Department of Fashion Design at Volga Fashion Week in Kazan

By a special invitation from the organizers of the Volga Fashion Week held in Kazan, Ivanovo was presented by third-year students of the Department of Costume Design and Textiles after N.G. Mizonova Alina Gulina and Valery Baranova with a collection of clothes "Flowers of War".

This season Volga Fashion Week was held according to a special concept, and as Yuliana Blagovskaya, General Producer of the Fashion Week, noted: “We work with the theme of folk culture and believe that ethnicity should be in fashion. Few designers are now supporting this theme, but we are giving impetus and showing that you can work with it.”

In addition to Ivanovo, designers from Khakassia, Novosibirsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Kazan presented their collections at the Week. Taking part in such an event is a serious event for third-year students, and Valeria and Alina willingly shared their impressions of the show.

Valeria Baranova: “In Kazan we presented our collection of clothes “Flowers of War”, dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, which had been sewn by the whole group in the second year. And it was interesting for me to observe other collections, to get acquainted with their authors. Each collection at this show was unique, beautiful and had its own meaning”.

Alina Gulina: “I was pleased with the variety of styles and conceptual approaches to design on one site. It seemed to me, there was everything in these collections: from couture to upcycling. It was very exciting to perform, nevertheless everything was good. The collection was noticed, appreciated, and after the show there were many questions and acquaintances.”