Marina Vladimirovna Yudashkina (nee Patalova). Born on December 2, 1958 in Moscow. Russian clothing designer, top manager of the Fashion House Valentin Yudashkin. Wife of Valentin Yudashkin.

Marina Patalova, who became known by her last name famous husband as Yudashkina, born December 2, 1958 in Moscow.

Mother worked as a hairdresser. Marina decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps.

Received the profession of a hairdresser. In the 1980s, she worked as a hair stylist at the Central Design Bureau under the USSR Ministry of Consumer Services. There she was engaged in hair modeling. She was a fairly famous master in Moscow. She won the Union and European championships.

Since the early 1990s, she began helping fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin at the company Vali - Fashion.

Since 1993 - top manager of the Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House in Moscow. In 2016, the Valentin Yudashkin house became a full member of the French Federation of Haute Couture, Prêt-à-Porter and Fashion Designers. This is the first brand Russian industry fashion, which has been awarded this membership.

The clients of the brand she manages were or are many domestic stars: , and etc.

Nowadays the fashion house “Valentin Yudashkin” is one of the leading ones in Russia. The company owns a network of branded boutiques.

Marina Yudashkina's height: 175 centimeters.

Personal life of Marina Yudashkina:

Married. The husband is a famous Russian fashion designer. They met at the Central Design Bureau under the USSR Ministry of Consumer Services. At that time, she was preparing to perform at the next hairdressing competition, and Yudashkin was creating clothes for the Soviet national team.

In 1990 they got married. Marina became for Valentin not only a wife, but also a muse and a reliable business partner.

As Valentin Yudashkin admitted, without his wife he might not have achieved his success: “If it weren’t for Marina, I don’t know what would have become of me. After all, there were such terrible moments in life when, due to lack of livelihood, I sold the furniture from my house and my car. Moreover, all this belonged to Marina, but she took such steps for my sake... To say: “I am grateful to her” is to say nothing. I greatly appreciate that she dedicated her life to me. She believed in me. It was very difficult to break through, but she was there during those years.”

On December 22, 1990, their daughter was born - she is a photographer, graduated from the Faculty of Art History of Moscow State University, then studied design and photography courses at Parsons School of Design in New York, and is now engaged in family business(she holds the post of art director of her father’s fashion house and launched a children’s clothing collection under the Yudashkin brand).

Galina Yudashkina is married to Pyotr Maksakov, the grandson of the actress. She gave Marina and Valentin two grandchildren - Anatoly Maksakov (born in April 2016) and Arkady Maksakov (born March 28, 2018).

Marina Yudashkina with her daughter and grandson

In 2016, it became known that Valentin Yudashkin was fighting cancer. Later, when, he especially noted the support of his wife, who difficult moment was always there.

Marina herself said: “It’s better not to say those words with which I supported him. Well, what words? She said that we would need to be treated, so we will be treated! Alive - live!

Marina and Valentin Yudashkin in the program "Live"

In March 2015, the name of Marina Yudashkina appeared in the reports crime chronicle. Then the media reported that the police discovered a gambling hall in Marina Yudashkina’s apartment in the center of Moscow (in one of the houses on Bryusov Lane). “The apartment is registered, according to preliminary data, in the name of Marina Yudashkina, although there is no evidence that she had anything to do with the organization of the gaming establishment,” law enforcement agencies specified.

Later it turned out that a year earlier Marina had rented out the apartment to a certain native of Belarus, who turned out to be a figurehead. And those people who settled in the apartments brought poker tables and slot machines there.


The family of Valentin and Marina Yudashkin is very interesting for numerous fans. Everyone is worried about the fashion designer’s health. The couple took part in the TV program “Tonight”, where they talked about their lives.

Fans of the famous fashion designer are interested not only in his achievements. For example, one cannot help but notice that his wife looks very young, and it is difficult to immediately guess how old she is. Also, many are interested in such details as the height of Valentin Yudashkin and his wife.

How old is Marina Yudashkina, what is her and the designer’s height?

Marina Yudashkina's date of birth is December 2, 1958. That is, this year the fashion designer’s wife will celebrate her 60th birthday, which is simply impossible to believe. The woman really doesn't look her age.

Valentin Yudashkin’s height is 1.67 m, and his wife’s height is 1.75 m. They are a very harmonious couple.

Marina Yudashkina’s mother was a hairdresser, and she herself decided to become one. In the “eighties,” a woman got a job as a hair stylist: her first place of work was the Central Design Bureau under the USSR Ministry of Consumer Services. In the capital, many people learned about her as a highly qualified master. Marina Yudashkina even participated in the Union Championship and the European Championship, and won both times.

In the early nineties, Marina became an assistant to fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, in a matter of days she won his heart and received his last name. In 1993, she was already a top manager at the Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House. Valentin Yudashkin is grateful to his wife for all his achievements.

“If it weren’t for Marina, I don’t know what would have become of me.” After all, there were such terrible moments in life when, due to lack of livelihood, I sold the furniture from my house and my car. Moreover, all this belonged to Marina, but she took such steps for my sake... To say: “I am grateful to her” is to say nothing. I greatly appreciate that she dedicated her life to me. She believed in me. It was very difficult to get through, but she was there in those years.

Marina and Valentin Yudashkin are happy grandparents. Their only daughter Galina gave birth to a son, Anatoly, two years ago, and at the end of March this year, another son, Arkady. The father of the children is Pyotr Maksakov, grandson of Lyudmila Maksakov.

Valentin Yudashkin was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, but this terrible disease he managed to win. IN Once again he expressed boundless gratitude to his wife Marina: she is always next to him, always helps in everything.

“It’s better not to say the words with which I supported him.” Well, what words? She said that we would need to be treated, so we will be treated! Alive – live!,” the fashion designer’s wife said in an interview.

In 2018, Valentin Yudashkin celebrated three anniversaries:

  1. 30th wedding anniversary with Marina Yudashkina;
  2. 30th anniversary of creative activity;
  3. 55th anniversary of my birth.

The Yudashkin family is very strong, but in the “Tonight” program, the fashion designer’s wife admitted that for a long time I couldn’t get used to the peculiarities of my husband’s work.

- I was jealous! - Marina admits. - We just got married, young people come and beautiful girls to him, standing naked or in shorts. I looked at it a couple of times, and then said: “And you’ll be touching them for a long time!” But my husband rightly said that this was his job.

By the way, on the third day of meeting Valentin Yudashkin proposed to Marina.

“Why wait?” he asked then.

Marina, captivated by the charm and talent of the fashion designer, simply could not refuse.

It is unlikely that there will be at least one person who did not know who Valentin Yudashkin was (we will look at her biography and personal life in the article) - the famous Russian fashion designer. The private clothing brand he developed conquered not only domestic world fashion, but also the discerning foreign public.

For many fans of Valentin Yudashkin’s work, his biography and personal life are of interest. The fashion designer's birthday is October 14, 1963. He spent his childhood in the Moscow region: in the village of Bakovka, Odintsovo district. There he studied and lived until he was 24 years old.

Valentin Yudashkin

From childhood it was clear that the boy would grow into a man creative profession. Valentin liked it figure skating And art. But, unlike most children, he did not draw nature and still lifes, but clothing models. IN school age he begins to sew clothes for friends and classmates. The outfits from young Yudashkin were already distinguished by their beauty and style.

Valentin Yudashkin in his youth

The parents, realizing the seriousness of their son’s hobby, treated him with understanding and did not interfere with his development. Meanwhile, Yudashkin firmly decided that this particular occupation would be his life’s work. Although his youth fell on the era of “stagnation,” the future famous fashion designer persistently achieved his goal.

A graduate of the Moscow Industrial College, young Yudashkin receives a diploma with honors and two specialties at once - a makeup specialist and a fashion designer.

Valentin Yudashkin: early years

In 1986, Vyacheslav Zaitsev became the mentor of trainee Yudashkin. After graduating from technical school, distribution work follows in the Moscow design bureau. As a senior artist, Yudashkin not only designs clothes, he also does makeup, costume designs, and styling.

Valentin Yudashkin was a makeup designer

The first collection of the famous fashion designer, numbering 150 models, was released in 1987. Fashion show took place in Moscow, at the Orlenok Hotel. This event, without exaggeration, created a sensation in the fashion circles of the capital and made the fashion designer famous not only in Moscow, but also in Russia.

Gaining popularity

A year after the triumphant show, the Vali-moda company opens. The first shows “Primordial Rus'” and “Peter’s Ball” attracted the attention of French fashion designers. Yudashkin goes to France.

In those years in the country there were fabrics big deficit, and the young fashion designer was literally captivated by the variety of textures, colors and paints. Many ideas have emerged for creating beautiful clothes for women.

Faberge collection from Valentin Yudashkin, presented at Paris Fashion Week

In 1991, upon returning from France, a new company, ValentinYudashkin, appeared. A haute couture collection is produced, just like in the world's fashion capitals. By launching this collection under the name “Faberge”, Yudashkin became a “pioneer” - no one had previously done anything like this in Russia. Why Faberge? The answer is simple: the original outfits that adorned the models were made in the shape of eggs.

Fashion house of couturier Valentina Yudashkina

The show of this collection at Paris Haute Couture Week brought Valentin worldwide fame and recognition. It was his finest hour. World-famous fashion designers highly appreciated the couturier’s work and expressed a desire to get to know each other. Among them are Paco Rabanne, Pierre Cardin. The experts recognized the master’s unique style and the presence of the “Russian spirit” in his works.

Fashion shows from Valentin Yudashkin

A high indicator of the master’s outstanding talent is the fact that the Louvre acquired two of his models from the Faberge collection as museum exhibits and his constant membership of Haute Couture Week over the years.

Successes and achievements

Valentin Yudashkin received an offer to move to Paris. The move also gave him the opportunity to officially be called a “couturier.” But the maestro refused. Despite perestroika and the unstable situation in the country, love for the Motherland turned out to be stronger. This feeling is constantly expressed in the author’s works and his creativity.

Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin at Paris Fashion Week

In 1996, Valentin became a corresponding member of the high fashion syndicate. At the same time, his Fashion House was rightfully renamed the House of Haute Couture. The fashion designer is awarded the right to present his collections in Paris, where the annual Haute Couture weeks are held - and for any fashion designer this is highest degree success rate. Since 1997, Yudashkin has been a master of arts. He is also an Honored Artist Russian Federation since 1999.

Fashion show evening dress from Valentin Yudashkin

In 2008, the fashion designer, together with Igor Chapurin, took part in the design of uniform samples for military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces.

And although Yudashkin and Chapurin developed samples only dress uniform, people don't care new uniform called “Yudashkinskaya”. The success of the famous fashion designer has always attracted public attention. In this regard, the unabated interest in the biography and personal life of Valentin Yudashkin is understandable.

Fashion house of Valentin Yudashkina

In 1991, the couturier opened his own fashion house. And in 1997, the first branded boutique was opened in Moscow. Initially, only clothing models were presented there. But today we also have branded silverware, linen, jewelry, accessories.

Yudashkin's fashion house is the leading one in Russia. Indicators of the success and popularity of the maestro’s brainchild can be regular shows in the world’s fashion capitals: Milan, Paris, Rome.

Valentin Yudashkin in his workshop

Each product here is unique. Hand-sewn from exclusive fabrics according to author's sketches, Yudashkin's suits can rightfully be considered works of art. This is confirmed by the fact that some models became exhibits not only of the Louvre in Paris, but also of the Fashion Museum in California and the Moscow State Historical Museum.

Valentin Yudashkin presents his collection at Milan Fashion Week

But, in addition to ready-to-wear collections, the Fashion House also has a fashionable series of glasses and cases, a collection of porcelain products and accessories. Due attention is also paid to accessories, with the help of which the image from master Yudashkin is always effectively completed. It happens that not very successful clothing models appear in the Fashion House. In such cases, they must be burned.

Personal life of Valentin Yudashkin: biography, children, family

For more than twenty years in the life of the couturier, his wife Marina has played the role of his beloved woman, muse, and guardian angel. She was already with him at the very beginning of his career takeoff, and since then has been an integral part of his personal life.

For the sake of her husband and his business, Marina left interesting job hairdresser-stylist, becoming the manager of the Yudashkin Fashion House.

Marina Yudashkina, wife of a famous couturier

According to the fashion designer himself, Marina always believed in his success and supported her husband in every possible way, long years being a reliable rear for him.

What his wife does for Valentin is appreciated by him; he pays his wife with sincere love and tender attitude. The indicator is many years life together, which husband and wife can no longer imagine without each other.

Valentin Yudashkin with his wife and daughter Galina

Often fans of Valentin Yudashkin are interested not only in his biography and personal life, but also in the biography and photos of his children. Valentin and Marina raised a beautiful daughter, Galina, born in 1990. Previously, she could often be seen as a model demonstrating her father’s outfits. Currently, Galina has taken place in professionally, And How happy wife and mother.

Galina is married to Pyotr Maksakov (grandson of a popular woman). The young people met in general company, immediately liked each other and never parted again. The father learned about his daughter’s hobby thanks to social network Instagram. After meeting their parents and their approval, the young people decided to get married.

Wedding of Galina Yudashkina and Peter Maksakov

The wedding took place in the fall of 2014, and the young couple got married the following summer. The spring of 2016 brought pleasant changes to the biography and personal life of Valentin Yudashkin - the children gave him a grandson, Anatoly. Not long ago, a photo of a boy with his father appeared on the Internet. Currently, the young family is in Miami. There, on the ocean shore, they relax and enjoy spending time with each other.

Covering the biography of Valentin Yudashkin and his personal life, it is impossible not to mention the master’s parents Russian fashion. Abram Iosifovich, the fashion designer’s father, died a long time ago, and it is known about his mother Raisa Petrovna that she works at her son’s Fashion House as a manager.

Yudashkin himself professes the rule: family affairs should not be put on public display. It should be noted that there was no mention in the press of any family scandals related to the Yudashkin family.

Valentin Yudashkin with his daughter and grandson

The only thing that journalists were able to unearth was the father’s murder of his fashion designer in a fight. sibling. The incident happened many years ago. That's probably all.

Personal data

The biography of any famous person, including Valentin Yudashkin, is not only information about his personal life, but also information about some external data, for example, height, weight, body parameters.

The fashion designer's height is 156 cm, weight is 65 kg. Despite his small stature, Yudashkin managed to conquer the fashion world and take an undeniable position as a leader in it.

Valentin Yudashkin photo

In the fall of 2016, the designer missed the annual show of his collection at Paris Haute Couture Week for the first time. The designer was forced to stay in Moscow, despite the fact that his seven-month-old grandson Anatoly participated in the show for the first time. The reason for this was sudden illness Valentina, hospitalization and surgery.

Then the relatives of the world famous couturier gave an interview in which they assured that Yudashkin was quickly recovering and his health was not in danger.

In March 2017, before the next annual show in honor of the international women's day In the Kremlin Palace, the fashion designer gave an interview in which he admitted that he had been struggling with oncology for a long time.

Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin is friends with many celebrities

Valentin hid the illness even from his colleagues. For many months, close relatives did not make public the state of health and the diagnosis made to the fashion designer. All this time they supported him with their own strength and helped him fight the disease. Of course, during this time many rumors and speculations were born, and, in the end, Yudashkin makes an official statement about the state of his health.

Illness is a difficult moment in the biography and personal life of Valentin Yudashkin. According to him, the strongest support was provided by close people and doctors, who, in a sense, also became part of the fashion designer’s family.

Valentin Yudashkin is, without a doubt, the country's leading fashion designer. His brand has long become internationally popular; he is trusted by “star” clients and the most famous people countries. The secret of the master’s success is simple - highest quality and impeccable design of every item. This rule has been unchanged for many years.

Valentin Yudashkin now

The master draws inspiration from national culture. The designer’s work is literally permeated with “Russian” motifs. This made the works of Valentin Yudashkin truly a treasure of national culture and art.

The inherent qualities of a fashion designer that make his work beloved and recognizable are style, taste, talent and brightness. The name of Valentin Yudashkin is firmly connected with the history of Russian fashion and has become an integral part of it.

Marina Yudashkina: biography

Marina Yudashkina gained fame not only thanks to her star husband- Valentin Yudashkin, but she herself is famous person among Russian clothing designers.

Childhood, family

Marina is from a simple family. The girl's hobby, like everyone else her age, was dolls. Doll hairstyles, doll outfits - this became an important activity in her further biography. Mom helped her daughter in the art of hairdressing, since she herself mastered it perfectly. I had to work from the age of fifteen. Marina took part in competitions at various levels.

Career

Marina made her mark early in her profession. At first she worked as a hairdresser and stylist. She and her future husband were together on the national hairdressing team. Valentin Yudashkin practiced makeup and clothing design. Their collaboration was predestined from above. This union is still bearing fruit.


Marina gained fame in Moscow famous master on hairstyle modeling. In the difficult nineties, she became the couturier’s most important assistant in Yudashkin’s Vali-Moda company. Three years later, she became a top manager at the capital's Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House.


At the Fashion House of Valentin Yudashkin, all pop stars become clients. You could see Alla Pugacheva, Oleg Gazmanov, Laima Vaikule and other notable owners at the reception or fitting famous names. Now this House is a leading trendsetter in Russia, which is accompanied by a whole network of branded stores.

Personal life

Marina is married to the famous Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin. They worked together in a design office. In the USSR, such an institution was created under the Ministry of Consumer Services. Meetings and sighs under the moon lasted only three days. The wedding celebration took 3 months to prepare. Valentin modeled it himself wedding dress, choosing live orchids as decoration. Nowadays, a woman no longer remembers from her youth all the subtleties of courting the groom. She doesn't remember if they were. Is that really the main thing when people love each other?


When a famous fashion designer proposed to his beloved, he did not know that in this woman he would find not only faithful wife, but also my muse, the inspiration for many projects. Marina has become an excellent business partner. Thanks to this woman, the family survived terrible moments of lack of money and despair. The couple had a daughter, Galina, who went on creative path: I studied at Moscow State University at the Faculty of Art History, and additionally completed courses in design and photography.


Now the daughter also works with her father and mother as an art director. Galina herself developed a collection of clothes for children. She is now married and has two sons with her husband. After the birth of their daughter, the young couple had constant trips and collection shows, so every now and then the little daughter had to be dropped off by her grandmother. If her grandmother had stayed at home, Marina would have decided to have a second child.

A difficult test in the family

Two years ago, Marina and her husband learned that Valentin had cancer. Marina was always there, and thanks to her support and faith in treatment, Yudashkin was able to overcome cancer. This is not the only time a wife saves her family and loved ones. Was hard time, when a woman sold her car, furniture, which was considered antiques, so that her relatives would have something to eat.

In the photo Marina and Valentin Yudashkin
Now the Yudashkins are thriving fashion designers, but there were those times in the biography of Marina and Valentin when the business needed to be saved. What family business flourishes, largely thanks to the female half married couple. Women's patience, incredible wisdom and the ability to listen and promptly prompt, give the right advice - these qualities help the clan to flourish. Valentin admits that his wife does not know how to quarrel, and she is simply not accustomed to being offended. Therefore, there are no quarrels or insults in the family. Everyone can and loves working in a modeling family.

When the couturier was struggling with an illness, the next fashion week show in Paris came up. Yudashkin himself was unable to organize and attend the event. Marina, Galina and assistants from France organized everything in at its best. Kirkorov speaks very warmly about Valentin’s wife, saying that Nekrasov wrote about such women, she will calm the horse, she will stop the fire. This is such a heroic biography of this ordinary Russian wife.


The family lives in their house in the village of Bakovka; it took 4 years to build, four years to put things in order, and arrange their life in the chosen style. Marina had to sort out a lot of construction issues. The grandchildren made their own adjustments to Marina’s life. At first she did not want to move to the village. With the birth of her grandchildren, the woman acquired laying hens so that the chickens could supply the grandmother with fresh eggs, and she could serve a valuable product on the table.

Wanting to make the life of her beloved little boys brighter, the grandmother wanted to equip a children's playground on her property. The Yudashkins also got other animals, they have German Shepherd, cat, fish and two more rare breed dogs - Maltese (Maltese dog) and Akita Inu (one of the Japanese dog breeds).


Author bio: Natsh 2240

Marina and Valentin Yudashkins– one of the most charming couples of the Russian elite. ABOUT famous fashion designer The press writes regularly, but much less is known about the personality of his wife. At the same time, Marina Yudashkina is a real role model: at 58 years old, she looks 40, holds the position of top manager at the Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House, and travels actively. The Yudashkins have been together for many years, and it seems that this couple has discovered the secret of family happiness!




The main thing that unites Marina and Valentin Yudashkin is their love for work. Marina already realized in her youth that she would like to connect her life with fashion and style, so she mastered two professions at once - a hairdresser and a clothes cutter. IN Soviet years Marina got a job at the Ministry of Consumer Services and on one of her business trips she met the then very young fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin. At first, they were united by working on joint projects: Yudashkin took on sewing outfits for models who demonstrated hairstyles created by Marina for hairdressing competitions.



Soon things began between Marina and Valentin warm relations, it became obvious that joint projects for them it is more than work. Yudashkin proposed to his beloved just 3 months after they met. At the wedding, Marina shone in a luxurious dress embroidered with orchids from her couturier groom. The girl completely disappeared into the family, left her profession as a hair stylist, and went on maternity leave.



As soon as her daughter Galina began to grow up, Marina resumed work, this time together with her husband. Her unconditional faith in Valentin's talent greatly helped build a modeling empire named after Yudashkin. During difficult years, Marina sold valuable things so that her husband could create, always supported him morally, and learned not to be jealous of the beautiful models who flocked behind the fashion designer.



The secret of family happiness from the Yudashkin family is simple: it is customary to talk about work only at work, but at home you need to focus exclusively on family. This is the only way, having collaborated for more than 25 years, they were able to maintain sincere warmth towards each other.



Despite no longer being a girl, Marina looks amazing: she has an excellent figure, and it’s hard to believe that she is raising her granddaughter. Marina runs Instagram, and her subscribers happily greet every new photo.



To confirm that “star” love can be strong, there are stories.