The delegation of the University of Industrial Technologies and Design consisting of students from the departments of Costume Design, Apparel Design and Technology and the Department of Journalism and Media Technologies attended the World Fashion Gala.

The gala included a competition for Russian fashion designers, in which mainly St. Petersburg designers participated. The contest had two nominations, namely Red Carpet (evening, boudoir style) and Pret-A-Porte (casual, business style). The jury included stylist Sergei Zverev, designer Yiannis Chamalidi, as well as other experts from the Middle East region.

Such events help to look from the outside at what brands are doing, to form your own view on the industry as a whole and on individual products, assortment in particular. Including drawing conclusions about what we would like to see in our work and what we would like to see not. If we are talking about the work of a designer, it is an opportunity to evaluate products from the outside, how they look, how the audience and the jury react to them. Of course, such events help to interest students, show prospects, serve as a motivation to develop oneself as a professional, no matter whether it is a designer, constructor, technologist.
Ksenia Perminova, Senior Lecturer of the KTSI Department of St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design Ksenia Perminova
Representatives from the UAE, Turkey and China were also present at the gala. Students from the University of Industrial Technologies and Design had the opportunity to acquire useful career connections for further professional cooperation.
It was insanely interesting to meet and communicate with new people who have achieved great success in their lives in the field of fashion and art. I am very happy that I managed to get acquainted with one very interesting woman working in the direction I want to connect my life with and to make an agreement with her about pre-diploma practice.
Daria Medvedeva, a student of the KTSI department of Ƶ
I am grateful to the SPbSUPTD Practical Training and Career Center for the opportunity to cover an event of this level, as it is a great way for me to improve my professional skills, see live how the leading media in St. Petersburg work, and practice interviewing myself.”
Valeria Shkolnaya, ambassador of the Center for Practical Training and Career Center of Ƶ
At the gala, SPbSUPTD students learned about Russian brands, noted the complexity of designs and the variety of decor elements. In addition, they were able to touch and examine in detail samples of materials used to create the collections.



