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International professional platform for discussing trends in fashion and culture
Since 2016, 80+ professionals have been discussing modern trends in fashion industry at Fashion Futurum events while telling the viewers about latest innovations and business practices.
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Online guests: students, fashion experts, bloggers
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Since 2016 held once a year
"One of the highlights of the week was definitely the two-day Fashion Futurum International Forum." – Vogue Italia
"The curious traveler would also be pleasantly surprised to find that Moscow is the largest fashion and culture metropolis in Europe." – Forbes USA
"During the last two days of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, the organization hosted Fashion Futurum, an international conference that gathered a slew of leading professionals from around the world to Moscow to talk about fashion, technology and the current state of the industry." – Fashionista USa
Forum's Agenda
1. Moderator// Stephan Rabimov, Editor-at-Large, L'Officiel Austria, Portland, USA;
2. Alexander Shumsky, President of Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, Co-founder of Fashion Fund, Moscow, Russia;
3. Pascal Morand, Executive President, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Paris, France;
4. Carlo Capasa, Chairman of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Milan, Italy;
4. Paul Owens, Director of World Cities Culture Forum, Founder and Director of BOP Consulting, London, UK;
5. Lucilla Booyzen, Founder of South African Fashion Week, Johannesburg, South Africa;
6. Joana Jorge, Project Manager at ModaLisboa | Lisboa Fashion Week, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Fashion Futurum Forum and other events by Russian Fashion Council
Speakers
  • Alexander Shumsky
    President of Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, Co-founder of Fashion Fund, Moscow, Russia
  • Pascal Morand
    Executive President, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Paris, France
  • Сarlo Capasa
    Chairman of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Milan, Italy
  • Pierre Rougier
    Founder, PR Consulting, New York, USA
  • Paul Owens
    Director of World Cities Culture Forum, Founder and Director of BOP Consulting, London, UK
  • Burak Cakmak
    Co-founder of The Digital Fashion Group, London, UK
  • Danilo Venturi
    Director of Polimoda, Florence, Italy
  • Jackie Andrews-Udall
    Sustainability in Fashion and Textile Consultant, Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, London, UK
  • Lucilla Booyzen
    Founder of South African Fashion Week, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Maeve Campbell
    Deputy Editor of Euronews Living, London, UK
  • Mahoro Seward
    Staff Writer of i-D Magazine, London, UK
  • Adam Katz Sinding
    Photographer, Copenhagen, Denmark
    @garconjon
  • Emmie America
    Artist and photographer for Vogue Russia, Vogue Arabia, Calvin Klein, Urban Outfitters, UGG, etc., Moscow, Russia
  • Micaela Erlanger
    Celebrity Stylist, New York, USA
  • Joana Jorge
    Project Manager at ModaLisboa | Lisboa Fashion Week, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Olga Mikhaylovskaya
    Fashion Editor (Vogue Russia, "Kommersant'), co-founder of Front, online platform of Russian brands, creator of @frontfashion Telegram channel, Moscow, Russia
  • Yurate Gurauskaite
    Editor-in-Chief, InStyle Russia
  • Dmitriy Oskes
    Curator, co-organizer of Faces&Laces, Moscow, Russia
  • Andrea Selvi
    Buying Manager at Luisa via Roma, Florence, Italy
  • Carry Somers
    Co-founder and Global Operations Director of Fashion Revolution, London, UK
  • Patrick Duffy
    Founder of Global Fashion Exchange, co-founder of SwapChain and Circular Fashion Summit, London, UK
  • Christina Dean
    Founder and Board Chair, Redress and Founder and CEO, The R Collective, Hong Kong, China
  • Guido Ampollini
    Owner & Head of Performance of GA Agency - international boutique digital agency, London, UK
  • Jonathan Chippindale
    Co-founder and CEO of Holition agency, London, UK
  • Amber Jae Slooten
    Co-founder and Creative Director at The Fabricant, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Sergey Kozhevnikov
    Creative Director od BBDO, Moscow, Russia
  • Stephan Rabimov
    Editor-at-Large, L'Officiel Austria, Portland, USA
  • Liga Zemture
    Editor-in-Chief of L'Officiel Baltics, Riga, Latvia
  • Igor Andreev
    Designer of Vereja brand, Moscow, Russia
  • Regina Turbina
    Founder of replicant, Moscow, Russia
  • Natalia Modenova
    Co-founder of DressX, More Dash and Fashion Tech Summit, Los Angeles, USA
  • Daria Shapovalova
    Co-founder at DressX, member of Forbes 30 Under 30 List and BOF 500 List of the People Shaping the Global Fashion, Los Angeles, USA
  • Daria Alekseeva
    Director of Vtoroe Dykhanie Fund, winner of RBC Prize as Social Manager, member of Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Top Young Entrepreneurs, Moscow, Russia
  • Katie Dominy
    Co-Founder, ARTSTHREAD, London, UK
  • Gloria Wavamunno
    Artist, Art Director and Founder of Kampala Fashion Week, Board Director of Fashion Council Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
  • Barbara Franchin
    Founder & Director of ITS - International Talent Support, Trieste, Italy
  • Anna Chernykh
    CEO of FRESHBLOOD - development and support project for young designers, Head of Design Workshops sewing coworking space, curator of Fashion Design course at British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, Russia
  • Zera Chereshneva
    Head of Event Marketing at VK, Moscow, Russia
  • Daniel Pérez-Barriga
    Brand & Communications Strategist, Senior Executive & Consultant. Founder of Waterboy, Madrid, Spain
  • Ekaterina Glazunova
    Head Buyer for Tom Greyhound Paris, Paris, France
  • Richard Poulson
    CEO of Showroom-X.com, Perth, Australia
  • Kazuma Mori
    Founder of BUNKER TOKYO conceptual boutique, Tokyo, Japan
  • Elena Vokina
    Key Clients Relationships Manager at DHL Express Russia, Moscow, Russia
  • Elena Kravtsun
    Executive Editor of Kommersant Style, Moscow, Russia
  • Jennifer Drury
    Co-founder of BrandLab Fashion, London, UK
  • Dan O'Connell
    Co-founder of BrandLab Fashion, London, UK
  • Mickael Carpin
    Celebrity Stylist, Fashion Editor and Image Architect
  • Miss Adama Paris
    Creative Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer, Dakar, Senegal
  • Ali Charisma
    National Chairman of Indonesian Fashion Chamber and Director of Muslim Fashion Festival Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Sasha Amato
    Journalist, editor of @goldchihuahua Telegram channel, Moscow, Russia
  • Sasha Velikolepnyy
    Blogger, Co-author and "Skolko stoit tvoy shmot" co-host, Moscow, Russia
  • Olesya Potipako
    Blogger, Moscow, Russia
  • Tima Yermolov
    Editor of Spin4Spin website, fashion analyst, Telegram blogger, Moscow, Russia
  • Maria Vartanova
    Independent fashion and media researcher, Moscow, Russia
  • Yuriy Serdich
    CEO of Post_Market_1919, Moscow, Russia
  • Florentina Leitner
    Austrian Fashion Designer, graduate of Master Program in Fashion Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Paula Ulargui
    Sustainable fashion investigator & designer, Madrid, Spain
  • Alexander Khen
    Designer, co-founder of Innominate brand, Moscow, Russia
  • Won Jeon
    Founder of PAINTERS brand, Design Professor at Le Rêve School of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
  • Linus Leonardsson
    Creative Director of Linus Leonardsson brand, London, UK
  • Juliana Garcia Bello
    Fashion Designer, Founder of GARCIABELLO brand, graduate of School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Timo Helgert
    Visual Artist, Munich, Germany
  • Paola Pinna
    Digital and 3D Artist, Founder of Paola Pinna Studio, Cagliari, Italy
  • Sidharth Sinha
    Creative Director and Founder of NS GAIA brand, Delhi, India
  • Juan Pereira
    Designer of Juan de La Paz brand, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Andrés Jordan
    Designer of Juan de La Paz brand, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Muftau Femi Ajose
    Creative Director and Founder of Cute-Saint brand, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Valeriy Sharipov
    Founder of MALIVAR, digital influencers agency, Moscow, Russia
  • Ilyas Darakchiev
    Footwear designer, Moscow, Russia
  • Oleg Zaitsev
    Co-founder of TargetGirl digital school, Moscow, Russia
  • Alexey Kochetkov
    Founder of MUBERT (AI music) company, Moscow, Russia
  • Maksim Silenkov
    Founder of SENSE, Moscow multidisciplinary art group, co-founder of Robohall.com, Moscow, Russia
  • Vladislav Budanov
    Co-founder and COO of THĒ studio, Moscow, Russia
  • Evgeniy Brekhin
    Founder of Collab.art company, Moscow, Russia
  • Ilya Voronin
    mixmag.io Editor-in-Chief, co-founder of Beloye yabloko and Shum publishing houses, Moscow, Russia
Speakers
  • Alexander Shumsky
    President of Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, Co-founder of Fashion Fund, Moscow, Russia
  • Pascal Morand
    Executive President, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Paris, France
  • Сarlo Capasa
    Chairman of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Milan, Italy
  • Pierre Rougier
    Founder, PR Consulting, New York, USA
  • Paul Owens
    Director of World Cities Culture Forum, Founder and Director of BOP Consulting, London, UK
  • Burak Cakmak
    Co-founder of The Digital Fashion Group, London, UK
  • Danilo Venturi
    Director of Polimoda, Florence, Italy
  • Jackie Andrews-Udall
    Sustainability in Fashion and Textile Consultant, Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, London, UK
  • Lucilla Booyzen
    Founder of South African Fashion Week, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Maeve Campbell
    Deputy Editor of Euronews Living, London, UK
  • Mahoro Seward
    Staff Writer of i-D Magazine, London, UK
  • Adam Katz Sinding
    Photographer, Copenhagen, Denmark
    @garconjon
  • Emmie America
    Artist and photographer for Vogue Russia, Vogue Arabia, Calvin Klein, Urban Outfitters, UGG, etc., Moscow, Russia
  • Micaela Erlanger
    Celebrity Stylist, New York, USA
  • Joana Jorge
    Project Manager at ModaLisboa | Lisboa Fashion Week, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Olga Mikhaylovskaya
    Fashion Editor (Vogue Russia, "Kommersant'), co-founder of Front, online platform of Russian brands, creator of @frontfashion Telegram channel, Moscow, Russia
  • Yurate Gurauskaite
    Editor-in-Chief, InStyle Russia
  • Dmitriy Oskes
    Curator, co-organizer of Faces&Laces, Moscow, Russia
  • Andrea Selvi
    Buying Manager at Luisa via Roma, Florence, Italy
  • Carry Somers
    Co-founder and Global Operations Director of Fashion Revolution, London, UK
  • Patrick Duffy
    Founder of Global Fashion Exchange, co-founder of SwapChain and Circular Fashion Summit, London, UK
  • Christina Dean
    Founder and Board Chair, Redress and Founder and CEO, The R Collective, Hong Kong, China
  • Guido Ampollini
    Owner & Head of Performance of GA Agency - international boutique digital agency, London, UK
  • Jonathan Chippindale
    Co-founder and CEO of Holition agency, London, UK
  • Amber Jae Slooten
    Co-founder and Creative Director at The Fabricant, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Sergey Kozhevnikov
    Creative Director od BBDO, Moscow, Russia
  • Stephan Rabimov
    Editor-at-Large, L'Officiel Austria, Portland, USA
  • Liga Zemture
    Editor-in-Chief of L'Officiel Baltics, Riga, Latvia
  • Igor Andreev
    Designer of Vereja brand, Moscow, Russia
  • Regina Turbina
    Founder of replicant, Moscow, Russia
  • Natalia Modenova
    Co-founder of DressX, More Dash and Fashion Tech Summit, Los Angeles, USA
  • Daria Shapovalova
    Co-founder at DressX, member of Forbes 30 Under 30 List and BOF 500 List of the People Shaping the Global Fashion, Los Angeles, USA
  • Daria Alekseeva
    Director of Vtoroe Dykhanie Fund, winner of RBC Prize as Social Manager, member of Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Top Young Entrepreneurs, Moscow, Russia
  • Katie Dominy
    Co-Founder, ARTSTHREAD, London, UK
  • Gloria Wavamunno
    Artist, Art Director and Founder of Kampala Fashion Week, Board Director of Fashion Council Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
  • Barbara Franchin
    Founder & Director of ITS - International Talent Support, Trieste, Italy
  • Anna Chernykh
    CEO of FRESHBLOOD - development and support project for young designers, Head of Design Workshops sewing coworking space, curator of Fashion Design course at British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, Russia
  • Zera Chereshneva
    Head of Event Marketing at VK, Moscow, Russia
  • Daniel Pérez-Barriga
    Brand & Communications Strategist, Senior Executive & Consultant. Founder of Waterboy, Madrid, Spain
  • Ekaterina Glazunova
    Head Buyer for Tom Greyhound Paris, Paris, France
  • Richard Poulson
    CEO of Showroom-X.com, Perth, Australia
  • Kazuma Mori
    Founder of BUNKER TOKYO conceptual boutique, Tokyo, Japan
  • Elena Vokina
    Key Clients Relationships Manager at DHL Express Russia, Moscow, Russia
  • Elena Kravtsun
    Executive Editor of Kommersant Style, Moscow, Russia
  • Jennifer Drury
    Co-founder of BrandLab Fashion, London, UK
  • Dan O'Connell
    Co-founder of BrandLab Fashion, London, UK
  • Mickael Carpin
    Celebrity Stylist, Fashion Editor and Image Architect
  • Miss Adama Paris
    Creative Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer, Dakar, Senegal
  • Ali Charisma
    National Chairman of Indonesian Fashion Chamber and Director of Muslim Fashion Festival Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Sasha Amato
    Journalist, editor of @goldchihuahua Telegram channel, Moscow, Russia
  • Sasha Velikolepnyy
    Blogger, Co-author and "Skolko stoit tvoy shmot" co-host, Moscow, Russia
  • Olesya Potipako
    Blogger, Moscow, Russia
  • Tima Yermolov
    Editor of Spin4Spin website, fashion analyst, Telegram blogger, Moscow, Russia
  • Maria Vartanova
    Independent fashion and media researcher, Moscow, Russia
  • Yuriy Serdich
    CEO of Post_Market_1919, Moscow, Russia
  • Florentina Leitner
    Austrian Fashion Designer, graduate of Master Program in Fashion Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Paula Ulargui
    Sustainable fashion investigator & designer, Madrid, Spain
  • Alexander Khen
    Designer, co-founder of Innominate brand, Moscow, Russia
  • Won Jeon
    Founder of PAINTERS brand, Design Professor at Le Rêve School of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
  • Linus Leonardsson
    Creative Director of Linus Leonardsson brand, London, UK
  • Juliana Garcia Bello
    Fashion Designer, Founder of GARCIABELLO brand, graduate of School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Timo Helgert
    Visual Artist, Munich, Germany
  • Paola Pinna
    Digital and 3D Artist, Founder of Paola Pinna Studio, Cagliari, Italy
  • Sidharth Sinha
    Creative Director and Founder of NS GAIA brand, Delhi, India
  • Juan Pereira
    Designer of Juan de La Paz brand, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Andrés Jordan
    Designer of Juan de La Paz brand, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Muftau Femi Ajose
    Creative Director and Founder of Cute-Saint brand, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Valeriy Sharipov
    Founder of MALIVAR, digital influencers agency, Moscow, Russia
  • Ilyas Darakchiev
    Footwear designer, Moscow, Russia
  • Oleg Zaitsev
    Co-founder of TargetGirl digital school, Moscow, Russia
  • Alexey Kochetkov
    Founder of MUBERT (AI music) company, Moscow, Russia
  • Maksim Silenkov
    Founder of SENSE, Moscow multidisciplinary art group, co-founder of Robohall.com, Moscow, Russia
  • Vladislav Budanov
    Co-founder and COO of THĒ studio, Moscow, Russia
  • Evgeniy Brekhin
    Founder of Collab.art company, Moscow, Russia
  • Ilya Voronin
    mixmag.io Editor-in-Chief, co-founder of Beloye yabloko and Shum publishing houses, Moscow, Russia
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