From February 6 to March 4, 2023, the students of the bachelor’s and master’s levels of education of the educational programs "Fashion Design" and "Design (by types)" of the Department of Art and Fashion Design underwent internships at the fashion industry enterprises, museums and national reserves of Ukraine and other institutions of Ukraine and abroad.

The goal of the 1st-year bachelor's educational practice (head of practice – Petro Garkin, associate professor) was to make sketches of the flora and fauna with subsequent stylization and use as a creative source for the development of prints, drawings for fabrics and decoration of clothing models. Together with the head of practice, the students visited the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; the Kyiv Zoo; the National Museum of the History of Ukraine; the greenhouses of the Expocenter of Ukraine and the M. M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden; the National Sanctuary Complex "Sophia of Kyiv", the exposition of the "Costume Library" project, and other locations.

So, on February 17, 2023, the students of the first year of the educational practice program visited the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The exposition of the museum traditionally becomes a source of creative searches of novice designers because it contains unique examples of flora and fauna, it tells about the distant times of the history of the native land. A unique thematic exposition dedicated to the history of the development of domestic entomology made a special impression on the higher education seekers: colorful butterflies, incredible spiders, and other exotic insects. The materials collected by the students will be developed in the near future during course projects and practical work on clothing design.

Visiting the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Kyiv Zoo as part of the educational practice of the 1st-year bachelors

The main tasks of the 2nd-year bachelors’ educational practice (head of practice – Tetiana Krotova, Doctor of Art History, Professor) were: visiting museums, exhibitions, studying and inspecting samples of European and Ukrainian costumes, works of decorative and applied art, painting, graphics, sculpture, photographing works, execution of sketches, selective description of the most important samples. The students, together with the head of practice Tetiana Krotova, visited the costume funds of the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine, got acquainted with the samples of authentic costume and carried out reconstructions of products.

 The tour, acquaintance with the costume funds of the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine

Work on the reconstruction of products from the costume funds of the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine

The National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art and the exhibition of Vira Pavlenko, the artist of Petrykivka painting and ceramics, were one of the many visited within the educational practice of the location, where students got acquainted with the samples of Ukrainian clothing, objects of decorative and applied art. The students also visited the National Sanctuary Complex "Sophia of Kyiv" and the exhibition of the "Costume Library" project.

Visiting the National Sanctuary Complex "Sophia of Kyiv", exhibition of the "Costume Library" project

Visiting the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art as part of the educational practice of students of the 2nd year of the EP "Apparel Design"
(head of practice - Tetiana Krotova)

The result of the 2nd-year educational practice task was a life-size reproduction of one sample of Ukrainian folk clothing (skirt, stocking cap, wrap, shirt, keptar, serdak, retinue, yupka, ochipok, gunya, waistcoat) of a certain ethnographic region - chosen by the student; collection of information on regional, compositional, form-creating features of the selected sample.

The industrial practice of the 3rd-year bachelors (head of practice – Galyna Kokorina, PhD, associate professor); pre-diploma practice of the 4th-year bachelors (head of practice – Olena Gerasymenko, PhD, associate professor); industrial practice of the 1st-year masters (heads of practice – heads of master’s theses) took place at the modern enterprises of the fashion industry, in particular, the fashion clothing brand "FROLOV", LLC "Frolov Heart"; fashion clothing brand "KASS", sole proprietor Kass B.V.; sole proprietor Kachur N.Y.; LLC "Dana Moda"; sole proprietor Mazur E. M.; LLC "Advertising Textiles"; LLC "Heroldmeister"; knitting factory "ROZA"; design studio "i-CHEF by Irina Makhinko"; design studio "Agajan"; sewing enterprise "Bahor" (Lyon, France); knitting factory "Tongliao Hengda" (China), and many others.

The main tasks of the industrial and pre-diploma internships were the improvement of practical skills of independent work as a clothing designer in the process of development and practical implementation of clothing models in material. Depending on the conditions at a specific enterprise, the students were offered to specify an individual task in one of three formats: execution of a modern clothing model, reconstruction of historical clothing, execution of a model using the upcycling technique.

Internship of the students of the Department of AFD at the enterprise for the production of wedding dresses "Slanovskiy"
Enterprise "Bahor" (Lyon, France), where Maria Dmytrenko completed her internship (head of practice from KNUTD, Galyna Kokorina)	The enterprise "Tongliao Hengda" (China) - the place of industrial practice of the student Zhang Nanqian (3rd year)

A sketch and model of clothes from the collection of the student Diana Skichko, made as part of the pre-diploma practice (4th year) (head of practice  – Olena Gerasymenko, PhD, associate professor)

Based on the results of the industrial and pre-diploma practices, the students got acquainted with the technologies, equipment and organization of modern clothing production, as well as traditional and new materials, methods of cooperation with partners and potential consumers of fashionable clothes. The clothing models made by students during the industrial and pre-diploma practices were recommended by the Department of Art and Fashion Design for participation in various clothing design competitions.

19.04.2023