🪡🧵DMWC Workshops “From Hand Skills to Your Own Business”
📅 13 & 18 March, 2026 🏫 SOU “Gjorgje Petrov” – Prilep
📍Mentors: Fashion Design Irina Tosheva & Professor Julijana Popovska
💫 Creativity, inspiration, and a wave of fresh ideas defined this workshop, where textile students, under the mentorship of fashion designer Irina Tosheva and professor Julijana Popovska, actively worked on developing their own fashion concepts.
🌱 Guided by the principles of the green agenda, the workshop placed a strong focus on sustainability, encouraging students to explore recycling, upcycling, and the responsible use of materials. Through hands-on work, participants learned how to transform textile waste into innovative fashion pieces, promoting a more conscious and eco-friendly approach to design. ♻️🧶
🪄 With dedication and enthusiasm, these young creators are preparing their designs, which will be brought to life and showcased at a fashion show as part of the Fashion Weekend. 👗✨
🧵 Embroidery Workshops in Prilep
📅 October 2025
📍 SOU “Gjorgje Petrov” – Prilep
🎨 “With Manual Skills to Your Own Business”
Students from the textile department participated in workshops focused on embroidery, various hand-stitching techniques, and sashiko embroidery, under the mentorship of fashion designer Irina Tosheva and their responsible teacher Juliana Popovska.
✨ The workshops provided an opportunity for the young participants to explore the beauty of traditional techniques and develop practical skills that could be applied in creative and sustainable projects.
🧵 Workshop: “With Manual Skills to Your Own Business”
📍 Secondary School “Gjorgji Petrov” – Prilep
Sashiko embroidery, guided by fashion designer Irina Tosheva and supervised by teacher Juliana Popovska.
Workshops in Prilep | May 6–7, 2025
In Prilep with 25 young girls participating in creative, hands-on workshops , where they explored sustainable fashion by transforming old clothes into woven pieces and stylish denim bags.
🎉 The activities of the project kicked off in Prilep, where 25 young girls took part in two inspiring and hands-on creative workshops led by fashion designer Irina Tosheva.
👗 On the first day, participants explored the concept of sustainable fashion and its impact. They then created unique woven pieces using repurposed clothing.
👜 On the second day, creativity met sustainability as old jeans were transformed into modern, functional bags — a powerful example of turning waste into value!
