International jury

Damiano Antonazzo

Regional Development Director at Istituto Marangoni Milano. Milan, Italy

Marina Demchenko

Founder of the first Russian fashion magazine Fashion Collection, founder and editor-in-chief of the youth magazine WE, expert in the field of fashion, style and photography. Moscow, Russia.

Sergey Sysoev
Lyuba Popova

Renowned European fashion historian, costume designer, fashion designer, fashion journalist, NABA Professor of Fashion History and Theory The New Academy of Fine Arts NABA is the top 100 best schools in the world in the field of art and design.
Milan, Italy.

Olga Sysoeva

Member of the Union of Designers of Russia, trend analyst, fashion consultant, art strategist, associate professor of the costume design department of the A.N. Kosygin Russian State University, Moscow, Russia.

Svetlana Horvat
Megan Virtanen

Fashion historian, cultural scientist, author of the books Soviet Fashion and Soviet Beauty. Speaker of the Tavrida art cluster. Collaborates with many museums, festivals and educational institutions in St. Petersburg, Moscow and other cities. She was a columnist for RBC and RIA Novosti, and also published in a number of other publications. She worked as a historical civilian costume consultant on several film projects.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Alexey Zheng

Founder and art director of Kazakhstan fashion week.
Designer of the women’s clothing line ALEX CHZHEN.
Co-founder of the international competition for young designers NEW GENERATION-Open Way. Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Beppe Pisani
Botagoz Aldongarova

Co-founder of the international competition for young designers New generation-Open way, member of the Eurasian Association of Creative Industries, teacher at the Higher School of Media Intercultural Communications of the University of Turan, co-founder of Kazakhstan fashion week.
Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Igor Ivanov

Head of the fashion and design department of the National Center for Artistic Creativity for Children and Youth.
Minsk, Republic of Belarus.

Fazliddin Anvarov

Founder of Art Week Uzbekistan. Founder of Creative Community Uzbekistan. Creative director of the brand AzukarMoreno. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Alexander Peremyatov
Kayrolla Abishev

Clothing designer, creator of the ZEKEN MODA brand, member of the Eurasian Union of Designers, member of the Union of Designers of Kyrgyzstan, academician of the Academy of Design of Kazakhstan, winner of golden scissors with a diamond for shows in Moscow, three times laureate of the state award of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of fashion design, holder of the Order of Kurmet, multiple participant in shows in France, Turkey, India, Russia and other countries of the world.
Astana, Kazakhstan.

Tokhir Ibragimov

General Director of Fashion Group TZ. Tajikistan Fashion Week. Mood Models. Representative of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Galina Istomina

Curator of design projects at the CPM exhibition – Collection Premiere Moscow – the main international exhibition of the fashion industry in Russia and Central Asia. The exhibition has been hosting a project to support young designers, Designerpool, for over 20 years.

Renato Barchiesi

Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Advisor to the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Ancona. Founding Member
Association of Friends of Italy and Russia AAIR. Key Account Director ROY REBEL.

Petr Gamayunov

Director of the Institute of Costume Design, head of the department of painting and drawing, professor, member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Danilo Mercaldo

Clothing designer, commercial director of ALAV SRL, worked with fashion houses: Fendi, Rocco Barocco, Love Sex Money, Daniel Hechter. Milan, Italy.

Maya Kuznetsova

Designer, fashion designer, candidate of art history, associate professor, member of the St. Petersburg Union of Designers, Academician of the National Academy of the Fashion Industry.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Anna Vlasova

Designer and founder of the leather goods brand AV Bags, graduate of the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, graduate of Domus Academy.
Milan, Italy.

Sofia Totulyan

Designer and founder of the brand Sofia Tatulyan. Budapest, Hungary.

Tatyana Ivanova

Expert in the field of fashion and the Fashion industry, leading stylist and designer of the Eleganzza company, material scientist, business coach in the field of Fashion and style.
Moscow, Russia.

Alexander Belov

International expert and image maker on men’s style. Author and presenter of numerous trainings. Consultant on business, political and corporate style, as well as image consultant for TV presenters and media personalities.
Moscow, Russia.

Olga Malyarova

Designer and founder of the brand Olga Malyarova. Millionaire blogger, graduate of the St. Petersburg University of Industrial Technologies and Design, GRAND PRIX winner of the international competition Admiralty Needle, finalist of the Podium project, Winner of the New Names Competition from Sobaka.ru, participant and winner of exhibitions and shows in Milan, Tokyo and Paris.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Anastasia Kotova

Representative of the trend bureau CARLIN Creative France in Russia since 2006. Trend forecasts for clothing manufacturers with a perspective of 2 years ahead.
Moscow, Russia.

Daria Pashkova
Ilya Tikhonov

Head and founder of the United editorial office and advertising agency ModaNews.ru and Fashion 24/7 moda247.ru, member of the jury of competitions: Admiralty Needle, Generation NEXT, PROfashion masters and many others, expert at the Fashion Industry and Textillegprom exhibitions, producer of the ModaNews YouTube channel.

Elena Vagizova

Editor-in-chief of Kids Avenue magazine, general director of the children’s modeling agency Kids Avenue, producer of the first children’s fashion television MATRESHKA TV.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Bin Chen

Professor at the School of Fashion and Art Design at Donghua University, Vice President of the National Integration Union of Shoe and Apparel Industry and Education, Director of the Chinese Association of Fashion Designers, member of the jury of China’s Ten Best Designers.
Shanghai, China.

Ksenia Demyanenko-Novikova

Fashion designer, associate professor of the Department of Costume Design and Textiles named after. N.G. Mizonova, IVSPU, member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Designers of the Russian Federation. Laureate of Russian and international competitions.
Ivanovo, Russia.

Valeria Grankina

Designer, owner of the Fashion House Valeria Grankina.
Awarded by state Order of Serving Russia for success in international competitions and socially active position.

Roman Sharuk

Fashion designer, graduate of St. Petersburg State University of Pedagogical and Technical Design, founder of the elegant women’s clothing brand Sharuk Apparel.
St. Petersburg, Russia.

Mahwish Hasnain

Head of the department of Fashion in Greenwich University, visual artist, designer, educationist. A specialist skilled in traditional/conceptual contemporary Art, holds a degree in Textile & Fashion Design.

Karachi, Pakistan

Honorary Guests