Kazakh Fashion Designer turns Economic Decline into Opportunity
03.11.2010
By Hal Foster
The global economic downturn of 2008 hammered a lot of Kazakhs. Salaries were cut. Jobs were lost.
It looked at first glance as if the downturn would be a bad deal for
Saltanat Baimukhamedova, too.
But it ended up helping the Almaty resident realize a lifelong dream:
starting her own fashion brand....
