Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011: What is fashion?
June 1, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Arnhem, Events, Fashion, Featured Items
From today on the Arnhem Mode Biënnale 2011 is officially open for anyone who’s curious to learn more about fashion and art. Yesterday the Dutch press learned all about the highlights of the fourth edition of this fashion event and coming days we will show you what the Arnhem Mode Biënnale has to offer.
Whether you’re a big fan of art, you’re dying to attend a fashion show or you just love to wander around in big exposition halls the Arnhem Mode Biennale has it all. You’ll find Amber in the Museum of Modern Art (Museum voor Moderne Kunst), the central exhibition space at the Akzo Nobel area and in many small(er) areas throughout the city of Arnhem.
Artistic Director JOFF
This year’s artistic director is JOFF (previous years Piet Paris was in charge). With Amber he wants to answer the question ‘ What is fashion?’ and during this month Amber will show everyone what fashion can be…
Trend Report SS2011: Baby Get Higher
June 1, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under accessories, Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
Need a few extra inches? This season’s shoe trend will help you get a little higher. ‘Caus it’s all about wedges and platforms. And there’s only one rule: the thicker the sole, the better!
Go for some cork wedges and create a seventies style look or man up and opt for Prada’s layered brogues. The remarkable colored Prada layers were an instant hit and we definitely get why they’re so popular.
The best thing about this shoe trend? It’s super comfy! Due to the super thick soles you’ll get extra inches without extra pain. Let’s hope this trend stays around for a few seasons!
Amber has arrived!
June 1, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Arnhem, Events, Fashion, Featured Items, People, Presentations
Yesterday afternoon the Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011 was officially opened. So Amber finally has arrived in Arnhem and a large crowd of fashion-insiders and -lovers welcomed her at the Akzo-grounds.
In the morning the international press got a private viewing, followed by the opening ceremony and a very pleasant diner where guests were seated like a large family.One of the highlights was the lighting of the candle/installation of AF Vandevorst – the sleeping beauty will shine her light during the Biennale. Let’s see what surprise she has in mind for us.
Arnhem Mode Biennale kicks off
May 31, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Arnhem, Events, Fashion, Featured Items, Presentations
Yesterday the preparations for the Arnhem Mode Biennale were still in full swing. Designers and production-teams added the last touch to their installations in the main location at the Akzo-grounds, the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem and the city.
Today at 3 pm sharp the Arnhem Mode Biennale will be opened officially. Of course we will inform you about this event, here’s a small impression of the last day before the opening.
Arnhem Mode Biennale, june 1st – july 3rd.
Trend Report SS2011: Color Me Blue
May 30, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
Let’s hope blue looks good on you, ’cause it’s one of the main colors this season. It comes in several variations like kobalt, turquoise, air force blue, azure, majorelle and deep see blue.
The best examples of what a good blue outfit should look like were found at Celine, Derek Lam, Calvin Klein and Pucci. And the coolest streetstyle pics were colored blue as well.
Mix multiple blue tones together in one look or mix it with white and denim. Find yourself some cool, gold jewelry and your done. If you find the right kind of blue you can even use it on one of your colorblocking days…
Here’s some inspiration. Have fun with it!
Trend Report SS2011: To Brow Or Not To Brow
May 26, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under beauty, Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
If we’re talking eye brows there are two major trends right now. Either you go with the bold and hairy brow, or you bleach to whole thing and make it (almost) disappear.
During fashion season these two big trends alternated each other on the runway. Alexander Wang, Blumarine, Erdem, Valentino, Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and Giambattista Valli went for the bleached brow. As where Prada, Ungaro, Stella McCartney, Armani, Dior and Gucci presented the bold brow.
Both are, of course, a bit extreme. But if you’re gonna have to choose between one or the other; the safest choice would be the thicker brow. Which means as much as: don’t pluck too much. Go for a natural full brow and remove only the most annoying little hairs between your eye brows; preventing the unit-brow look.
Look at these photos for some brow-inspiration.
Trend Report SS2011: Bright Bags
May 23, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
What better way to brighten up your outfit than by carrying a colorful candy-like bag? Burberry, Costume National, Fendi and Louis Vuitton surely all understood the power of that small colorful bag. A subtle extra to change your look from dull to dazzling.
The bag may have a graceful shoulder band; the best way to carry it around is by holding it in your hand. And even though there might be just enough room for a phone and a credit card these bags are the coolest items of the summer.
Whether fringed, patent, floral-shaped, embroidered or suede; as long as your summer bag has a bright color to it; you’re right on trend.
Wanna take this trend a little further?
Combine your bright bag with a full colorblockig outfit!
Trend Report SS2011: down to earth
May 19, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
For all the ladies who’ve had enough of those damn high heels, we have good news! Flat shoes are back in fashion. And we’re not talking about shoes with a more subtle heel. No we’re talking about no heel at all!
Especially the sandals are more flat than ever. A pity for the smaller ladies, but the good thing is it – literally – keeps you quite down to earth. Opt for the ballerina look like Chloe, Miyake and Oscar de la Renta or choose some sunny sandals as shown in fashion shows of Alberta Ferretti, Bottega Veneta, Derek Lam, Diesel and Anna Sui.
The best part is those sandals come in every color and style. So you can easily mix ‘n match your colorblocking, masculine or minimalistic clothing style with your shoes. And since they’re affordable and super comfy there’s really no excuse not to want a pair of those easy chic shoes of your own.
Trend Report SS2011: Style & Lace
May 17, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, London, Milan, New York, Paris, womenswear
Graceful, feminine and perfect for summer; lace is a big trend this season. Dolce & Gabbana was all about lace and is one of the most popular collections. Also Chanel and Louis Vuitton showed us they know how to work the lace into your look.
We kind of expected the lace at fashion houses like Alberta Ferretti, Oscar de la Renta and Marchesa. Yet at Issa, Erdem and McQueen it was more of a surprise. Especially since Erdem and Issa were all about color. Not the regular white and black, but purple, green and red lace.
So this season it’s not only underwear that is beautifully embroidered; dresses, pants, skirts and tops may be embellished too. And besides lace clothing fashion accessories like shoes or clutches work really well in this fabric too.
Just take some inspiration from our photo gallery and have fun with this summer trend!
Trend Report SS2011: Walk The Line
May 13, 2011 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
Next to the blue and white navy-like stripes there is another world of stripes we just need to discuss. Those stripes are bold, wide and come in many different shades.
Prada’s stripes definitely are the most recognizable ones (also since they’re copied all over the world by high street fashion houses). Blue, pink, green, orange; the brighter, the better.
Karl Lagerfeld chose diagonal stripes for fendi and at Jil Sander they were extremely wide and vertical. Watanabe’s models looked like they’d just escaped from prison and Marc Jacobs gave his striped dresses a vintage feeling due to his choice of color.
We saw so many stripes on the runway, it seems there’s no way you can do without them this summer. And our advice, if you go for some stripes is: don’t hold back! Let them stand out & just have fun with it.
