Suzanne Vinnik is a celebrated opera singer, photographer, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder and designer behind byVINNIK, the size-inclusive luxury fashion label she launched in 2019. With a career spanning the world’s great opera houses to red carpets, Suzanne has become a force in both fashion and classical music, merging bold design, ethical manufacturing, and inclusive storytelling.
While still performing, she began upcycling concert gowns and selling vintage through Shoperatic, the fashion marketplace she co-founded to empower women in classical music. This pivot led to byVINNIK her LA-made, editorially driven ready-to-wear label beloved for its opulent textiles and innovative flexible sizing.
Her work has appeared on The White Lotus, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, and multiple red carpets. byVINNIK has been worn by Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Rothwell, Paula Pell, Alex Newell, Renee Lawless, Karen Slack, and numerous public figures—featured in Vogue, InStyle, The Wrap, and The Hollywood Reporter as one of the “Best Sustainable Looks of This Red Carpet Season.”
In 2024, Suzanne collaborated with influencer Dani Sauter and CitizenM Hotels, curating looks for a fashion-forward guest room and exclusive shopping experience room for the brand’s NoMa DC opening.
As a soprano, she’s performed leading roles including Violetta, Mimi, Musetta, Manon Lescaut and Nedda, with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and internationally in Italy, Norway before Queen Sonja, and on tour in Russia with the US State Department. She once sang before members of Congress and then–Vice President Joe Biden, and counts her work with Sing for Hope in public schools and spaces among her most meaningful performances.
Named “Outstanding Designer of the Year” by the Full Figured Industry Awards and one of two finalist for Glossy’s “Inclusive Brand of the Year,” Suzanne continues to make space for every body through fashion that’s as daring and multi-dimensional as her own career.