Episode 19: Marina Toybina, 6x Emmy Award Winning Costume Designer

The Accent Podcast

Marina Toybina is a six times Emmy Award winning costume designer, who is behind the fascinated costumes of The Masked Signer show on Fox. She won awards for her work at The Masked Signer, Super Bowl Halftime Show (w/Katy Perry), 55th Annual Grammy Awards, SYTYCD, and X Factor.

Marina was born in Moscow, USSR, but when she was 11, her family immigrated to USA, settling in Phoenix, AZ. Her incredible journey from constant struggles to the pinnacle of the industry is one that is worth hearing!

TIME STAMPS

01:20 The Masked Singer and its costumes

07:00 Creating costumes

12:40 What it feels like to win an Emmy Award

16:30 Life after the Emmy’s

17:55 USSR - beginning of the journey

23:35 Choosing a career as a fashion designer

25:00 Starting a Fashion Line – GLAZA

29:20 First celebrity client

31:35 Pivot to Costume Design

34:30 X-Factor and SO You Think You Can Dance TV shows

38:00 Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show with Katy Perry

44:55 Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Usher, and Ariana Grande

46:35 Stylist for Eminem and Dr. Dre video, and conversation with Dre.

48:20 Working with Celebrities

50:00 Why do people in the Entertainment industry fail?

52:40 Outside of your comfort zone

54:30 Ten years of nothing before holy shit

57:50 Determination vs Competition

01:01:10 Friends, family and future

01:06:10 Blitz

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