The spring season of the exhibition will feature manufacturers and suppliers of women's, men's, outerwear, and accessories from Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and other countries.

New to the "Fashion Industry" exhibition: D.Fabio – men's clothing from Uzbekistan: two-piece and three-piece suits, coats, and shirts in the mid- and premium price ranges; "Fashion Production" – women's clothing made from natural fabrics; and doctortm – manufacturer and supplier of natural wool products.

New collections of knitwear, linen, cashmere, wool, viscose, and silk clothing are showcased by Siny Lyon (Kostroma), Gerry Ross (Belarus), PALLA Factory (Moscow), ACHOSA (Belarus), TANITA Factory (Kirov), Milori (Belarus), Mongolian Knitwear, Riga Knitwear, and others.

Outerwear is offered by Imperial Trading House, Fobs, and others.

Bags, gloves, accessories, headwear, and footwear are presented by Sumkov, Nina Vikont, Perchatkilux.ru, Mir Krasoty, Lady 5, Modny cocktail, and others.

Home textiles are represented by Line Tex, Fabrika Sna, Stil Tex, and others.

Underwear is offered by Firma MON LLC, Mir Belya, and ON+ONA.

The exhibition will host the IV Forum of Creative Youth and the Generation NEXT Young Designers Competition. The Forum's goal is to support and promote emerging designers at the beginning of their professional careers in the light industry, establishing contacts with consumers, buyers, and manufacturers. A total of 229 applications were submitted, 211 of which were accepted to participate in the competition in the Textile, Costume, and Graphic Design categories. The finalists include students and graduates from over 20 major Russian universities, secondary vocational schools, and other educational institutions in Russia and the Republic of Belarus.

The finalists, selected by competition experts, will gather from March 19-22, 2026, at the Fashion Industry exhibition venue and create a unified space at the Generation NEXT Young Designers Competition stand. The awards ceremony for the competition winners will take place on March 22.

Competition Partners: St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design named after A. L. Stieglitz, Russian State University of Art and Design named after A. V. Glinka, and others. S. G. Stroganova, IVGPU, fashion.ru, moda.ru, moda.rf, alfer.group, community.rf, contest.rf, riamoda.ru, modanews.ru, moda247.ru, profashion.ru, the B2B platform "Fashion Magazine," the Tekstil'legprom Exhibition, Pantone, Holofiber, the Sverdlovsk Worsted Mill, the Shuiskie Sitsy Cotton Mill, the Print-a-Porter.ru digital platform, and the business magazine Success World.

The exhibition's business program includes master classes from fashion industry experts in marketing and psychology, who will discuss fashion and trends for 2026, working with neurovideo and neural networks, brand promotion, fashion trend analytics, a conscious wardrobe, and many other relevant topics.

• Yulia Kolobova will hold a seminar, "Personality Producer: Why Talent Without a System Is an Expensive Hobby."
• Elena Kagirova will talk about neurovideo for clothing brands.
• Natalia Meyer will talk about neural networks: your 24/7 team.
• Yulia Kolobova and Natalia Meyer will hold a seminar, "From Ego-Brand to Human-to-Human: How Systematic Customer Care Builds Brand Equity."
• Valentina Kuznetsova will hold a seminar, "Practical PR. Promoting a Persona or Brand Online (Media, Social Media)".
• Yulia Karagodina will discuss 4 macro-ideas that are rewriting the rules of the fashion market. Analysis of fashion themes and trends.
• Elena Kagirova will talk about how to achieve goals in uncertain times.
• Svetlana Starostina will talk about a conscious wardrobe in the spirit of the times: how spring-summer 2026 trends work for you, not for the industry.
• 4 Retail Business School will hold a workshop, "Hacking Categories: How 2026 Trends Will Change Your Product Range."
• Alena Marycheva will discuss how a designer can earn more.
• Khristina Vysotskaya will give a lecture on current textile trends, "New Materiality. Synthesis of Tradition and Experimentation in Textile Design for the Fashion Industry."
• Maya Kuznetsova will hold a seminar, "The Future and Fashion. Trends – Fit in or Create?"
• Ilya Tikhonov will hold a roundtable discussion, "The Competition – a Growth Point for Young Designers."

The full schedule of events is available on the fi-expo.ru website. fi-expo.ru.

Free shuttle buses will run from the station throughout the exhibition. m. Moskovskaya (50 m from the stop Moskovsky pr., 197 towards Pobedy square) to the entrance to the pavilion and back to the m. Moskovskaya.

In the spring season of the exhibition, manufacturers and suppliers of women's, men's, outerwear, accessories from Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, China and other countries took part.

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

The following companies also participated for the first time: TM FOBS, DusheGreya, Anna Green, Shine Cristal, 3Dprintandplay, SHERST KASHMIR and others.

New collections of clothes made of knitwear, linen, cashmere, wool, viscose and silk were demonstrated by PALLA Factory, OVAL Trading House, ACHOSA, TANITA, Elizaveta Factory, EKOMARA, Uzbek Silk and others.

Outerwear was offered by: BELCANTO, Imperial Trading House, Scelta Mia, Fobs Trade Mark and others.

Bags, gloves, shoes and accessories were presented by: Galanteya, Giuliani Romano, Sumkov, LitFoot, Roberta Firenze, Nina Vikont, Perchatkilux.ru, Mir Krasoty and others.

Home textiles and home clothes were presented at the exhibition by Line Tex, Factory of Dream, Sevim, ODUM, Stil Tex and others.

The II Forum of Young Designers and the final of the International Competition "Generation NEXT" were held at the exhibition "Fashion Industry", 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 major universities, secondary specialized educational institutions and other educational institutions of Russia and the Republic of Belarus.

The winners of the competition were:

• in the COSTUME category – Mamaeva Mariam, author's clothing collection "DIALOGUE";
• in the TEXTILE category – Kvitko Polina, tapestry "Frosty Song";
• in the GRAPHIC DESIGN category – Kravtsova Yulia, clothing collection for the P. I. Tchaikovsky Museum-Estate in Votkinsk.

The partners of the Competition were: St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after A. L. Stieglitz, Russian State University of Art and Industry named after S. G. Stroganova, IVGPU, fashion.ru, moda.ru, moda.rf, alfer.group, community.rf, competition.rf, riamoda.ru, modanews.ru, moda247.ru, profashion.ru, B2B platform "Fashion magazine", Exhibition "Textillegprom", TM Pantone, TM "Hollofiber", Sverdlovsk worsted mill, Cotton mill "Shuiskie sittsy", Digital platform Print-a-Porter.ru.

Participants and visitors noted the interesting business program with seminars and reports, 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 about increasing the share of sales from VKontakte.
• Yulia Karagodina held a seminar on the topic "Global fashion trends 25/26. How to perceive trends."
• Alena Marycheva spoke 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 art cluster "Tavrida".
• Svetlana Starostina held a seminar on the topic "Impressive image. From the catwalk to life. Adapting trends for a woman's spring-summer wardrobe" and talked about speech techniques and secrets of persuasiveness of speakers, with the help of which you will achieve everything you want in life and in business.
• Yulia Kolobova held a seminar on the topic "Website as a sales engine: why your business loses money without it".
• Sergey and Irina Pishchuk spoke about client days as a tool for creating a brand or store community.
• Maya Kuznetsova held a seminar on the topic "The future and fashion. Sustainability in conditions of uncertainty".
• A round table was held on "Integration of young specialists in the domestic fashion industry - identifying points of contact between the future and the present"

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

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