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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