Teona Gardapkhadze ( ka, თეო გარდაფხაძე) known as TEYÓ is a

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based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Early life and education

Teona was born in 1983. She graduated an Architecture department of

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi near ...

. In 2006 she decided to try herself in fashion design. Inspiration + Tendency + Love is a formula of Teona's brand TEYÓ, which was created in 2012. Same year she presented her first f/w collection at Tbilisi Fashion Week. After her debut she successfully works for several stores in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, as well as in Georgia.

Career

Her clothes are chosen by many celebrities, including

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- Jamala; singer and the current vocalist for the group

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- Keti Topuria; Russian journalist Evelina Khromtchenko and others.

References

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