Backstage at Mattijs fw2010
Yesterday Mattijs presented his fall/winter collection for 2010. Right before his show we photographed some cool backstage moments…
Quoc Thang Amsterdam Fashion Week fw2010
Malasian Quoc Thang today showed at the Amsterdam Fashion Week for the first time. He presented a small and sober menswear collection inspired by skippers-work-clothes, introduced by the sound of waves.
The skipper aspect was visible through some tunic t-shirts and overcoats. Quoc Thang also presented many woolly items like long cardigans and heavy woolly pants. We mostly saw shades of gray, beige and black. One outfit looked more like a skipper’s sleep-clothes, while it resembled a pajama. A strange-looking gray design with long braids attached, raised some questions.
For this show Quoc Thang cooperated with Timberland. The brand delivered all shoes and Quoc Thang designed one pair himself.
Quoc Thang (1979) was born in Malaysia and was educated at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. After his graduation he worked on several fashion projects in Paris and Berlin. In 2009 he started his own brand and named it Quoc Thang.
Amsterdam Fashion Week Backstage Impressions #2
Backstage at the beauty area. A good fashion-show can’t do without a good make-up and hair.
Amsterdam Fashion Week Backstage Impressions #1
January 28, 2010 by Jetty
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SMILE! Mattijs poses after his show backstage with all the models. His collection was well received.
Elsien Gringhuis Amsterdam Fashion Week fw2010
January 28, 2010 by Jetty
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The fashion show of Elsien Gringhuis was all about modern times and the feeling to be locked up. The show opened with a girl wearing a helmet embellished with mirror splinters. Unfortunately she had to take of her shoes while they were too high to walk in, yet more models had problems with the shoes.
Elsien Gringhuis’s designs were colored black, white, gray and mint. The clothes had clear geometrical shapes and were made out of silk, wool and leather. Some items seemed as if they were made out of many independent pieces.
The models wore gloves and their hair was tightly braided. The last outfit of the show was a white, silk, circular shaped dress, which caught everyone’s attention.
Elsien’s fall/winter collection was the second collection she presented during Amsterdam Fashion Week. She graduated in 2008, she won the most creative collection of the year award from Italian Mittelmode and was nominated for the Frans Molenaar award.
Linda Valkeman Amsterdam Fashion Week fw2010
January 28, 2010 by Jetty
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The winter collection of Linda Valkeman had some handmade materials mixed with futuristic shapes. We saw patchwork clothes with frayed ends and large visible seams. The models walked the runway in a slow pace wearing clog-like shoes. Linda Valkeman used diverse colors like faded blue and green.
Linda Valkeman (25) is a graduate of School of Arts in Utrecht and followed the master-program at the Fashion Institute Arnhem. At her website she tells more about herself in a short, telegram-like way. She is a night-reveller, a huge fan of Maison Margiela, born blond, lives in structured chaos, is inventive, fashionated by timelessness and searching for a clash. And she likes vintage, the 20-ties, new york, simplicity and deadlines. Well, enough things a good designer needs to get somewhere.
Amsterdam Fashion Week: openingssoiree 2010
Yesterday the Amsterdam International Fashion Week started off with the openingssoiree. In between the fashion shows of Jan Taminiau and Mattijs we spotted some interesting people. Although the bites were lacking everyone was having a blast.
Backstage at Jan Taminiau fw2010
Yesterday Jan Taminiau gave a great show. Just before the show we went backstage. Here are some backstage impressions.
Mattijs Amsterdam Fashion Week fw2010
January 27, 2010 by Jetty
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Tonight we saw what Mattijs was all about. His fashion show contained some qualitative, wearable fashion items.
Just as in his latest collection he presented a lot of pleated designs, like a black and a red pleated dress combined with golden belts and bracelets. Other eye-catching details were ruffles and frayed ends with long threads hanging at the bottom of some dresses.
We saw a fur balloon-shaped skirt and tops with puffy sleeves. The models wore snake leather shoes.
Mattijs used crazy color combinations like turquoise with pink. And again we saw a lot of metallic and shiny fabrics.
Jan Taminiau Amsterdam Fashion Week fw2010
January 27, 2010 by Jetty
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Jan Taminiau’s day couldn’t be better. In the afternoon he heard Vogue Italia was interested in his collection and in the evening he gave a spectacular fashion show.
The fall/winter collection he presented was shiny and sparkly and the clothes had some amazing shapes and silhouettes.
He used gold, light blue, pink and nudes for his designs. His creations had ruffles, sequins and fans. They had a lot of volume and the shoulders were accentuated in many different ways.
The models wore matching headbands/scarfs and walked in super high shoes (without heels). They showed some crazy poses at the end of the runway.
The last two dresses of Jan Taminiau’s show both had big veils. His show ended with his muse wearing an ivory colored wedding dress.
The reactions from the audience were very positive and now we’ve seen the whole show we really understand why Vogue is so interested. Congrats on a great show Jan!
