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Irena Soprano (Russian: Ири́на Алекса́ндровна Ла́рикова; born 14 October 1983) is a Russian fashion designer and business woman.

Early life and education
The future fashion designer was born on October 14, 1983 in the city of Graivoron in the west of the Belgorod region. Irina graduated from the profile school of modeling and design in 2001. She graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in Finance and Credit in 2006. Subsequently, she worked as an advertising manager and an analyst, worked out the contracts with airlines and development programs for Aerofood Catering, an in-flight catering company at Sheremetyevo.

Fashion career
Soprano founded her own event agency, which was engaged in holding weddings, concerts, conferences of high officials. Among the events of her company were fashion shows by Valentino Garavani, Roberto Cavalli, Giuseppe Zanotti, exhibitions of the French artist Philippe Pasqua.

A women's club and an atelier named Prano da Galan was founded by Irena Soprano and Tatiana Galan in 2011. The atelier separated and became an independent company, SOLATELIER, managed by Irena in 2013, while Tatyana remained the head of the women's club.

Eventually, the company developed a technology for creating crystal dresses in 2017, which formed the basis of a separate brand in 2019.

The large factory for the mass production of textile products was opened in 2020, and the flagship boutique SOL by Irena Soprano was opened on the territory of the Tryokhgornaya manufactory in 2021, where clothes of their own brands made on the basis of SOL ATELIER are presented. SOLATELIER has grown from a boutique atelier into a diversified branched business in 10 years.

Recognition
The brand's clothes were presented at the most popular fashion shows in Paris, New York , Berlin , Milan  , Dubai   , Frankfurt , Moscow. Dresses with crystals created by Iren Soprano are popular with celebrities such as Beyonce   , Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton           , Cardi B     , Coco Rocha, Jessica Da Silva , Mariah Carey, Alison Brie   , Holly Willoughby      , Shraddha Kapoor , Nora Fatehi , Eva Langoria , Ani Lorak, Polina Gagarina, Vera Brezhneva, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Valeria, Olga Buzova, Nyusha , Alesya Kafelnikova, Maria Ivakova, Valeria Dergileva, Lyubov Tolkalina, Sophie Nikitchuk, Tony Garrn, Alina Baikova, Oksana Fedorova, Victoria Lopyreva, Polina Askeri and others.

Philanthropy
Irena does charity work and regularly visits orphanages. She organized a collection of humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims in Syria in 2023.