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Also know as
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Madame Karinska, Madame Barbara Karinska, Karinsky, Kariinska, Karinska, Varvara Zhmoudsky, Varvara Andreevna Jmoudsky, Varvara Jmoudsky
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Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska, was costumer of the New York City Ballet, and the first costume designer ever to win the Capezio Dance Award, for costumes "of visual beauty for the spectator and complete delight for the dancer".
Along with Dorothy Jeakins, she won the 1948 Oscar for color costume design for Joan of Arc, and was nominated in 1952 for the Samuel Goldwyn musical Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye. She divided her time between homes in Manhattan, Sandisfield, Massachusetts, and Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France, the birthplace of Joan of Arc. For the stage, she designed the costumes for George Balanchine's production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, among others.
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