Yvonne Kwok wins Lichting 2012
July 12, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items
Yvonne Kwok is today’s winner of the G-Star RAW Talent Award. The four international Lichting judges ( Orsola de Castro, Marieke van Dongen, Corinna Springer, Margareta van den Bosch) chose her colorful carnaval inspired collection over the thirteen other collections that were presented tonight. Yvonne wins a money price of 10.000 euro and will travel to Berlin with G-Star to participate in their show during Berlin Fashion Week upcoming January.
Yvonne on her collection: “The translation to my collection is a bombastic use of color. Warm tones combined with bright accents and pastels are inspired by the colors of organs. The strained strings stand for the restriction and the folding reflects the humor where some parts of the body are being blown up. Also by playing with the different placements of the limbs from the marionette it’s being taken out of context. The use of neoprene gives a fleshy effect and refers to how artist Folkert de Jong calls it: “gebakken lucht”, which means “nonsense”. The use of cardboard and brads are inspired by the paper doll, which gives the collection that handcrafted feeling that I was looking for.”
Lichting 2012, the sixth edition, is a project of HTNK, Amsterdam Fashion Week, Premsela and G-star Raw.
Karssenberg-Greidanus Amsterdam Catwalk Fashion Show SS2013
July 12, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under AIFW, Amsterdam, Fashion, womenswear
What a way to open a fashion show! At Karssenberg-Greidanus a model, who had her upper body hidden in an enormous balloon came to the door, walked the runway and then let the balloon explode. After that ‘big bang’ the models appeared, wearing muddy wellies mixed with a variation of raincoats and dresses.
Their faces were covered by the same material as the rain capes were made of. Dresses were wrapped around the models’ bodies with thick ribbons. Glass like materials on a long top represented water drops and gave the collection it’s elegant touch.
It certainly didn’t feel like a typical summer collection, but then again that was never Sanne and Cleo’s intention.
Individuals Amsterdam Catwalk Fashion Show SS2013
July 12, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under AIFW, Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
Should we cover our ears? The Individuals fashion show started with extremely loud and incredibly dark music and looks in shades of broken asphalt to match. Tough models wore ethnic inspired looks that breathed progress, strength and necessity; the three themes of the collection, which was actually a squeal to the previous Individuals collection of last season.
They wore grungy over-accessorized looks with lots of black leather. Corset-like tops, baseball jackets and large hoodies were all in the asymmetrical, layered streetwear mix.
After all the darkness, a touch of primal / fuchsia was added to the collection as the music got a little more pleasant to listen to. Then fuchsia changed into deep shades of sand and beige only to end in a series of full bone white looks. Every outfit was richly styled; golden headpieces, scarves wrapped around the models heads, messy, braided hairstyles and eye-catching bangles were all in the mix.
After some ethnic drums and the sound of birds it became completely silent and light on the catwalk as all looks a appeared on the runway once again. Leave out the heavy accessories and the sky-high shoes and you’ve got yourself a selection of very wearable streetwise clothes. A few of the TPS team-members have even already prepared their Individuals wishlist!
Melissa Siegrist & Rebecca Ward Amsterdam Fashion Week SS2013
Melissa Siegrist and Rebecca Ward both showed a very small selection of looks today.
Melissa started with six sportswear inspired menswear outfits. She showed sporty shorts with visible pockets, tank tops in different variations (linen, striped and shiny) and two chic jackets. A small but well tailored selection. We would love to see more!
Rebecca Ward’s collection was all about curves. She presented a series of corset-inspired looks and added circular shapes to her bodies, skirts and pants. A structured grey skirt and a nude shaded body looked stunning, as did a kaleidoscopic nude dress. It might be a while before those futuristic pants get picked up, but they sure fit well in this small and cohesive collection.
Roya Hesam Amsterdam Catwalk Fashion Show SS2013
July 12, 2012 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, womenswear
Nude, airy & sheer; three words that best describe Roya Hesam‘s spring/summer collection. The opening look, a girl dressed in a nude-colored sheer bodysuit with thin ‘spikes’ on the shoulders already set the tone for the rest of the collection. After that the models became better (less revealingly) dressed, although every creations still had it’s cutouts and openings.
Roya sent a wide range of revealing black and nude shaded jumpsuits, evening dresses, maxi skirts and blouses down the runway. She added just a touch of color (a red shaded bra and a full red look) and some metallic accents (sequins/studs). Her models looked elegant in the airy designs and appeared ready for a late night dinner on a hot summer night (yet with all looks being extremely airy they might want to bring an extra vest).
Backstage at LAB shows Dorhout Mees and Domenico Cioffi
Take a look backstage at the LAB-shows of Dorhout Mees and Domenico Cioffi.
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!
