The World of Valentina & Valentia

As fate may have it I, a fashion blogger and event planner at Microsoft, would meet a fashion designer, also at Microsoft. Working in the tech industry does not often cater to fashion. But I suppose when the stars aligned or we got tired of looking at our computer screens, we found each other in a place over populated with programmers and PCs .

Milena Natanov is a software engineer and the Creative Director for Valentina & Valentia.  Valentina & Valentia embraces femininity, function, and most importantly the strength of the modern woman. As a woman who works in a male-dominated industry, has a family, and a fashion business, Milena knows how the modern woman has evolved.

“The modern woman is everything and everywhere and she knows how to balance it all: education, career, family, kids, travel, sport, relationships, hobbies, creating innovations, building businesses, and whatever else she can only imagine or dream up. This modern women is constant and endless inspiration.” – Milena Natanov

Not only is Milena a personal inspiration to me but, I love the concept of V&V. So much of fashion is targeted toward occasions, trends, or seasons – what to wear to work, what to wear to dinner, what to wear in winter. Instead, V&V creates fashion around the concept of being feminine and strong throughout every day moments of the modern woman.

“When I create for this woman, I think about work and the office, where she has to look reliable and professional, and at the same time passionate about her work and comfortable in her own feminine skin. I think about her romantic moments. I think about her vacations, her love of sea and wind and freedom, her desire to explore and be an adventurer.” – Milena Natanov

With such a powerful mission, Valentina & Valentia comes with beautiful clothing. Timeless elegance and femininity are the main agenda. Luxurious materials, like pure silk or exquisite Italian wool, which are brought by the team from best mills in Europe and hand-picked for each collection. Even the lining is pure silk.

“The most amazing part about V&V designs is the emotion, the feeling it evokes in women. Everyone starts dancing or at least swirling, feeling the freedom of wind, the endless line of horizon. The design is never forcing artificial shape, instead it always follows woman’s natural lines, which are beautiful as they are and don’t require any modification at all.” Milena Natanov

“Femininity is misleading; it looks fragile, but women are very strong.”

Valentina & Valentia proves fashion is more than fabulous clothing. Every stitch, bead, pleat, and ruffle support one theory: that women can do anything and deserve to feel beautiful.