Fashionclash 2016, Openings event

The 2016 edition of Fashionclash Festival Maastricht kicked off yesterday with Spot On!, a celebration of Diversity. The theatrical encounters expressed the theme of heritage with a clash of cultures and disciplines.
Direction and concept were from Joost Horward in cooperation with Nina Willems and students of Theatre Academy Maastricht, Nora Ramakers and Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe.
The costumes were designed by Tiel Janssen and the ethnical costumes by students of the KABK (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague) and the Royal Academy of Arts Antwerp. There was also a preview of Fashionclash Festival participants.

Goodiebag!? Opening Evening Catwalk Fashion Show SS2012

We’re starting this edition of the Amsterdam Fashion Week with a great goodiebag. There were two versions of the bag, which both were pretty good(ie). We loved the fact that there was hardly any spam in it.

Useful

Legwear – Oroblu
Lavazza Qualita Oro – coffee sample – 50 gr
She – energy drink
Beauty Tea – Yagua – 500 ml
Voucher 10,- euro (+2 samples) – Cosmania
Voucher 7,50 euro discount – Frederique’s Choice flowers (bouquets start at 29,95 euro)
Ilovebeautynews / Ilovefashionnews- newspaper
Ilovebeautynews – pen
Numi Tea – Sample
Vodafone – Water Spray
Vodafone – pocket mirror

Spam

Leaflet Yagua drink

Estimated value: 30 euro

Rating: 7

Useful

Legwear – Oroblu
Lavazza Qualita Oro – coffee sample – 50 gr
She – energy drink
Beauty Tea – Yagua – 500 ml
Voucher 10,- euro (+2 samples) – Cosmania
Voucher 7,50 euro discount – Frederique’s Choice flowers (bouquets start at 29,95 euro)
Ilovebeautynews / Ilovefashionnews- newspaper
Ilovebeautynews – pen
Numi Tea – Sample
Vodafone – Water Spray
Vodafone – pocket mirror
Yves Rocher – Shower Gel – So Elixir
Yves Rocher – Eau de Parfum – Vanille Noire
Yves Rocher – So Elixir
Maybelline New York – Lipstick
Redken – Shampoo
Redken – Conditioner
Redken – Rough Paste
A fuchsia orchid

Spam

Leaflet Yagua drink

Estimated value: 80 euro

Rating: 8,5

 

 

 

 

Amsterdam International Fashion Week Preview: Jan Taminiau FW2011

For upcoming Amsterdam International Fashion Week designer Jan Taminiau has the honor of showing during the opening soiree. And while two designers usually show during this evening, Jan is doing it alone, presenting two different collections.

Jan sure has been busy the last couple of weeks designing not only for his brand new Haute Couture collection, but also for his Demi couture collection. Yet for Jan having to coordinate two different collections at once, is not bad at all. ‘It just feels like I can now ‘play’ more, cause I now get the make twice the amount of designs. It’s like synchrone dancing, since I’m making the same progress with both collections’, he said.

Demi Couture – Seperates

Jan will open the Amsterdam Fashion Week with his Demi Couture collection, a slightly less pricey collection, for which he focused more on his customer.  ‘The Demi Couture collection is not very different from the Haute Couture collection. Yet if a costumer would want an item from the Demi Couture collection they would only need one appointment with us, compared to five appointments for a design of our Haute Couture collection’, Jan explains.

The Demi Couture collection is, like the Haute Couture collection, not based on a certain season. Jan: ‘My customers travel to the sun when it’s winter and go skiing in the summer, so I never really work with seasons.’

Jan used the word ‘demi’ (this means ‘half’ in French) as a joke in his collection too. He would not tell us exactly what he did, but we guess certain designs will seem like they’re just one half of an item.

Jan: ‘The collection will be feminine, sexy and tough and you’ll see soft tones like gold, beige, off white, soft green and light pink’

Haute Couture – Irradiance

Jan’s Haute Couture collection is called irradiance (it’s about inner glow) and is inspired by hiding and being visible. ‘It’s based on a certain feeling you might have right before you enter a stage; you want to go on stage, but you’re also afraid and want to hide. You want to take that moment, yet you are hesitating. I always compare it to the moment you, as a child, have to give a presentation in front of the whole class; you have to do it, but you’d rather disappear. It’s about that vulnerable, yet positive balance’, Jan explained.

Jan: ‘I loved making this collection, cause there were no rules or restrictions, since this Haute Couture collection doesn’t necessarily have to be about clothes or wearablity.’

All materials for the collection were woven in the Textielmuseum in Tilburg and a lot of the details of the clothes were made by hand. The silhouette, as well as the colors of the collection are typical for Jan Taminiau: ‘You’ll see a lot of grey, silver, black and white and the music of the show will be moody.’

Goodiebag?! SuperTrash Store Opening Amsterdam

On Thursday evening fashion brand SuperTrash opened it’s brand new store in the Leidsestraat in Amsterdam. The perfect new store as well as SuperTrash-owner Olcay Gulsen looked incredible. The store was packed with fashionable people, there were drinks and special SuperTrash cupcakes and everyone was having a great time. We received a great goodiebag when we left the store, but of course we already knew at SuperTrash they’re great with goodiebags.

The SuperTrash goodiebag contained:

The SuperTrash magazine

Dr Fish magazine + water bottle

Bracelet by Ti Sento

Himalaya Clay – Rituals

Shanti Shower – Rituals

Nail file – Herome

Fragrance – Thierry Mugler

Bracelets – SuperTrash

Nail Polish – Pupa

Hair silk – BioSilk

Estimated price: 40 euro

Rating: 8

AIFW Sfeer Dag 2

Impressie van de tweede dag AIFW Amsterdam Fashion Week (backstage, fashion shows & people.)

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13397425[/vimeo]

Interview Spijkers en Spijkers at AIFW

Truus en Riet Spijkers over hun nieuwste lijn SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers. De nieuwe collectie is voor een breder publiek toegankelijk dankzij een langere prijs. Toch leveren de tweelingzussen op kwaliteit niets in.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13391837[/vimeo]

AIFW Sfeer Dag 1

Impressie van de eerste dag AIFW Amsterdam Fashion Week. De opening en shows van Iris van Herpen en Spijkers & Spijkers.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13387870[/vimeo]