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St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design (SUITD) and St. Petersburg Foundation for the Support of Innovations and Youth Initiatives have opened a digital exhibition 芦Beauty requires 2.0. The History of Soviet Fashion禄 in Zarenkov Gallery art space. The visitors of the exhibition have learned about the stages of fashion development in the Soviet Union, got acquainted with the photo documents, periodical and iconic items of clothing that have become symbols of the era. The central place was taken by the exhibits for virtual dress and accessory fitting of those years in augmented reality. They were reconstructed by young digital designers, including students of SUITD. The gallery space is equipped with gadgets and mirrors for guests to 芦put on禄 Soviet clothes and hats and see how they would look at that time. The exhibition was rounded off with a digital fashion show.

Zarenkov Gallery is a point of positive art on the ma of St. Petersburg, harmoniously combining the edges of tradition and modernity. The Gallery is the place for the creative symbiosis of artists and art space that brings together cultures. This modern platform combines different forms and directions of art: painting, sculpture, photography and modern (VR) technologies.

鈥�&苍产蝉辫;With digital representation, we allowed the viewer to have an immersive experience with the fashion of the USSR. It鈥檚 more interesting than just looking at photos or molds,&苍产蝉辫;鈥� said Ekaterina Likhacheva, a digital designer, graduate student in Fashion Tech at SUITD.

Before the start of the project 芦Beauty requires 2.0. The History of Soviet Fashion禄 curators began to search for information with the help of the St. Petersburg Archival Committee. Their task was not only to collect information about the periods of Soviet fashion, but also to find patterns for sewing clothes for each decade.

鈥�&苍产蝉辫;As curators of the exhibition we searched and analyzed a lot of materials, collected patterns and illustrations for designers and they chose which images they wanted to work with,&苍产蝉辫;鈥� said Polina Dudareva, the curator of the exhibition and Fashion Tech student of SUITD.

Then the digital designers visualized clothes in special computer programs. With their help, they can create virtual models, animate them and try them on a 3D human avatar.

Alena Kolupaeva, SUITD student, one of digital designers, designed two dress models of the 1950s for the exhibition, using original patterns from the 芦Album of Fashion Patterns with Cut禄 published by the Leningrad Fashion House in 1959:

鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The development of the virtual models was divided into several stages. First, I transferred patterns and assembled the product in a virtual garment design program, then created its simulation on a digital avatar, selected fabric, applied textures and worked on decorations.

Anastasia Tissen, also one of the digital designers and graduate student of Fashion Tech at SUITD, created an image from the original pattern from 1964, consisting of a blouse and skirt:

鈥�&苍产蝉辫;I digitized the details of the suit and connected them to each other. This process is reminiscent of real sewing. Then I turned on the physics simulation and the outfit was put on the virtual model. The fabric has to look realistic, taking gravity into account.

After creating 3D models of the finished dresses designers uploaded their images to an app for virtual fitting. This technology will allow the visitors of the exhibition in Zarenkov Gallery to try on the digital costumes, pointing with the phone camera to the special QR code. In total the designers have created 37 images for trying on.

When creating the costumes, which can only be seen with the help of the gadget, technical support was provided by the Laboratory of Virtual Fashion and Digital Design of SUITD, where equipment for scanning people, collecting their measurements and getting virtual clothes located, as well as software for creating virtual clothes and working with three-dimensional computer graphics. SUITD students of Fashion Tech direction are already at the study stage developing the high-tech fashion market, new to Russia, launching their own startups, offering innovative products to IT companies, and in parallel conducting exhibition activities.

鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Today designers and brands create digital prototypes of new collections, and many bloggers buy digital clothes for photos on social networks. We used this technology for historical costumes that have been lost or damaged. The computer reconstruction of clothes, which allows restoring the items in virtual reality and significantly expands the possibilities of clothes display through digital technology,&苍产蝉辫;鈥� said Polina Egarmin, curator of Fashion Tech master program in SUITD, producer of the project.

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Project organizers:

St. Petersburg Foundation for the Support of Innovations and Youth Initiatives;
St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design;
Zarenkov Gallery art space;
Laboratory of Virtual Fashion and Digital Design of SUITD;
St. Petersburg Archive Committee.

Producer: Polina Egarmin.

Curators: Polina Gorelova, Sofia Jukova.

Digital designers:

Rita Valeeva&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D clothing designer. Her style is eclectic, a combination of figurative forms, unusual textures and elegance. In her work she pays special attention to finding a concept, an idea, a beautiful visualization and unconventional approach to creating textures. Rita is inspired by nature and its processes as well as art and music. She has been involved in many projects, including Beinoen Dreams. Her clothes can be tried on in the Zero10 app.

Alyona Kolupaeva&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D clothing visualizer, a participant of exhibitions and projects related to digital fashion and a designer of garments. An expert with the right to conduct regional championship by WorldSkills standards on 芦Fashion Technology禄 competence, organizer of championship on 芦Digital fashion designer禄 competence.

Anastasia Tissen&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D clothing visualiser, art historian specializing in fashion history.

Irina Aksenova&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D visualizer of digital clothing and clothing collections, designer, constructor, individual tailor.

Polina Zeletskaya&苍产蝉辫;鈥� designer-tailor of digital and physical clothing (from the idea to creation in the material), does custom tailoring, collaborates with designers of large brands.

Ekaterina Likhacheva and Julia Wolfson&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Dress360 company, digitalization, wedding dresses.

Victoria Bedianidze&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D artist & digital clothes, theater and film costume designer, researcher in the combination of physical clothing and digital products created by 3D printing.

Anastasia Dongla&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D avatar, cloth, animation, motion.

Natalia Samsonova&苍产蝉辫;鈥� designer, creates digital clothing, accessories and environment.

Valeria Medvedeva&苍产蝉辫;鈥� digital fashion artist, creates 3D clothing for metaverses, augmented reality and the most realistic reproductions of physical clothing.

Vadim Khusnutdinov&苍产蝉辫;鈥� fashion and 3D digital designer, creator of ERA design.

Ekaterina Zhikhareva&苍产蝉辫;鈥� digital fashion creator, creates avatars, digital clothing, accessories. She is engaged in organization of collections and creation art. Experience of collaboration with Russian and foreign brands.

Victoria Fomishina&苍产蝉辫;鈥� digital fashion designer, creates digital clothing and accessories.

Sofia Rada&苍产蝉辫;鈥� constructor and fashion designer.

Natalia Konopleva&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 3D fashion creator, creates 3D for conceptual videos. Specializes in creating clothes for Unreal Engine 5.