Olga Kalabina

The paper is devoted to design of collections as an effective mean for the development of creative abilities and professional development of future designers of light industry. The paper discusses the improvement of academic disciplines of training, characteristics of kinds of collections, main stages of design of the author’s collection.

The paper deals with a brief analysis of the use of folk motifs in design of clothing in the last century and early 21st century and shows the result of creative work of students of Technology and Design Department, based on Russian folk female costume and implemented in collection of demi-season coat.

The author presents the theoretical aspects of using task approach in shaping abilities of students with the major “Technology of light industry products”.