The Fashion Industry exhibition was successfully held in St. Petersburg

The Fashion Industry Light and Textile Industry exhibition was successfully held in St. Petersburg at the EXPOFORUM Exhibition Center from March 13 to March 16, 2025.

The spring season of the exhibition was attended by manufacturers and suppliers of women's, men's, outerwear, accessories from Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, China and other countries.

For the first time at the Fashion Industry exhibition, a collective stand of the Vologda region was presented: Voltri – linen clothing; IP Zolotova - cotton home textiles; IP Korneychuk with the brand "Margot" - knitwear and linen products; Vologda flax – linen clothing; Nerum- casual linen knitwear; Odum – home textiles.

The following companies also participated for the first time: tm FOBS, Dusegreya, Anna Green, Shine Cristal, 3Dprintandplay, WOOL CASHMERE and others.

New collections of knitwear, linen, cashmere, wool, viscose and silk demonstrated PALLA Factory, OVAL trading house, ACHOSA, TANITA, Elizabeth Factory, ECOMARA, Uzbek silk and others.

Outerwear was offered by BELCANTO, TD Imperial, Scelta Mia, TM Fobs and others.

Bags, gloves, shoes and accessories were presented by: Galantey, Giuliani Romano, Sumkov, Litfoot, Roberta Firenze, Nina Vikont, Perchatkilux.ru , The World of Beauty and others.

Home textiles and home clothes were presented at the exhibition by the brands Line Tex, Fabrika Sleep, Sevim, ODUM, Tex Style and others.

The Fashion Industry exhibition hostedII The Forum of Young Designers and the final of the International competition "Generation NEXT", in which 371 applications were accepted in the areas of Textiles, Costume and Graphic design. Among the finalists are students and graduates of more than 20 the largest universities, colleges and other educational institutions in Russia and the Republic of Belarus.

The winners of the competition were:

• in the direction of the COSTUME – Mamayeva Mariam, the author's collection of clothes "DIALOGUE";
• in the direction of TEXTILES – Kvitko Polina, trellis "Frosty song";
• in the direction of GRAPHIC DESIGN – Yulia Kravtsova, collection of clothes for the museum-estate

P. I. Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk.

Partners The participants of the competition were: SPGHPA named after A. L. Stiglitz, RGHPU named after S. G. Stroganov, IVGPU, fashion.ru , moda.ru , fashion.RF, alfer.group, community.Russian Federation, contest.rf, riamoda.ru , modanews.ru , moda247.ru , profashion.ru , B2B platform "Fashion magazine", Exhibition "Tekstillegprom", TM Pantone, TM "Holofiber", Sverdlovsk Worsted Mill, Shuisky Calico KHBK, Digital platform Print-a-Porter.ru.

The participants and visitors noted an interesting business program with seminars and presentations, which were filled with useful practical information from experts in the field of fashion, style and marketing. The speakers talked about fashion trends, shared the secrets of converting leads into sales, talked about the trends of the season and how young designers can realize themselves.

• Elena Kagirova talked about how to convert leads into sales and reviewed a case study on increasing the share of sales from VKontakte.

• Yulia Karagodina held a seminar on "Global fashion trends 25/26. How to perceive trends".

• Alyona Marycheva talked about how to create merch for organizations.

• Maxim Krylov spoke about the possibility of creative growth and realization of young designers based on the resources of the Tavrida art cluster.

• Svetlana Starostina held a seminar on the topic "Impressive image. From the podium to life. Adapting trends for a woman's spring and summer wardrobe" and told about speech techniques and the secrets of persuasiveness of speakers, with which you will achieve everything you want in life and in business.

• Yulia Kolobova held a seminar on "Website as a sales engine: why your business loses money without it."

• Sergey and Irina Pischuk talked about customer days as a tool for creating a brand or store community.

• Maya Kuznetsova held a seminar on "The future and fashion. Resilience in the face of uncertainty."

• The round table "Integration of young professionals into the domestic fashion industry – identification of points of contact between the future and the present" was held

Traditionally , the exhibition has confirmed its attendance. Over 9,500 people visited the exhibition in 4 days . Most of the exhibitors realized their goals and solved their tasks: they met with regular partners, found new contacts, concluded profitable contracts, received feedback from visitors, and replenished their working capital. 90% of the Fashion Industry's exhibitors decided to participate in the exhibition in the fall of 2025.

The next Fashion Industry exhibition will be held from October 23 to 26, 2025.