Marina Toybina is an Emmy award winning fashion, wardrobe and costume designer based in Los Angeles. Her creations are seen worldwide in all mediums including music videos, 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.
Marina 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 television, Marina 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), Taylor Swift (Grammy Awards, Brit Awards), Carrie Underwood (Country Music Awards), Justin Bieber (The Voice, Ellen, Billboard Awards), Usher (iHeartRadio, Billboard Awards, E3) and Ne-Yo (GMA, BET) among numerous others.
Marina was born in Moscow and 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 fashion design. While still attending FIDM, Marina successfully launched a signature line called GLAZA. Marina currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children. Above all, Marina hopes her story will inspire young people worldwide to follow their dreams in the face of fear, doubt or adversity.