Yarmak studied as a
mathematician at
Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. She earned the Doctor of Sciences title and academy seats at the
French Academy of Architecture and the
New York Academy of Sciences. She transitioned into designs at
Moscow.
Vogue magazine named Yarmak the "Mistress of a Sable Mountain" (Vogue, November 1998). She was the first Russian designer to have a collection appear on a Vogue cover. ==References==