Results of the Republican Competition of Fashion Designers, Clothing Designers "Fashion Silhouette"

 On December 14, 2012, the republican competition of fashion designers "Fashion Silhouette" was held in Minsk at the "Center" club of the Palace of the Republic of Belarus, located at 1 Oktyabrskaya Square.
        The competition was organized by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Belarus and the republican committee of the Belarusian Trade Union of Workers of Local Industry and Public Utilities.
        The competition was attended by fashion designers working in organizations of public utility services of the republic, regardless of ownership, as well as those engaged in individual entrepreneurial activities in the service sector, and students of educational institutions training specialists for the sewing industry in the service sector.
        The competition was held in three nominations:
- "Pret-a-porter" - items presented in the "Pret-a-porter" nomination are intended for everyday wear and should be characterized by realism, compliance with fashion trends, and life ethics.
- "Fashion design" - items presented in the "Fashion design" nomination are intended for catwalk shows and should be characterized by expressiveness, theatricality, and author's idea.
- "Belarusian Costume and Modernity".
        A total of 27 collections from 24 finalists of the regional tours were presented to the jury (it should be noted that the regional competition of fashion designers "Fashion Silhouette" was held in the city of Vitebsk on November 14, 2012).
        The Vitebsk region was represented in the republican competition by:
 in the "Pret-a-porter" nomination
- Vita Yakusheva, JSC "Charovnitsa" - collection "Linen Mood";
 - Elena Talay, KUPBON of the Orsha City Executive Committee - children's collection "Autumn Alliance";
 - Alexey Svirido, Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Industrial-Construction College" - collection "Paranoia".     
in the "Fashion design" nomination
- Victoria Krupskaya, JSC "Vitebsk Rassvet" - collection "Ellipsis";
-Tatiana Syrovatnikova of Verkhnedvinsk OJSC "Verus" – children's collection "Looking for a Chamomile".
in    the nomination  "Belarusian Costume and Modernity"
 - Maria Bolobovka of Bogushevsk KUPBO "Prestige" - collection "We are Belarus".
        When summarizing the competition results, the jury focused on the following criteria:
- aesthetic indicators (integrity of the image, expressiveness of color implementation, originality of artistic concept, novelty and relevance of the solution, compliance with modern fashion trends);
- technological indicators (compliance with modern technological requirements, originality of constructive solutions, professional skill and quality of execution).
In each nomination, winners were determined for the top three places, the Grand Prix winner was identified, as well as the audience choice award winner.
       Based on the competition results, in the first of the mentioned nominations, the jury awarded 2nd place to Elena Talai's "Autumn Alliance", in the "Fashion Design" nomination – 3rd place to Victoria Krupskaya's collection "Ellipsis", the audience choice award – Tatiana Syrovatnikova with the collection "Looking for a Chamomile".
     Our shows were very warmly received by the audience. And the credit for this belongs not only to the designers but also to the models. In particular, the children who demonstrated the collections of masters from the cities of Orsha and Verkhnedvinsk worked hard.