I have a passion for what I do and I see it more as a form of art through fashion. To create beauty, to live in beauty, to think beautiful, is as essential oxygen to me. We all need some beauty in our lives, and this is what motivates me and keeps me going in reality. And I do believe that beauty will rescue the world.

Lidia is a graduate from Fashion Institute of Technology, were she pursued her Baccalaureate Degree in Fine Arts, degree in International Fashion Design. After completing her Associate’s Degree at FIT, Lidia went to live for a year in Florence, Italy to pursue her higher education at Institute – Polimoda, International Institute for Fashion Design and Marketing that opened for her new horizons in European fashion. After coming back she followed by an internship at Diane Von Furstenberg Studio in New York.

In 1999 Lidia became a member of Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society. In the year 2000 and 2001 she was published in The National Dean’s List of America’s Outstanding College Students. Also in 2001, she was a finalist in International Design Competition – Gen Art in avant-garde category. In the year of 2002 Lidia appeared in Patti Filati trade show in Florence, Italy as part of a group project based on color trends. Her artwork also received recognition in the year of 2002 from The Fashion Group International by receiving an Honorable Mention in eveningwear category for Dare to Design Your Future design competition. In her senior year at FIT in April 2003, her work was chosen for a display at The Muse Hotel in Times Square in New York City. In May 2003, she won The Critique Award for the Most Outstanding Student in the 8th Semester Special Occasion Class. And also, in the same semester her work got chosen for a display at The Museum at FIT.

After graduating in June 2003, Lidia was invited to participate in the 1st Annual Russian Heritage Week in Brooklyn New York where she had her own Fashion Show representing up coming new talented Russian designers. She followed with her second show in July of 2003, but this time with an invitation to Italian Rivera to participate in Raccione Moda Italia; CAN National Federation of Artisans and Small & Medium Businesses.

In 2004 America’s Next Top Model TV Show hosted by supermodel icon Tyra Banks, by Anisa Productions Inc., had selected her garments for to shoot their episode. That episode leaded to a footage of the show commercial on UPN9 channel where model contestant was wearing her design. UPN9 Life News also had featured coverage where this particular America’s Top Model episode with her design was featured. In May 2009 Lidia was cast by Bravo TV in collaboration with 3 Ball Productions, Inc. for a new design reality TV series The Fashion Show hosted by internationally acclaimed designer Isaac Mizrahi and four-time Grammy Award-winning performer and actress Kelly Rowland with alongside fashion luminary and Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion Fern Mallis and Harper’s Bazaar special projects director Laura Brown.