Dorhout Mees & Domenico Cioffi Amsterdam Fashion Week SS2013
July 12, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, womenswear
Dorhout Mees and Domenico Cioffi; the first two LAB shows of this week!
Dorhout Mees kicked off with a small collection of womenswear. Dresses with strong shoulders, structured skirts and blouses combined with tiny hotpants formed playful elegant looks. Esther Louise Dorhout Mees used nature inspired prints and shades of (mos-)green and white. Several fabrics looked shiny and somewhat metallic, as other sheer ones stressed the airy and dreamy aspect of the collection.
Newcomer Domenico Cioffi followed with a selection of true summer looks. He showed wide tops and dresses with line details and striped prints. He even added matching sun caps and styled his looks with chunky cuffs, fringed sandals, cross earrings and eye-catching cool sunglasses which he designed himself. Quite a lot of different styles united! Therefore a clean grey-ish playsuit and a sober trenchcoat inspired design were the strongest items in the bunch.
This was Amsterdam Fashion Week SS2013 Day 1
Well that was quite memorable first day of Amsterdam Fashion Week ss2013. Storm and rain, sun and laughter. And even a glamorous soiree where lots of fashionpro’s and fashionlovers attended. And Claes Iversen and Marga Weimans put down an impressive show.
Backstage at Marga Weimans AFW SS2013
Take a look backstage at the show of Marga Weimans, where make-up artists and dressers do their best to get all the models ready in time.
Frontrow at Marga Weimans AFW SS2013
That was an impressive front row at the debut show of Marga Weimans at the first day of Amsterdam Fashion Week. We spotted Sophie van der Stap, Philippe Riches and Tony Cohen amongst others. But take a look yourself!
Backstage at Claes Iversen AFW SS2013
Take a look backstage at the show of Claes Iversen, where make-up artists and dressers do their best to get all the models ready in time.
Marga Weimans Amsterdam Catwalk Fashion Show SS2013
July 11, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, womenswear
Marga Weimans’ models came down the runway tonight in almost impossible shoes (designed by Dutch shoe designer Jan Jansen) and larger than life printed dresses (items like the park dress and the skyscraper dress which form the skyline of Marga’s collection) while holding on to black frames on wheels. The show was a true spectacle of structured architectural looks in every possible shape and size. The dresses were all black and white printed shoes were made out of wood with holes in them. The show was closed by a ‘telephone dress’; a sheer black design with actual ringing cellphones in it. A great show to start the Amsterdam Fashion Week with and a nice introduction to Marga Weimans’ designs, who experienced her Amsterdam Fashion Week debut today.
Frontrow at Claes Iversen AFW SS2013
That was quite a packed front row at the openings show of Claes Iversen at the first day of Amsterdam Fashion Week. So it seems not everybody is having his or her holiday yet. We spotted Lonneke Engel, Stacey Rookhuizen, Fiona Hering and Frans Molenaar amongst others. But take a look yourself!
Claes Iversen Amsterdam Catwalk Fashion Show SS2013
Tonight Claes Iversen presented us with a mix of different styles and collections. He opened the show with several minimalistic, sober grey looks, followed by rich, colorful floral designs and ended with more dramatic styles in shades of grey and coral.
Throughout the collection he showed some of his previously designed details and re-introduced some ‘old’ success numbers like the price tags (which were lasered this time) and butterflies he once presented. Claes even recreated half of his iconic rose dress from 2007 and used it has one of his final items. Plus a suit jacket was brought back to live in several different fashion pieces.
Different periodes melted together; sixties flairpants and floral prints clash with all American football influences, which include strong shoulders and sportswear inspired details.
See all the highlights come together in this mind blowing spring/summer fashion show.
Streetfashion AFW SS2013 Day 1
July 11, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under AIFW, Amsterdam, Featured Items, Streetwear
What are you wearing during the fashionweeks? Your Jil Sander-shoes, your latest Prada-shirt or that vintage Gucci? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: Amsterdam Fashion Week.
Peet Dullaert wins Frans Molenaar Award
July 11, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items
Designer Peet Dullaert is this year’s winner of the Frans Molenaar Award. His four looks out of a whole collection of thirteen designs wowed the judges and made him win the money price of 10.000 euro. We spoke him after he just heard the good news.
Inspiration
“I designed this collection inspired by my grandmother’s brooch. A brooch which she got from a friend of Queen Juliana and was actually inherited by Anna Paulowna Romanova. I was fascinated by the legend I heard of women using their jewelry in their corsets as a piece of luxury for themselves. I wanted to create that kind of personal luxury and added a young and fresh way of tailoring”, Peet explains.
Modern technique
Peet used a very new technique to create his couture-likepieces: “I used a modern technique of layering many very thin fabrics on top of each other. You can not really see this straight away, but it gives the clothes a nice, airy flexibility. So I used the most fragile fabrics to create jackets, which are never made out of these kind of fabric. So the silhouettes may be boxy, but the fabrics still give the designs a soft touch. Everything I designed I did with the idea of hidden luxury. If you see my inspiration brooch you’ll notice it fits perfectly with this collection, since it’s very timeless.”
Next year
During next year’s award show Peet has the opportunity to show his work again. “I’m so overexcited with this award. I’m going to use the money to start a label of my own and I’ll be working hard on next year’s collection”, adds Peet who, with tears of joy in his eyes, says he’s ready for a drink together with his model friends.
Congrats Peet!
