AIFW Streethearts Award #1

It was a fashionfabulous opening-soiree of the Amsterdam International Fashionweek. Fashionlovers seemed happy and delighted to show their new summer outfits, and some will certainly be selected for the AIFW Streethearts Award by Team Peter Stigter & Maasmechelen Village.

Don’t forget to pick up an erlarged print of your photo, your €50 gift card and enter the competition!

The AIWF Streethearts Award is an upgraded version of our streetfashion-project/competition we’ve introduced last season at Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Thanks to Maasmechelen Village we are able to hand out a serious award this time: a shoppingvoucher worth 500 euro.
This is how it works:
Streetfashion-photographers of Team Peter Stigter will try to spot as many fabulous outfits as possible in and around the AIFW-venue at the Westergas-terrain.  The best outfits will be shown on the wall in the AIFW lounge.
If your picture is selected and featured on the wall you can register at one of the hostesses at the Streethearts-desk, collect an enlarged picture of your photo and receive a 50 euro gift card. Once you’ve been registered you will enter the competition.
On Sunday-afternoon the winner will be selected by Team Peter Stigter, AIFW and Maasmechelen Village.
Openinghours: Thursday – Saturday from 14.00 – 22.00 h and Sunday from 15.00-17.00 h.

More info: www.MaasmechelenVillage.nl

MaryMe-JimmyPaul Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

Marie Burlot and Jimmy Paul seemed to make fun of the fashion world big time today. Their collection JonBenet Ramsey (a beauty queen by which the designers were inspired) told the story of going to school for the first time, but felt more like an ode to Barbie.

All looks of the small collection were pink, purple and blue from head to toe. The shoes, the accessories, the make-up and the clothes all breathed Barbie.

The clothes had lots of volume and had fur and sequins all over them. The soundtrack of the show was the song ‘Gimme more’ from Britney Spears sang by someone else very false.

At the end of the show all curly haired models waved at the audience. The designers came on stage dressed up with masks and caps. It seemed like they didn’t take themselves too seriously. Yet they must have had a lot of fun making this collection and sure made the audience smile.

Heren van Koster Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

Heren van Koster, the fashion label of designer Roos Koster presented it’s new summer collection today. It was the first collection that Roos presented under her own label as an independent designer.

The label, Heren van Koster, in which the silhouette plays a central role started it’s show with a short clip. In the clip we saw a man dressing himself in several Heren van Koster outfits. With every outfit he put on the name of that item appeared on screen (for instance the name ‘pikbroek’ – ‘cockpants’). A funny tune gave the video an extra comic twist.

The clothes Roos had designed were eye-catching, yet not very wearable. Male models with ponytails and black painted clown faces wore short top and jackets with pants that had remarkable crotches. They had tucked the legs of their pants in their boots. The clothes came by in red, white, brown-/purple-ish and yellow. They had all kinds of zippers and pockets.

Between the light summery stuff Roos showed some winter items as well. Several thick coats looked kinda cool, yet a little too hot for summer.

About Roos van Koster
Roos studied at AMFI and Artez. She presented her graduation collection in collaboration with FIA during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week in January 2009 and in Paris during the pret a porter in March 2009.

Nicolaas Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

Project Catwalk participant Nicolaas Gerritsen (26) got a chance to show his work for the second time at the Amsterdam Fashion Week today. Yet it was his first independent show. His collection, named Edge, was inspired by the psychological ink stains of Rorschach as a symbol for and edgy woman. Nicolaas described her as a hot mess.

She first appeared in several sporty looks, in red and white. She wore the craziest sunglasses and structured jewelery. She looked lovely in two outfits decorated with large roses, one was a cream-colored dress, the other a black skirt. The woman even appeared in some leather looks with corset details.

And the name hot mess really applied when Nicolaas’ last look came on stage. It was a neon-colored skirt with some white tule underneath it. The model wore a black leather top with it.

About Nicolaas
Nicolaas was born in Amsterdam and grew up in Afrika. He studied at AMFI, Rietveld and Artez. Nicolaas was an intern at Derek Lam in New York. He showed during the Amsterdam Fashion Week in 2008, together with another designer. Nicolaas wants to design women’s clothes that men would love to look at.

Goodiebag!? Iris van Herpen Fashion Show

At the Iris van Herpen fashion show we received a goodiebag. It contained the products above, which we rated as follows:

Useful

May edition of Nouveau magazine

Juli edition of Marie – Claire

A bottle of Rosemount Chardonnay – 750 ml

Voucher free glass of champagne at the college

Redken fan

Maybeline – Vibrating mascara

PTB – Lip balm

Spam

Folder Ernst & Young

Folder Maitre Frederic

Folder 15 % discount at Esqo living

Estimated Value: €20,-

Rating: 6

Front row SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers – Amsterdam Fashion Week

Check out who was sitting front row at the SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers Fashion show. We spotted some cool editors and VIP’s!

Iris van Herpen Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

Iris van Herpen started her show with a clip of a naked woman surrounded by splashes of water.  That water appeared to be essential in her collection. Her ten looks represented ‘Crystallization’: the process of water turning into crystal.

Iris translated that process by giving water a determined form. Some outfits looked like someone had thrown a bucket of water over a model and time had frozen that water into an outfit. Exactly that opposition between fluid and hard materials was the starting point of the collection. There was also a strong contradiction between wearable and non-wearable items.

‘I’m fascinated by the fact that secret lines are hidden in fully transparent and fluid materials. At the moment this material freezes (when the crystal arises) this comes to life. It’s then that the symmetry and structure underneath become visible’, explains Iris.

Apart from the frozen water items Iris showed several strong handmade designs. Every detail of those outfits was perfection and must have taken hours to make. Yet those are the designs which define Iris as an artist.

One of the looks had a 3D print all over it. It was based on sculptures and made by the famous architect Daniel Widrig. Iris: ‘It took one computer hours and hours to make that print and it costs thousands of dollars, but it looks so good.’ So far Iris is the first fashion designer to work with this kind of 3D print.

Unfortunately Iris only showed ten looks today, but the clothes and the way she presented them made everything worthwhile. All models were filmed while they walked the runway. And as they moved a video was played on the catwalk in which you could see the models walking. ‘The models in the video were enlarged, so people could see the details of the clothes even when they were not sitting front row, says Iris.

The show was great and the reactions of the audience were wild. London is lucky to be able to show Iris’ whole SS2011 collection.

SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

After showing in London and Milan for years twin sisters Riet en Truus Spijkers are back in Amsterdam. Today they held a fashion show to present their brand new clothing line SIS.

SIS, short for sister, is the new diffusion line (and the little sister)of the fashion label Spijkers en Spijkers. ‘It’s something totally different, but the clothes still have a recognizable Spijkers en Spijkers touch’, explains Truus Spijkers. SIS is less pricy than the regular line and is more widely accessible.

The show started with a film of moving clouds, then the models appeared. They looked like the typical Spijkers en Spijkers women; long, tall, with long blond hair, like the twin sisters themselves, but with a whole new wardrobe.

The clothes of the first SIS collection were inspired by a Dutch folk song from 1774 (Daar was laatst een meisje loos) and had all kinds of maritime references. The collection told the story of a girl looking for adventure and sailing along with a captain whom she fell deeply in love with.

This story was translated through plain blue, green and white (colors of the sea) dresses with eye-catching buttons, pockets and folded boats and parrots as details on the collars of several pieces. Those were alternated by great designs with prints of sailing ships, sea horses and different types of shells in blue and white. Meanwhile Sail Away by Enya was on the speakers.

Of course with a theme like this Riet and Truus incorporated a Breton stripe in the collection. Some small black and white checked prints and several grey outfits looked great as well. Jumpsuits, jackets with tucked up sleeves and cute little shorts proved the designers stayed true to themselves with this collection.

And the best part of this story is the new SIS line will be available for prizes ranging from 85 to 350 euro.

Let’s hope Spijkers en Spijkers will continue showing this line in Amsterdam. It’s good to have you back girls!

AIFW Streethearts Award 2010

We proudly present the AIFW Streethearts Award 2.0. An upgraded version of our streetfashion-project/competition we’ve introduced last season at Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Thanks to Maasmechelen Village we are even able to hand out a serious award: a shoppingvoucher worth 500 euro.

This is how it works:

Streetfashion-photographers of Team Peter Stigter will try to spot as many fabulous outfits as possible in and around the AIFW-venue at the Westergas-terrain.  The best outfits will be shown on the wall in the AIFW lounge.

If your picture is selected and featured on the wall you can register at one of the hostesses at the Streethearts-desk, collect an enlarged picture of your photo and receive a 50 euro gift card. Once you’ve been registered you will enter the competition.

On Sunday-afternoon the winner will be selected by Team Peter Stigter, AIFW and Maasmechelen Village.

Openinghours: Thursday – Saturday from 14.00 – 22.00 h and Sunday from 15.00-17.00 h.

More info: www.MaasmechelenVillage.nl

Ready to Fish Catwalk Fashion show SS2011

The Ready to Fish fashion show was playful, fresh and trendy. Ilja Visser took some of this moment’s biggest fashion trends and combined them with the type of clothing she is good at making. Jumpsuits, pleated trousers and strong short jackets.

The fact that Ilja is well aware of today’s trend was visible in every aspect of her collection. Not only the type of clothing, but also the colors, the fit and the materials she chose are hot right now.

Shades of blue, black, off-white, pink, peach and light brown were perfectly combined in several outfits. For instance, Ilja took a pair of brown shorts and matched those with a peach colored top and a black jacket.

Great prints were part of summer collection as well. At the beginning of the show they came by very subtle, on the lining of a pair of pants or around the buttons of a trenchcoat. Yet towards the end some great jackets and dresses were printed all the way. The prints had very natural colors and resembled some kind of stains.

Ilja worked a lot with pleats and paid some extra attention to the collars of some looks. Some dresses got a little extra volume, cause they were not only pleated but also layered.

Many of the outfits were finished off by nice accessories. Necklaces made out of fabric for instance, but also some great clutches.

We couldn’t think of anyone who would not want to relax in those clothes. Each and every outfit, looked so comfortable and had such a nonchalance feeling to it. There was nothing too tight or too short. Ilja once again designed a collection of clothes in which women can feel beautiful, sexy and relaxed at the same time.

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