Fashion and Styling - course 210,000 rub. from the British Higher School of Design, 1 year training, Date: November 29, 2023.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2008 - present time, head of the “Fashion Design” workshops at the Belarusian Higher School of Art and Design, technologist and designer of garments in the Fashion program.

2010 - 2011, was directly involved in the creation of collections by Clare Lopeman, curator of the Fashion program, (www.clarelopeman.com).

Teacher of technology and clothing design in the programs:
- DOBK, 2015
- TKO PO DPO, since 2015
- Fashion, since 2017

2005 - 2006, production manager at KB-Lastochka LLC, specializing in the production of children's and teenage clothing for sports and leisure, knitwear and raincoats assortment.
2003 - 2004, head of the sales department at Avangard LLC, specialization - wholesale of Turkish fabrics and knitwear.
1988 - 2002, OJSC Moscow Fashion House V. Zaitsev".

1998 - 2002, head and leading technologist of the licensing department.
1996 - 1998, senior technologist of the production department.
1994 - 1996, technologist of lightweight women's clothing.
1988 - 1994, tailor of light women's clothing.

EDUCATION:

1988 - 1994, VZITLP, Moscow, Faculty of Technology, engineer-designer-technologist of garments.
1985 - 1988, college No. 113, tailor of women's light dresses.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:

2017 - Gerber Technology ACCUMARK.
2016 - dummy modeling method, “Fashion Cut Studio” by Irina Sycheva.
2007 - short-term further education program “Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Using a Software Simulation Model of a Small Enterprise” at the Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law.
1998 - foreign language courses, “Higher Intermediate Level” (English).
1994 - makeup courses, qualification - makeup artist, Inter-Service College.

Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Since 1994, as a student, she began her professional career in the latest Russian journalism of fashion, design and architecture, took part in the work of the first editions of glossy and special publications in these areas, which appeared in Russia.

Curator of the program “Fashion & Styling: an introduction to the world of fashion and style” at the British Higher School of Design. Teacher of several educational programs at the Higher School of Art and the Moscow Film School (Fashion Design, Interior Design, Theater Design, Scenography, Jewelry Design, Film Artists, etc.). Specializes in disciplines related to the history of fashion and style in relation to various professional fields. He is also a visiting teacher at Moscow State University (faculty of the Higher School of Cultural Policy and Management in the Humanities).

Since 2015, he has been a permanent lecturer at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, in the program “Fashion and Art of the 21st Century”, “Fashion and Cinema”, “Modern Design and Architecture”, etc. He also gives lectures at such cultural and educational venues as the lecture hall of the Garage Museum, “Gostiny Dvor” (Moscow Manege association), “Worker and Collective Farm Woman”, “Moscow Fashion Museum” and etc.

In the past, Ilektra Canestri worked for many years in the field of fashion journalism, and also covered design and architecture issues in the media. She was the editor of the fashion and culture sections of Vogue magazine, a staff editor and regular fashion critic for Elle, Interni, Numero, Cosmopolitan, BURO 24/7, Nezavisimaya Gazeta and RBC magazines. In 2005-2011 worked as Senior Fashion Editor for Vogue magazine (Greece). She collaborated with magazines ELLE, INTERNI, Aeroflot Premium, etc.

Ilektra Canestri teaches the block “History of Subcultures of the XX - XXI Centuries” in the long-term program “Styling and Image Making”.