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“This is more of my creativity than business,” says Irina Danilina, owner of the “Dreams and Secrets” salon. About the creative attitude to dreams, about the secrets of eiderdown and the benefits of parachute silk - our conversation

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Interview prepared: Olga Korotkova

Magazine: Decor N5 (182) 2013

“This is more of my creativity than business,” says Irina Danilina, owner of the “Dreams and Secrets” salon. About the creative attitude to dreams, about the secrets of eiderdown and the benefits of parachute silk - our conversation

- Irina, how did you get the idea to engage in such a peculiar business - down comforters and pillows of a special quality? After all, your biography of the first Russian model in New York in 1990 seems to have nothing to do with this ... - In general, everything in life is connected. When I left for New York, in those years I immediately got to the center of the world, to the center of possibilities, tastes, among the most interesting people. There, in New York, I plunged into the world of architecture and design. I studied there not only modern American styles in interior design, but also those aspects that accompany a certain level of life. Most of all I like the aesthetics of Wright: it is a luxury and asceticism at the same time. The aesthetics itself reveals both the way of thinking and the way of life of a person ... Therefore, when I started my own business in Russia, my basic principles were already formed.

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