubov more fully reveals ancient ornaments. She adapts tradition, authenticity with modernity and the latest technologies. As a result, the products of the Ukrainian brand have a special image for connoisseurs of unusual design solutions.
=== Celebrities who wore outfits from Lyuba Chernikova ===
* Kateryna Pavlenko, soloist of the band Go_A during Eurovision 2021 
* Singer NAVKA 
* Folkgurt Marvinok 
* "Dzvinga" bandurist chapel 
* Iryna Halai - during the successful ascent of K2, she made a video with congratulations on the Independence Day of Ukraine in a shirt of the brand "CHERNIKOVA" made of old hemp home-woven fabric and velvet.
* Halyna Barankevich, actress of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre
* Singer Vasyl Melnykovych, known as Hutsul-Hooligan
* Singer Iryna Fedyshyn
* Band "Garda"
== Interesting facts ==
Lyubov Chernikova is fond of mountaineering, Downhill Racer, rock climbing.
In addition to hiking in the Ukrainian Carpathians, I walked in the Caucasus Mountains.
She visited 27 countries, including South America, where she traveled in search of new ideas. and research into the traditional clothing of the Inca Empire|Incas, the indigenous people of Peru.
Speaker at the TED (conference)|TEDx conference.
Category:1986 births
Category:Ukrainian fashion designers
Category:People from Ivano-Frankivsk