Aziz Bekkaoui Frontrow Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam SS16

Seen our catwalk images? Read our show review? Here´s a selection of frontrow images. Who´s is who at Aziz Bekkaoui.

Amsterdam Fashion Week Amsterdam SS16 Streetwear Day 1

What are they wearing during the Amsterdam Fashion Week? A Bas Kosters dress, this seasons Spijkers en Spijkers summer suit or an asymmetric Tony Cohen  trench? We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy (Dutch) fashion and your own personal style.

Judith van Vliet x Chris van den Elzen LAB Fashion Week Amsterdam SS16

Deep ocean diving is something we normally do under strict surveillance. But Dutch designers Judith van Vliet and Chris van den Elzen took us 14000 feet deep in just a split second. No wetsuit or snorkel needed. Just your eyes, to admire and explore life beneath the waves, with its mind-blowing creatures lightening up the darkest waters and also, hopefully, our feeling of responsibility. “With this collection we wanted to show people how incredibly beautiful the ocean is, with its colours and interesting creatures like jellyfish, plankton and algea. The oceans are the lungs of our world, so we should take good care of it. But we don’t seem to realize their importance, if you look at the heavy pollution that’s going these days. There’s not enough attention for this huge world problem.” So the designers took a good shot at it.
It was translated into a colour palette of different shades of blue, black, whites and coral tones. Liquid lines and light,transparant fabrics resembling the fluid water. We saw some skirts and vests with scaly structures. Simple plastic strokes were made into abstract coral-like adornment. The models’ faces were painted with bold blue tones and soft sparkles on their eyelids reaching over the eyebrows combined with a semi wet hair look. Normally ending rock bottom is something we would avoid by any chance. But this time it wouldn’t have been so bad to stay a little bit longer below the surface.

Monique Collignon Couture Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam SS16

Dutch designer Monique Collignon and her deep-fried pizza food regime, it was the talk of the day as run-up for her ‘ultimate comeback’ on the Amsterdam catwalk. But not tonight. The front row was packed with fancy ladies, some famous faces emerged tentively towards their seats and some journalists were patiently waiting while staring at the huge backdrop. One that was soon to be filled with close-ups of mesmerizing earthy tones and minerals, an interesting starting point for a collection called ‘Earth Delight’. It was yet another show that was a shoutout to nature’s most hidden treasures but in a theatrical eighties meets Jerry Hall manner. Big, bigger, biggest.

The show was opened by Dutch model Ovo Drenth, slowly and confident walking down the runway wearing a blossoming black dress covered with lots of shimmerings. Soon followed by more floor-sweeping dresses, fancy skirts and classic silhouettes. All ultra feminine, alternating between soft lace, embroideries and a sea of ruffles. Not to mention the Swarovski-embellishments, sometimes all over, sometimes as small details. The contrast of lightness and weight was as well in the fabrics as in the colours. The final look was a huge white dress with sparkling details, that made some women trembling from excitement.

The clothes may not be very appealing and affordable for the regular fashion crowd, but it’s exactly what a real Collignon woman would ask for. And as Collignon summoned us to take good care of our planet and stop the pollution, what better army could she wish for than this impressive line-up of stunning ladies.

Aziz Bekkaoui Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam SS16

“There will be a surprising guest-model walking down the runway tonight”, Dutch tv-host and male model Dirk Taat revealed a few minutes before show time. That already started many rumours about the opening show of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam. And it was up to artist and designer Aziz Bekkaoui, who has his roots in Morocco, to warm up the fashion audience. And it seemed to be the follow-up of his last season show. While his fall collection was all about love, named United Hearts Now, this time it was about United Origins. His aim was to redefine everyday lines, squares, colours and symbols that have been around us for ages, surrounding us in the streets and in the media. Sometimes it’s good to look at regular things from a different angle, change your perception and see it in a new and refreshing daylight, considering them more than just a colour or solid constitution. The result was a clean graphic pallet of black, white, red and blue held together by golden cement. In some outfits a bold orange caught our eye, in others the British flag peeped out, perhaps the epitome of his message. Some outfits looked modernly clean, others were richer, more accessorised or slightly preppy. Oh and not to mention those white sneakers. Any guy who wouldn’t want to wear those crispy whites during summer time? We kept on flipping the pages in our ‘How to Stay Cool During the Summer’ guide, which was underlined by Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black and an upbeat Dutch hip hop finale song, which was a direct link to that mysterious guest on the runway, Dutch rapper Yes-R. One thing’s for sure; Aziz gives you a one way ticket to a cool urban attitude.

Individuals by AMFI 2015 Catwalk Fashion Show

Please enjoy the pictures for now, our review will follow shortly.

Moam Collective 2015 Arrivals Catwalk Fashion Show at Het Rijksmuseum

Have you seen the Moam Collective show images yet? Here’s a selection of our arrival pictures (more of where these came from on Facebook).

Moam Collective 2015 Catwalk Fashion Show at Het Rijksmuseum

Friday evening, one of the hottest of this summer (so far), the Dutch fashion scene gathered at Het Rijksmuseum to attend the Moam Collective fashion show. Or perhaps we should say underneath Het Rijksmuseum, since the cycling tunnel served as a stunning backdrop for the runway collection presentation.

On orchestra welcomed the many Dutch fashion journalists, bloggers, students and creatives (including Claes Iversen and Inez & Vinoodh) after which the Moam Collective RE-renaissance collection took over. Twenty four creations (18 womenswear looks and 6 menswear creations) inspired by the Renaissance were enough to blow everyone away.

The womenswear focused on layering and unique silhouettes as well as home designed fabrics and prints (created at het TextielLab). Menswear creations were all about effortless tailoring and a creative vision on sustainability.

Long silhouettes, the loveliest color combinations and unique prints; every single look seemed flawless. How could they not be when the five upcoming talents (Anbasja Blanken, Tijme Veldt, Barbara Langenijk, Hanna Wouda, Maartje Peeters) had dream coaches like Mart Visser, Claes Iversen. Cécile Narinx, Georgette Koning, Marly Nijssen, John de Greef and Saskia Stoeckler at their disposal.

During a week which evolves around Dutch fashion (Amsterdam Fashion Week’s catwalk program starts on the 9^th of July) this was the ultimate inspirational evening. The weather, the show location, the collection and the whole idea behind this new Moam initiative fell into place. Moam founder Martijn Nekoui couldn’t be more proud and we’re just as pleased with such talent. Dutch fashion at it’s best.

After the show it was time for cool drinks and typical Dutch bites (bitterballen and kaasblokjes) in the Rijksmuseum garden. What a way to start the weekend (and kick off a new fashion season)!

AMFI : Grad2015

Fourteen Fashion & Design students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute presented their Graduation project recently resulting in an amazing fashion show. Thanks to a crowdfunding-project they managed to collect more than 1300 euro.

Graduationshow Gerrit Rietveld Academy 2015

‘The Fashion Show’ was the title of the presentation where fashion-graduates of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam showed their collections. The students who graduated were: Roosmarijn van Kessel and Sophie Hardeman (Netherlands), Vita Stasiukynaite (Lithuania), Ksenia Nunis (Russia), Tone Bjerkaas (Norway), Karim Adduchi (Marocco), Ting Gong (China) and Chisom Ogundu (Nigeria). To contribute to the costs of the show the students launched a crowdfunding-campaign.

 

 

 

 

 

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