Rozalia Russian talks about being a ballerina and a style icon

Mum-of-two Rozalia Russian is known for her must-have fashion collection drops with Atoir and her sage beauty advice – but what many of her fans don’t realise is that her work ethic comes from 13 years as a ballerina.

The 34-year-old who lives in Melbourne with her husband Nick and two children, Willow, eight, and Kingston, five, spent much of her formative years behind a barre and wearing pointe shoes, which has turned her into the determined young businesswoman she is today.  

‘My mum was a gymnast. All she wanted to do growing up was ballet but her mother had chosen gymnastics for her. She always said when she had a daughter they would dance, and that was me,’ Rozalia told FEMAIL.

‘When I was three years old she enrolled me. I absolutely loved it growing up. I’d be at the dancing…