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XXIV International scientific meeting “Fashion and design: historical experience – new technologies”
30 May

On May 26, 2021 in Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design XXIV International scientific meeting “Fashion and design: historical experience – new technologies” was opened. Event is organized by Department of history and theory of art in Ƶ.

Part of intelligent and scientific program, designed for a wide range of viewers and specialists in the field of art and costume history, was the opening of the personal exhibition of theater artist Daria Zditovetskaya “Break the Comedy!”, which will last until May 30, 2021. The exhibition was based on sketches of stage costumes for the play “The Death of Tarelkin” based on the play by A.V. Sukhovo-Kobylina (State Academic Russian Drama Theatre, Ufa). The curator of the conference exhibition “Break the Comedy!” was Julia Belova, associate professor of the Department of history and theory of art in Ƶ.

The participants of parade allez, which officially opened the conference this season, presented the creative work of theater artists and costume technology: from graphic sketch of the costumes of the Italian commediadell'arte characters to a full-size game costume created by draping method on the basis of a metal wire design. Costumes at the opening ceremony of the conference were presented by the artists and technologists under the direction of Andrey Shchepochkin. Superior atmosphere was created by the playing of the string quintet of the FUMO ROSSO collective (artistic director Leonid Smirnov).



Opening ceremony was preceded by a plenary session dedicated to the Russian school of costume design, textile installations in interior design and computer reconstruction of historical costume. Special attention was attracted to the report of associate professors of the Department of design and technology of sewing products in SPbGUPTD Alexey Moskvin and Maria Moskvina, who presented the world's first technology of computer reconstruction of archaeological clothing developed by them as part of the research team. The unique method allowed researchers to obtain important information about archaeological artifacts and preserve cultural heritage objects in digital environment.

The geography of the conference this year covered the scientific community from Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Moldova. 120 research specialists took part in this event.

One of the ideologists of the conference “Fashion and design: historical experience - new technologies” is creative director of the Institute of design and arts in Ƶ, head of the Department of history and theory of art Svetlana Vankovich told about the first results: “Traditionally an important place in the conference is occupied by developments in the study of historical costume and folk clothing. Every year the number of authors researching the reconstruction and restoration of historical costume grows; they study topics related to the history and role of dolls and mannequins in modernity, as well as authors who conduct scientific work in the field of costume design and fashion in the context of a new aesthetic. The topic of textile was discussed in different aspects of the study: from the textile traditions of the past to the latest technologies, as well as textile and other materials in the context of costume and decorative and applied art. The most relevant topics were the methods of teaching in the professional training of designers, fine art experts and curators of the costume exhibition. This is a sign of the high appreciation of our conference organized by the Department of history and theory of art by professionals”.


The Russian Ethnographic Museum and the State Hermitage Museum are partners of the conference “Fashion and design: historical experience - new technologies”.