Reconciliation through Fashion

The cultural heritage of Serbia and Albania and nonviolent conflict resolution were embodied in a fashion show designed by students of Tehnoart Belgrade and Hamdi Bušati Shkodër high schools. With support from their teachers, the students organised a fashion show at the gallery of RTS Klub. The fashion show marked the conclusion of the student exchange scheme “Fashion Reconnection” implemented within the Superschools programme of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office.

Tehnoart Beograd School for Mechanical Engineering and Artistic Crafts is one of 27 schools from Serbia participating in the second cycle of the Superschools programme. With a partner school from Shkodër, Tehnoart hosted two youth exchanges in Shkodër and Belgrade. During the exchanges, the students had the opportunity to experience the cultural heritage of the two local communities, learn about the similarities and differences of Serbian and Albanian culture, and nonviolent ways of conflict resolution. In addition, the students designed and prepared clothing items with traditional cultural motifs of Serbia and Albania, which were presented at a fashion show.

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