Badgley Mischka Catwalk Fashion Show SS10
The American fashionduo Badgley Mischka showed their resort collection in collaboration with C’est Brillant. The combination looked perfect: the glamourous style of BM with the moviestar-style of the (sun)glasses. Badgley Mischka put that typical American edge in their collections: feminine, slick, colorful and very glitter&glamour. Exactly what you need on you cruise to the Bahamas.
Non by Kim Catwalk Fashion Show SS10
Inventorum Natura is the title of NON by Kim’s spring summer collection 2010. The third collection of Kim Bakker takes us to the realm of flesh eating plants. Brrr. She got inspired by the tantalizing tragedy of the victim that – once caught in the sweet sticky body – is destined to be digested. The collection reflects parts of this world, the agthered constructions and wired seams give the garments an organic and clean cut feel. A balance is created between smooth lightweight and textured materials which give the fluid layered silhouettes a feeling of motion.
DFF Prelude: Mattijs Catwalk Fashion Show SS10
July 22, 2009 by Joris
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items
By Ivo Wiermans
It’s time for change! And we don’t refer to the legendary words spoken by Obama, but to the atmosphere at Prelude. You know, the seasonal event on the eve of Amsterdam Fashion Week, where young Dutch fashion talents show their newest collections. The young designers at Prelude brought a unanimous message. Long-lasting designs, with a focus on shape and excelling with simplicity, showed a new generation of designers that prefers high quality to short-term fashions
In the courtyard of hotel The Grand, Mattijs van Bergen was first to show his collection for spring/summer 2010. The designer, who is well-known for his elegant plissé dresses, chose to focus on shape. There were dresses like oversized shirts, outfits with big shoulders and couture-like jackets. Pleated elements were subtly converted in necklaces, blouses and lapels and more striking in beautiful pink, red and purple evening dresses. Outstanding pieces looked like waterfalls because of the draped fabrics. The collection felt relaxed and more wearable without lacking the elegant style in which Mattijs excels.
DFF Prelude: Catta Donkersloot & Sjaak Hullekes Presentation SS10
July 22, 2009 by Joris
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items, Presentations
By Ivo Wiermans
It’s time for change! And we don’t refer to the legendary words spoken by Obama, but to the atmosphere at Prelude. You know, the seasonal event on the eve of Amsterdam Fashion Week, where young Dutch fashion talents show their newest collections. The young designers at Prelude brought a unanimous message. Long-lasting designs, with a focus on shape and excelling with simplicity, showed a new generation of designers that prefers high quality to short-term fashions
In the hotel lobby of The Grand Catta Donkersloot presented her collection, which was inspired by poppy flowers and summer birds. The feeling of a warm and romantic summer resulted in graceful ribbon-covered dresses, some decorated with bird prints. The models were draped at the lobby furniture, looking like taken away by a sunny day dream.
Inside one of the hotel’s most impressive rooms, the fashion show by Sjaak Hullekes took place. The collection covered preppy outfits with Riviera-like pieces: shorts, chinos, blazers and polo shirts. Accessories and other small details were both surprising and delicate. Small leather belts covered shirts, very short shorts had fringes at the legs and male models wore bow ballerinas. ‘I want to create a new androgyny in fashion,’ explained Hullekes after the presentation. ‘With small I want to give a new impulse to classic men’s fashion.’ The items and colour palet – bright pink, beige and brown – had a vintage look. ‘My menswear has a vintage edge, but when you come closer you’ll see the renewing materials and high quality’, Hullekes concludes.
DFF Prelude: Conny Groenewegen Catwalk Fashion Show SS10
By Ivo Wiermans
It’s time for change! And we don’t refer to the legendary words spoken by Obama, but to the atmosphere at Prelude. You know, the seasonal event on the eve of Amsterdam Fashion Week, where young Dutch fashion talents show their newest collections. The young designers at Prelude brought an unanimous message. Long-lasting designs with a focus on shape and excelling with simplicity showed a new generation of designers that prefers high quality to short-term fashions.
In the wedding chamber we experienced the presentation of Conny Groenewegen’s spring collection. It was a true experience, instead of models ballet dancers showed some disproportional outfits in old blue and green. They looked like wide pyjamas and oversized shirts people wear at home. The dancer’s moves showed how clothes can be comfortable and graceful at the same time.
On the catwalk in the courtyard the show continued. There were more asymmetrical pieces, made of ingeniously woven, knitted and perforated materials. Conny too puts focus on shape and volume. Draped satins held together by buttons, ribbons or zippers looked both happy and elegant. A closer look to the used materials, shows the outstanding craftsmanship of this promising designer.
Bastiaan van Schaik about tiny mens swimwear
July 22, 2009 by Joris
Filed under Featured Video, Video
Who: Bastiaan van Schaik
Where: Backstage at Club Brillant presents Bradley Mischka
When: Wednesday, the 22nd of July
What: Bastiaan tells us all about tiny mens swimwear…
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Antoine Peters Catwalk Fashion Show SS2010
With his collection ‘Turn your frown upside down’ Antoine Peters made a serious effort to make the fashion audience smile. And he succeeded, not only because the models looked funny with their clown-noses but also because of the collection full of smileys in graphics, fabrics, details and construction. The bright colors made us happy too. Beside the fun-theme, the collection looked rather grown up with T-shaped dresses and tunics. Special of the season is a shawl produced in collaboration with Moooi, the accessory will be available only next month in the Moooi Gallery in Amsterdam. Recently Antoine Peters was in the picture because of the costumes he designed for the latest edition of Arnhem Mode Biennale and his appearance in the book ‘100 new Fashion Designers’. Now, that makes us smile too.
Heineken The City
The unofficial start of AIFW was last saturday when 20 selected talents showed their creations at Heineken The City fashion design contest. Winner was Marielle van der Gouw, a shoe designer who based her winning hand-printed dress on a crushed beer-can. The white dress with colorful graphics looked very feminine yet streetwise. The other designers were inspired by the color, stars and graphics.
Christian Lacroix Haute Couture Catwalk Fashion Show FW09
July 14, 2009 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Haute Couture, Paris
It was an haute coutureshow full of emotion, a collection produced on a shoestring and only made possible by the collective will and donated time and skills of the seamstresses, embroiderers, jewelers, milliners and shoemakers loyal to Christian Lacroix. Only the models were paid, €50 each according to French law, but they ended up in tears too. Lacroix didn’t cry, he said he wants to continue, maybe in a different way, with a smaller atelier. Het just cares about the women who do the job for him. The collection was sober and restraint, only in black and midnight blue and concentrated on shape and wearability. In al its purity it showed Lacroix’ craftsmanship. As the designer came out to lead he bride in the finale, the whole audience stood up to honour him. Bravo!
Armani Prive Haute Couture Catwalk Fashion Show FW09
July 14, 2009 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Haute Couture, Paris
The pantsuit is making a subtle comeback at Paris haute couture, and there’s only one master who can make beautiful pantsuits: mr Armani. He has a lifetime authority on the subject. His show focused on jackets with rounded shoulders over sofly pleated pants. Colors were silver, black and ivory. Armani said he’d been inspired by black-and-white-movie stars, but the collection never looked too retro.
