Meet your West 18th Street Fashion Show designers: Nataliya Meyer

Of all the West 18th Street Fashion Show designers I’ve met thus far, Nataliya Meyer has come the farthest — literally. Meyer is 27, and she moved here from her native Ukraine seven years ago.

Meyer is a fun conversationalist, not only because of her accent but because her thoughts spill out in such an unselfconscious manner.

“I love history, so I love making corsets, but I’m trying not to get stuck on corsets,” she says. “Girls are so taken by it. I try to feed them what they want.”

Meyer has been drawing clothing designs since she was a child and her mother occupied her with a pencil and paper.

“We are from a very poor background, but do not feel sorry for me,” Meyer says sternly. “I am where I want to be today.”