🪡 DMWC Trainings: “3D Skills in Garment Modeling”
📅 March 31, 2026 | 📍 Semos
✨ The workshop on 3D garment modeling continued with an advanced and contemporary training session, bringing innovation and creativity into focus. Nine participants—motivated and eager to expand their knowledge—actively engaged in the learning process within the framework of the green agenda.
💡 Building on the knowledge gained over the past year, the participants are now entering a new phase of development. Under the mentorship of Nikola Bulevski – Bule, they are deepening their digital expertise while strengthening their creative approach to fashion design.
👗 Designs by fashion designer Irina Tosheva serve as the foundation for digital modeling, creating a unique fusion between traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge 3D technologies. This approach allows participants to reinterpret fashion through a sustainable and innovative lens.
💻🧵 More than just technical training, this workshop represents an important step toward sustainable fashion practices and the creation of new opportunities for women’s entrepreneurship in the digital era.
🌿 By integrating creativity, technology, and sustainability, the participants are shaping a future where fashion is not only expressive, but also responsible and forward-thinking.
✂️🧵 DMWC Workshops Introductory Workshops: Preparing the Underskirt
📍 Primary School “Niko Nestor” – Struga | 10 & 27 March, 2026
✨ Around 10 young boys and girls from Struga took part in the second-level training workshops focused on developing handcraft skills.
Under the mentorship of fashion designer Irina Tosheva, together with professors Slavica Negrieska and Shpresa Qura, participants engaged in a creative and hands-on learning process.
🪡 Through practical work, they made their first steps in preparing an underskirt—an essential element in the process of creating garments for the upcoming fashion show scheduled for October. Each stitch reflects their growing confidence, skills, and dedication.
👗 This workshop is part of a broader journey toward building a full fashion collection, where traditional techniques meet contemporary design approaches.
🌿 Guided by the principles of the green agenda—material reuse, sustainability, multicultural collaboration, and decentralization—we continue to create pathways where knowledge evolves into self-employment opportunities and a more sustainable future.
💫 Step by step, these young creators are shaping not only garments, but also their own creative and professional journeys.
🪡🧵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. 👗✨
✂️🧵 Workshop 2026 at SOU “Bogdanci” – Bogdanci
📅 March 6 & March 11, 2026
📍 Mentors: Fashion Designer Irina Tosheva & Professors Irena Bojmaliev and Vesna Ristovska
With great excitement, participants took the first steps in preparing for the Fashion Weekend show 👗✨.
🌟 Creativity sparked immediately, fueled by fresh ideas, young talent, and endless inspiration. Students began exploring design concepts, hands-on skills, and the foundations of garment creation under careful guidance and mentorship.
💡 This workshop marks the start of a journey where creativity, skill development, and innovation come together, setting the stage for the upcoming fashion show.
✨ We wish all participants good luck and great success as they transform ideas into fashion and take their first steps toward a creative and sustainable future! 🌿
DMWC Workshop: The First Layer of Creation – Underskirt ✂️🧵
📍 24 February & 27 March | SOU “Pero Nakov”, Kumanovo
📌 Mentors: Irina Tosheva & Professor Bjondina A. Ltifi
👩🎓👨🎓 A group of six dedicated students — both boys and girls — took their first important steps in the process of creating an underskirt, guided by their mentor and professor.
During the workshop, participants explored the technical foundations of underskirt construction, including precise measurements, thoughtful fabric selection, and essential sewing techniques.
Beyond developing practical skills, the session fostered teamwork, creativity, and attention to detail — all key elements in transforming an idea into a finished garment.
This workshop marks an important milestone in the students’ hands-on learning journey, as they continue to build their skills and confidence in preparation for presenting their own creations on the runway this October. ✨👗
✨ DMWC Workshops: “Starting the Preparations for Fashion Weekend” ✂️🧵
📅 February 26 & March 10, 2026 🏫 “Dimitar Misirchiev” – Štip
With great energy and enthusiasm, around 10 girls and women took their first steps in preparing for the upcoming fashion show. Under the mentorship of fashion designer Irina Tosheva , participants are actively developing their skills and creative concepts.
🪡 This training represents an advanced – second level, building on over 40 hours of training completed during 2025.
🌿 More than just a creative process, this journey combines knowledge, craftsmanship, and the principles of the green agenda in fashion, opening pathways toward self-employment and sustainable livelihoods.
💫 Step by step, a path is being created toward independence, creativity, and new opportunities.
🏆 Awarding Certificates of Appreciation – 3D Modeling & Sewing and Tailoring📍 Skopje | 🗓 November 18, 2025
This year, the project was enriched with the first-ever 3D Modeling workshop 🖥️🪡
👩💻 12 participants selected their designs under expert guidance and modeled them digitally, creating ready-to-use patterns for printing and cutting.
💻 Digital pattern creation & material selection: Participants were introduced to the V-STITCHER software under the mentorship of Nikola Bulevski – Bule.
✨🧵 Cutting and sewing techniques: Led by Katerina Tosheva and assistant Andrijana Pavlovski, participants developed practical skills and created their own finished garments ✂️👗
🌟 Outcome: Participants gained both digital and hands-on skills, empowering them to design and create unique clothing pieces.
DMWC Workshops: "3D Modeling&Cutting and Sewing Techniques" September-October, 2025
🪡12 participants had the opportunity to select designs under the guidance of
Irina Tosheva and model them digitally
This year, the project was enriched with the first-ever workshop on “Digital Skills in Garment Modeling”, under the mentorship of Nikola Bulevski–Bule. ✨
🪡12 participants had the opportunity to select designs under the guidance of Irina Tosheva and model them digitally, creating ready-to-use templates for printing and cutting. Participants gained digital modeling skills, learning to work with the V-STITCHER software. 💻🧵
The workshop takes place in two stages:
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Digital Template Creation & Material Selection – participants design and prepare templates for garment production.
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Cutting and Sewing Techniques – under the mentorship of Katerina Tosheva and assistant Andrijana Pavlovski, participants develop practical skills in cutting and sewing, culminating in the creation of a finished garment.
✂️👗Through this process, participants acquire both digital and hands-on skills, enabling them to design and produce their own unique pieces of clothing.
DMWC Workshops: "Cutting and Sewing Techniques" – October 2025, Skopje
🧵Through this process, they will gain practical cutting and sewing skills and will be able to create their own garments. 👚🪡
✂️👗 After completing the first workshop on digital template creation and material selection, participants continued with the second workshop “Cutting and Sewing Techniques” under the mentorship of Katerina Tosheva and assistant Andrijana Pavlovski.
Through this process, they will gain practical cutting and sewing skills and will be able to create their own garments. 👚🪡
The training will continue next year with enhanced content, aiming to further develop participants’ skills and motivate them toward self-employment and starting their own business. 💡🚀
🧵 DMWC Workshops: "Cutting and Sewing Techniques" – October 2025, Skopje 2025
We started with the training in Skopje under the mentorship of Katerina Tosheva
After completing the first workshop on digital template creation and material selection, participants continued with the second workshop “Cutting and Sewing Techniques” under the mentorship of Katerina Tosheva and assistant Andrijana Pavlovski. ✂️👗
Through this process, they will gain practical cutting and sewing skills and will be able to create their own garments. 👚🪡
The training will continue next year with enhanced content, aiming to further develop participants’ skills and motivate them toward self-employment and starting their own business. 💡🚀
Workshop in Skopje "Cutting and Sewing Techniques" October 2, 2025
We started with the training in Skopje under the mentorship of Katerina Tosheva
Through these training sessions, the participants will gain practical knowledge of cutting and sewing and will be able to independently create a piece of clothing.
Before this phase, the participants successfully completed the training in digital modeling skills, where they worked with the tools of the V-Stitcher software, under the mentorship of Nikola Bulevski.
The workshops are organized in two stages:
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creation of digital templates and selection of materials
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cutting and sewing techniques
DMWC Workshops “Digital Skills in Fashion Modeling”, from 4 to 29 September, 2025
Visit of H.E. Mr. Gregor Presker, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia, and Mrs. Elvira Presker,
29th September, 2025
Under the mentorship of Nikola Bulevski – Bule, 12 participants had the opportunity to master digital techniques in fashion modeling.
Fashion designer Irina Tosheva Irina Tosheva curated a selection of skirt designs, which were distributed among the participants. During the workshop, they worked on:
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constructing digital cutting patterns,
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virtual garment development,
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testing the completed skirts on avatars,
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and printing cutting templates as preparation for producing the garments in real life.
Software: V-STITCHER
Basics of the interface and digital modeling tools
Working with patterns and garment simulations
Finalizing the model
Result: a completed digital print-pattern – a step towards modernizing the tailoring process and opening new opportunities for creativity and business.
