Master classes of EXPO-Accelerator

The conference programme of CJF – Child and Junior Fashion 2026. Spring features the EXPO-Accelerator project on all show days. This is a daily marathon of master classes with lecturers of the First Moscow Educational Complex.

EXPO-Accelerator opened with a master class on the use of 3D scanning in clothing design. It was led by Olesya Soshnikova, a lecturer at the First Moscow Educational Complex, designer and technologist. Among other things, the participants could create their own electronic avatar for modeling clothes using a special body scanner.

The programme includes a master class on upcycling: a current to small-scale manufacturing. Upcycling is a creative reworking of old things into something new. Vadim Merlis, a well-known designer, founder of the MERLIS brand, will tell everyone how to do it. He will share his experience, explain how a unique creative idea is born, which then turns into sought-after products.

The EXPO-Accelerator will also include master classes on painting on shopping bags, the embodiment of the artistic image of a model using computer graphics and digital sketching, etc. There will also be the Fashion Show of Debutantes 'The Legends of Russia', devoted to the Year of Unity of the People of Russia.

Participation in the marathon is available for everyone who wants to upgrade their knowledge, discuss development strategies with professionals, share experiences, and even make an important decision about the need for retraining and additional education for themselves and their colleagues at a major educational institution, or invite graduates to work or internship.

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO