Piotrek Panszczyk & tonymarcussacharias LAB Catwalk Fashion Shows SS2012

Piotrek Panszczyk

Piotrek’s girls looked sophisticated and ready for a party. They wore his minimalistic design with grace. And even though high slits and cut up clothing parts revealed a lot of skin; they still looked elegant.

 tonymarcussacharias

With strange helmet-like hats and on high platform shoes tony’s models worked his summer collection. The light shades (beige, off white, grey and blue) looked lovely together. Jackets with structured shoulders, a fringed dress and lots of draping made the collection stand out. Yet because it was such a small collection it didn’t make it very cohesive.

Pauline van Dongen & Etranger LAB Catwalk Fashion Shows SS2012

Pauline van Dongen

Pauline van Dongen and Etranger were the last two designers presenting their LAB collections on Thursday. Pauline’s collection Kinetic Landscapes was perfect. Her dresses had unexpected shapes, lovely details and came in beautiful shades like orange, blue, grey and black. For this collection Pauline was inspired by the powerful force of water and air that both can make big changes to different landscapes. The shoes in this collection were made by Anna Korshun and the jewelry was designed by Nathalie Tappin.

Etranger

The new collection of designer Lifu Hsiao was inspired by an epic movie by David Lynch: ‘Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me’. Especially the styling and the themes of this movie inspired him to design some sexy flowy dresses and some cute babydoll versions. The shades, ranging from white to pastel and bright red all had a special shiny effect to them and were combined with sheer, black cape-like layers. Check out the gallery below.

 

Individuals Backstage at AIFW SS2012

The team went backstage at the Individuals show, the ‘commercial’ show of the Amfi. Make-up and hairteam worked hard to make the models look perfect and the clothes looked promising.

Individuals Catwalk Fashion Show Amsterdam SS2012

After we heard little bells ring, we saw two models appearing on the catwalk; the Individuals show had begun. The Individuals students presented their eleventh collection, named Nature’s Child Consummation Est.

It was a mix of two different worlds; freedom and destiny. Clothes, made from sustainable materials, felt masculine but still had a feminine silhouette. Jackets were long and tailored and lots of items had raw edges and unfinished details. Bright make-up and colorful belts gave the collection a playful twist.

The designers used leather (black and beige), linen and wool. For the wool, which gave the collection it’s luxury feeling, Individuals worked with Dormeuil and Woolmark. Not something you’d expect from a summer collection, but there were more than enough wearable items to choose from.

 

Winde Rienstra en Gomes Esser Design Backstage AIFW SS2012

The second part of the LAB-shows was filled by Winde Rienstra and Gomes Esser Design. The handcrafted designs – and especially her shoes – were a favorite of the audience, while the futuristic creations of designers Aleyda and Denise of Gomes Esser Design also got a lot of admirers. We also went backstage to capture the tension.

 

Winde Rienstra & GOMES ESSER DESIGN – LAB Catwalk Fashion Shows SS2012

Winde Rienstra – 11:11

Winde Rienstra and Gomes Esser Design were next up at Amsterdam Fashion Week Lab. Winde really was the public’s favorite; everyone in the audience seemed blown away by her structured, handcrafted designs. Her designs were on the edge of clothes and objects and were not all very wearable, but sure painted a nice picture.

 

Gomes Esser Design – The perfection of imperfection

Designer Aleyda and Denise from Gomes Esser Design presented their work for the second time during AIFW. It showed their surrealistic and futuristic signature by combining lots of metal (jewelry and head pieces), leather and innovative solar panels.
There were male and female models and America’s Next Top Model participant Sara Longoria was one of them. She fiercely walked the show and is also the new face of Gomes Esser Design.

 

Roya Hesam & ZEM Backstage AIFW SS2012

Let’s take a look backstage at two LAB-shows that were held this morning in the Machinegebouw: Roya Hesam and ZEM, the menswear-label of Samira Algoe

 

Roya Hesam & ZEM – LAB Catwalk Fashion Shows SS2012

Thursday is one of the busiest days of the whole Fashion Week with a lot of LAB shows. We started off with ZEM and Roya Hesam, two upcoming designers, who both presented 10 looks.

ZEM – menswear

Designer Samira Algoe based her second AIFW- collection on classic beachwear for men. She used sun, see and beach as the inspiration for her clean and well tailored looks. Most items were made out of two parts (and two or more shades). The sheer silk cotton and the ultra-short pants appeared a little feminine, but overall the clothes felt pretty wearable. Sunny accessories were gave the collection a nice little extra.

Roya Hesam – womenswear

Roya showed her minimalistic but very feminine collection Facing Skills. She used airy fabrics and soft shades. Her dresses, jumpsuits and pants looked elegant and smooth, perfect for summer. There was a little boob flash here and there, but that didn’t spoiled the fun.

Impressions of AIFW SS2012 Day 1

This was Day 1 of Amsterdam International Fashion Week  edition SS2012. Highlights – despite the rain – of yesterday were SIS by Spijkers & Spijkers and Tony Cohen, the openingssoiree and all the beautiful people.

This was Boutyq SS2012

Before the AIFW takes over our blog, we would love to share the BOUTYQ-event with you. The fifth edition of BOUTYQ gave a reason to celebrate this great fashionevent. Despite the rain fashion-pro’s and -lovers arrived at the Dylan Hotel to watch the collections of Francisco van Benthum, Jeroen van Tuyl and Unconditional.

The collection of Van Benthum was inspired by Cuba and the tropics, which resulted in a modern/classic design in light fabrics and colors. The British label Unconditional presented mens- and womenswear with a street chic character. Jeroen van Tuyls clsed the evening with his tough yet classic menswear.

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