Streetfashion Amsterdam Fashion Week Day 1

What are you wearing during Amsterdam Fashion Week ? Your Marni-shoes, your latest Raf Simons-suit or that vintage Comme des Garcons?  During the fashionweek 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. And maybe you will be the winner of our STREETHEARTS-award.

Roparosa & Bravoure Backstage AIFW FW2011

Take a peek backstage at the show of Roparosa (designer Roos van der Kamp) and Bravoure (Kim Jansen and Patricia Hofstede), both part of Fashion Week LAB.

Watch the show here.

Roparosa Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam FW2011

Roparosa & Bravoure Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam FW2011

The second day of the Amsterdam Fashion Week started with two small shows. One by Roparosa and the other by Bravoure

Roparosa showed a collection in which all design lines emanated from the middle of the models’ bodies. Therefore they all had the feeling of a radiating star contained within the garments. It felt very sporty chic as form fitted items were combined with graphic lines and loose cuts made of comfortable materials. We saw loose fitting designs in shades like black, deep red, blue and nude. Nicely done and very wearable!

After Roparosa young fashion label Bravoure took over the runway with their Tribal chich collection. Models with feather head pieces appeared on a catwalk full of smoke. Designers Patricia Hofstede and Kim Jansen created black designs with lots of draping, pleats and colorful beads. The creations had wide sleeves and fringes too. Art deco meets Hiawatha?

Frontrow Jan Taminiau Haute Couture

Everybody was curious for the Jan Taminiau Haute Couture-show. And of course everybody was there to watch the beautiful Irradiance-collection. They gave Jan a well-deserved standing ovation.

Check also our backstage-reportage of Jan Taminiau Haute Couture

Jan Taminiau Haute Couture Backstage

The Jan Taminiau Haute Couture-show was a much talked about show yesterday. The glow in the dark-effect fabrics, the shoes, the masks. Backstage the tension was high, but everybody was concentrated and all those hands and people made it to a wonderful collection and show.

Check who was sitting frontrow here

Goodiebag!? Jan Taminiau Haute Couture

At the second show of Jan Taminiau we received this goodiebag. In this bag we found:

Useful:

Shampoo – Redken

Frontrow magazine – Official Amsterdam Fashion Week magazine

Marie Claire magazine

Mascara

Spam

Cheque – ESQO 15% discount

Leaflet – RedKen

Leaflet NetKids

Liv Volvo lifestyle magazine

Estimated value: 13

Rating: 5

Jan Taminiau Haute Couture Catwalk Fashion Show FW2011 AIFW

Jan Taminiau did not show only one, but two collections tonight. Amsterdam Fashion Week sure kept him busy the last couple of months. After his Demi Couture show Jan presented his Haute Couture show, which he already showed in Paris two days ago.

He might have held back a little with the Demi Couture collection, for his Haute Couture creations Jan gave his everything. His show, called Irradiance, was overwhelming. Models wearing his beautifully handcrafted creations walked the runway with their faces fully covered.

Jan designed a gorgeous baroque print with reflecting threads and put lots of details in his fabrics. There was so much to look at, the short fashion show was nowhere long enough to fully check out the garments.  No to mentions the spectacular shoes, which made the models walk down the catwalk really slow and carefully.

Lady Gaga already wore one of his creations and there’s no doubt she’ll find a piece in this collection fitting her wardrobe.

Check here for out backstage-report and frontrow.

Front Row Jan Taminiau Demi Couture

Expectations were high at the opening-soiree of the Amsterdam International Fashion Week.  Everybody was looking forward to the two shows of Jan Taminiau, Demi Couture and Haute Couture. We spotted Cecile Narinx of ELLE, Richard Kraijchek and Daphne Deckers and even James Veenhoff was shining in his tuxedo. Front row we pictured Hilmar Mulder of Grazia, Stacey Rookhuizen dressed in Jan Taminiau, models Dewi Driegen and Lonneke Engel and thank God Bastiaan van Schaik survived his scooter-accident.

Jan Taminiau Demi Couture Catwalk Fashion Show FW2011 AIFW

Tonight was Jan Taminiau‘s night. Everyone who is something in the Dutch fashion world was present to watch his very first Demi Couture collection (demi = half in French). A collection that more wearable and is less expensive, because to make one outfit only one appointment (instead of four or five) is needed. A great way to reach more customers, so we say: smart move!

Though the designs were a little less delicate then we’re used to from Jan, they were all still made with a very personal approach. Every single one of Jan’s Demi Couture outfits had a very specific look, yet the outfits can be mixed and matched with each other too.

In the typical Jan Taminiau shades (beige, light pink, gold, silver, light green) dresses, pants, jackets and skirts followed each other on the runway. All with Jan’s signature straight shoulders and accentuated waist and all very wearable indeed!

The collection felt classic, romantic and a little less dramatic than Jan’s haute couture collections. Perfect for a summer wedding, a premiere a cocktail or a fabulous rooftop party!

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