Amsterdam International Fashion Week Preview: Marloes Blaas FW2011

In less than a week the Amsterdam International Fashion Week will start. So to get you in the right mood for all the great Dutch fashion you’re going to see next week, we will present you some previews of the collections of several Dutch designers. Today we tell you everything about the new collection of Marloes Blaas, which she will show on Friday the 28^th of January. After having showed in the Machinegebouw last year Marloes is now showing in the bigger space, Zuiveringshal West.

For her fall/winter collection Marloes Blaas was inspired by the forties. She looked at the women working in factories (such as Rosie de Riveter), wanting to be independent. ‘Those women in the forties had to work really hard, to rebuild their country but also their families. Therefore I chose those strong women as my inspiration’, Marloes told us.

Marloes’ collection will exist of 20 different looks. ‘The collection starts with the aftermath of the War. You’ll see designs made of army tents and heavy knitwear. Then the collection turns from heavy to more feminine. You, for instance, see waist skirts. The show will end with some light, airy clothing’, she says.

Because people in the forties didn’t have a lot of money, they recycled their materials and knitted a lot of the clothes themselves. Marloes copied that example and also used old materials for her new designs. ‘I made a cape of army tents and I used old maps, printed on silk, as a fabric too. I’m lucky to have a friend who’s family business is specialized in items from the second world war. He is always on the look for objects and materials I might be able to use in my collections.’

In line with Marloes’ inspiration for the collection the colors will not be very bright. Marloes: ‘I worked a lot with army green and earthly colors, yet I also added shades of ocher, red and purple. Towards the end I show some white, some cream and a very light shaded type of denim. The old map is one of my prints and I added a slanting check print too.’

Overall the collection will definitely be very wintery. Fabrics will be heavy and many looks will be layered. Real winter-items in the collection will be leather overalls, pants and jackets. Marloes: ‘My favorite look is a cape with many different knitted parts and a collar made of army tent pieces.’

Marloes predicts: ‘Next year’s musthaves will be: knitted cardigans and clothes made from leather. I used a lot of leather in my collection as well.’

Marloes is almost finished with her collection (models & shoes for the show are all taken care of) and together with her boyfriend she’s working on the music for the show. We’re already fond of the story behind her collection, so we can’t wait to see what it will eventually look like.

Photographer: Jeannette Huisman@Team Peter Stigter

Amsterdam International Fashion Week Preview: Bas Kosters FW2011

We have one week to go till the Amsterdam International Fashion Week starts. So to get you in the right mood for all the great Dutch fashion you’re going to see next week, we will present you some previews of the collections of several Dutch designers. We kick off with rebel designer Bas Kosters, who will show on Thursday evening, the 27^th of January.

Bas Kosters has had a lot on his mind these past weeks. Besides putting his collection together he is busy with some other projects as well, including a new commercial job, which we will hear more about soon. Yet despite the rush Bas is pretty calm: ‘The days I was finishing my collections in the middle of the night are in the past. Now I make sure I rest when I need to, otherwise things get out of control. And there’s really no need in wearing yourself out, cause at the day of the show you still have to be presentable (you have to talk to the press and you’ll get photographed).’

And Bas is right on schedule, cause the biggest part of the collection, inspired by mutants, is done. For those of you who’ve seen Bas’ show at the Dutch Fashion Awards, this – indeed – is the same collection, yet expanded. ‘The collection we’re going to show during the AIFW is more prêt-à-porter. For the Dutch Fashion Awards we were in hurry, we finished the collection (of 15 items) in three weeks. This time everything is far more balanced. Plus, we’ve added five menswear looks.’

According to Bas this collection is very different from what we’ve seen before. ‘The last couple of collections were very dark, this time we brought back the color. We also used some new techniques. For instance, we used special painting techniques and we used screen prints and digital prints.’

Bas continues: ‘The collection will also be more refined and there will be more shape in the designs. My favorite look is one of the outfits from the finale. It’s a dress made from silk pastel strips and when the model walks in it, it moves beautifully.’

Like almost everything Bas works on next week’s show will definitely not be your average fashion show. He promises a great spectacle and we sure can’t wait to see what he’s got in stores for us…

Photographer: Jeannette Huisman@Team Peter Stigter

STREETHEARTS

Een kijkje achter de schermen bij Team Peter Stigter over het Streethearts project. http://vimeo.com/13850271

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This was Amsterdam International Fashion Week ss11

An impression of this years AIFW summer-edition!

AIFW Streethearts Award #5

This is it! It’s goodbye to the AIFW summer-edition and to our Streethearts-contest. Esther Coppoolse, fashion director of ELLE, was chosen as our most fashionfabulous streetheart. Because she has her own personal style instead of acting like a fashion victim. And that has nothing to do with her job, she’s been developing her style over the years and it’s only getting better. It’s stylish, daring, personal and you can see she had fun dressing up.

But hey, that doesn’t mean you didn’t look good – everybody we photographed and put on the wall was worth looking at. And inspiring too. So we want to thank you all for dressing up ! And we’ll meet again next year !

AIFW Sfeer dag4

Impressie van de vierde dag AIFW Amsterdam Fashion Week (backstage, fashion shows & people. Tijdens de show van Conny Groenewegen ging Peter Stigter meters… de lucht in.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13434828[/vimeo]

Joanne en Erik over hun bezigheden op de AIFW.

Interview met Joanne en Erik van House of Orange.  Vertellen over hun bezigheden en een verhaal over dopjes.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13431901[/vimeo]

Daryl van Wouw over zijn inspratie.

Interview net na de show van Daryl van Wouw. Daryl vertelt waarom Massive Attack een inspratie bron was voor zijn collectie.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13435191[/vimeo]

Bas Kosters over zijn Chinese afvaltechnieken.

Interview met Bas Kosters tijdens de AIFW. Bas verteld over hoe hij is afgevallen.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13430014[/vimeo]

Destiny is terug!

Na het succes van het vorige mode seizoen is Destiny weer terug. We spotten hem bij backstage bij de show van Non by Kim.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13429079[/vimeo]

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