Biography

Emmy Award®-winning Marina Toybina is a fashion, wardrobe and costume designer.

Born in Moscow, Toybina immigrated to the United States at age 11. After graduating high school in Phoenix, AZ, she moved to Los Angeles to attend the prestigious Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, specializing in a fashion design degree. While still attending FIDM, Toybina successfully launched a signature line called GLAZA.

Toybina's creations are now seen worldwide in all mediums including music videos, on concert arena stages, major fashion editorials, international runways and on primetime television. Her work has been featured on the cover of Billboard Magazine and received high-profile coverage in Rolling Stone Magazine, Nylon, Apparel News, Hollywood Life, NY Times, Country Weekly, NY Post, LA Times, The Hollywood Reporter, San Francisco Weekly, LA Weekly and USA Today Weekend.

Toybina is a trusted and frequent collaborator with superstars like Shania Twain, Taylor Swift ("Red" World Tour), Justin Bieber ("Believe" Promo Tour), Dita Von Teese, Kirsten Dunst, Eminem, Katy Perry ("California Dreams" Live Tour & "Prismatic" World Tour), Nicki Minaj, Carrie Underwood ("Blown Away" World Tour & NBC's "Sunday Night NFL Countdown"), Miley Cyrus ("Gypsy Heart" World Tour), P!nk, Eliza Dushku, Liam Hemsworth, Sean White, Britney Spears, Adam Lambert, Juliette Lewis, Tina Majorino, and Lil' Kim.

For TV, Toybina has designed for FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" and "The X Factor.". She has worked with Paulina Rubio, Selena Gomez (Billboard Awards, DWTS), P!nk (American Music Awards), Swift (Grammy Awards, Brit Awards), Underwood (Country Music Awards), Bieber (The Voice, Ellen, Billboard Awards), Usher (iHeartRadio, Billboard Awards, E3) and Ne-Yo (GMA, BET) among numerous others.

Toybina won her unprecedented third consecutive Emmy Award in the Outstanding Costume Design category at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
- IMDb mini biography by: Zack Teperman - ZTPR