BORN AND RAISED IN ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, AIKER GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF SCIENTISTS WHO EMBRACED A PASSION FOR BEAUTY, FEMININITY AND IMAGINATION. BEING SURROUNDED BY EMPOWERED WOMEN HELPED HER TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND CREATIVITY WERE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. THIS ALLOWED AIKER TO UNCOVER THE DOMINANT THEMES IN HER CURRENT PRACTICE, WHILE WORKING FOR HAIDER ACKERMANN , A.F.VANDEVORST AND STUDYING IN ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP FASHION DEPARTMENT PROVIDED HER THE SPACE TO HONE IN ON HER CRAFT.