On December 16, 2017 Vyatka State University hosted a competitive runway of clothing collections, which were created by young designers and children's groups from different cities of Russia. Participants presented 44 collections and 15 sets of clothes in total.
Grand Prix of the contest was won by "Diva" - a children's fashion theater from Perm. The jury noted the original ideas of unusual headdresses using artificial and natural hair, complex color and shaping solutions for children's stage costumes.
The chairman of the jury, famous designer Irina Krutikova, highly appreciated the work of VyatSU students. The "Frieza" collection of Anastasia Malykh won the first place in the nomination of student collections. Anastasia performed her work from a new material "neoprene" offering some original décor made by punching.
The collection "Moments of St. Petersburg" took second place and was recognized as relevant for the Russian fashion in the upcoming World Cup. The idea of Elizaveta Purtova was to represent the best places in Russia. The collection uses prints of famous cultural and historical monuments of St. Petersburg.
Vyatka State University hosted more than 300 participants from 15 cities of Russia during the contest. Among the winners in various categories there were experienced contestants from Moscow, Ivanovo, and Vladimir. There were also children's groups from Kirov who has been constantly cooperating with the teachers of the Department of technology and methods of teaching in the framework of innovative themes for supporting children's giftedness.
