Fakhriya Khalafova

Professional education – graduate of High Special School of Art Design (Turkey). Also graduated the Azerbaijan State University – faculty of biology, specialty – cerebrum neurophysiology.

Doctor of science of the Academy of Science of Azerbaijan – Doctor of psychology. Fakhriya Khalafova in 1998 began to work as a professional modeller.

Since 2005 began teaching of the University of the Arts and Culture. At this time, is an Docent of fine arts faculty.

Currently Fakhriya is head of Centre of Fashion and Design. She is an author of collections, which were winners of various International awards (“Lider in prestige & quality” – europe 2006, Academician Yusif Mammadaliyev prize 2004, Meritorious Science Art 2006, Professional prize “Golden scissors-2007”) and focus of attention of mass media. She is also involved in such businesses as television (author’s fashion programme), artistic photography, and advertising and creative brand development.

Fakhriya was an author of diverse collections presented to wider audience – such as “Mystery”, “Oil Goddess”, “Rhythms of Hope”, and “Ladies of Azerbaijan”. Each name and theme of the collection has its own symbolic meaning and philosophic significance. “Today’s fashion is associative, it creates styles and is expressed through images - says F. Khalafova – and it goes without saying that artists also express themselves via images. And it is always unexpected, original even if it is routine fashion trend.”

To Fakhriya every image is a whole world where style, model, fabric, colour and attitude blend together. Whether creating a mysterious unknown lady, or royal goddess, Fahriya’s aspiration is focused to reflect all main features of current fashion trends: womanly, simplicity, naturalness.

The main credo in Fakhriya Khalafova’s fashion – nothing excessive, integrity of image and well thought-out design of costume. The most important thing is simplicity, precise correspondence of costume to situation, time and place.

Le 5 décembre 2017 de l'année entre le directeur de l'Ermitage, l'académicien de l'Académie des sciences de Russie Michael Piotrovski et bien méritée spécialiste des arts de l'Azerbaïdjan, professeur agrégé d'Etat de l'Université de la Culture et des Arts de l'Azerbaïdjan Fahriya Xalafova(?) a eu lieu la signature de l'accord sur le transfert de trois robes de la collection du designer dans le fonds de la galerie du costume au musée de l'Ermitage. En 2018, lors d'une visite dans la République d'Ouzbékistan dans le cadre du concours International "Miss union fashion 2018 parmi les pays d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Europe", elle a donné au Musée national d'art appliqué de l'Ouzbékistan et Musée national de l'histoire de l'Ouzbékistan les tenues de leurs collections réalisées en ouzbek de la soie.

According to Fakhriya Khalafova, it is very important to have the local schools of modelling to go through necessary stages of development and establishment with its success, deserved victories, discoveries of novice. It is mandatory to participate in international forums and contests of fashion.

Fakhriya Khalafova participated and presented Azerbaijan in following events:

• Days of Culture of Azerbaijan in Russia – 1999 – “Mystery” collection, 2003 – “Ladies of Azerbaijan” collection
• I and III international contest of “Haute couture of national costume”, 2000, Kazakhstan, Alma Ata – “Oil Goddess” collection, 2002. Minsk, Belarus – “Rhythms of Hope” collection.
• International exhibition EXPO 2000 – Germany, Hanover.
• “European Line” II International festival of advertising, 2003, Minsk, Belarus – Photo project.
• The first international “Fashion Week in Moscow”, - Vield Sumptuousness”, 2004, Russia.
• Baltic Fashion Week, 2005, Riga, Latvia.
• International exhibition EXPO 2005 in Japan
• Azerbaijan’s Culture Days in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2005
• Kazakhstan Fashion Week. Alma Ata, 2006.
• Istanbul Fashion Week. Turkey, 2007
• VIII international contest of “Haute couture of national costume”, 2007, Russian, Moscow – “Charming” collection.
• “Ethical Fashion Show” Paris, France – 2007. Collection “New Glamour”.
• International exhibition “Fashion Planet – 2009”. Monaco.
• Georgian Fashion Week – 2011. Georgia, Tbilisi. Collection “Caspian rose”
• “Fashion show famous designers of the TYURKSOI” – 2012. Astana. Kazakhstan.
• Festival of the Silk Way, China-2013.
• “LABO ETHNIK FASHION & LIFESTYLE” Paris, France – 2014
• “Oreantal Fashion Show” Paris, France-2014
• «Fashion For Europe». Vienna, Austria 2015
• Caspian fashion week. Astrakhan, Russia - 2015
• «Fashion For Europe». Vienna, Austria - 2016
• «Oriental FASHION SHOW 2017» Collection "Thin Charm". Paris, France
• Azerbaijan Fashion Week 2021. The runway show "Karabakh Princess", Baku, Azerbaijan - 2021

Specifics of style: quintessence of national traditions and modern form, present day views on life. Transformation of national costume in design of modern clothes. Combination of classics and modernist style.

Ideal of female beauty created by Fakhriya Khalafova: “My ideal of beauty - is Azerbaijani woman, which reflects essence of life in royal beauty of her garments, in magnificent embroidery of superb colouration and ornamental design, by means of which she made her dream about love and beauty true, as well via wonderful carpets which incorporated all colours of solar spectrum. This is an image of woman with her own taste, high aesthetic culture, feeling of personal and public dignity and her aspiration to physical and spiritual harmony”.

In 2010 the “Fashion & Design House of Fakhriya Khalafova” presented its first collection of fragrances for her under name “Nuray”. In 2012, Was presented to the next perfume for man and the name of the “Caspian Essence”, and a new women's fragrance “Caspian Rose”.