Iris van Herpen – Backstage – SS2011

We were backstage at the Iris van Herpen fashion show this week. Check out the looks, the hair & the make-up.

SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers – Backstage – SS2011

We were backstage at the SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers fashion show. Check out the looks, the hair & the make-up.

Marije de Haan is the winner of Lichting 2010

Tonight fourteen different students from seven different academies presented their graduation collections during Amsteram Fashion Week. They showed their finest work in front of a large fashion audience and in front an international jury. That jury had to decide which one of the students had the best collection.

After a long catwalkshow and some wise deliberation the jury named Marije de Haan as the winner of Lichting 2010. With her menswear collection named ‘flatliners’ Marije wins a money prize of 10.000 and gets a chance to work with G-star during the next New York Fashion Week. With the money she would like to expand her collection.

Marije studied at the Royal Academie of Arts in the Hague. Her menswear collection was inspired by crime-scene photography from the beginning of the twentieth century.

We wish her all the best of luck and hope to hear more from this new designtalent very soon!

Ado les Scents by Hyun Yeu Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011

Designer Hyun Yeu told us he was pretty nervous before today’s show. But there really was no need for that. For the third time Hyun Yeu proved he’s a talented designer who really has something to offer.

Today’s collection was inspired by the character of King Edward VIII, who gave up the English throne for a divorced American Woman. He named the collection The King Is Helpless. This inspiration was visible through looks that were vulnerable and romantic at the same time.

Yeu designed round shoulders, slightly puffy ¾ sleeves and little pleats in unexpected places. The clothes were made out of lightweight cottons, summer wools, silks and hi-tech fabrics. There were both casual and formal pieces in the collection.

Casual were the shorts, t-shirts and sport jackets, while suits (with checks), tailcoats and trenchcoats felt more formal. Several blouses were almost transparent and the shorts made of nylon resembled leather. All clothes came in pale green, light blue, navy, black and white, perfect shades for summer.

All looks were tailored really well. Especially the pants, the blouses and the navy trenchcoat looked stunning. Tomorrow Hyun Yeu will show a small womenswear collection. Since we loved the show today, we’re very curious about tomorrow. Will Yeu’s womenswear be just as good as his menswear line?

AIFW Streethearts Award

Like last season Team Peter Stigter is busy with the new Streethearts project. We’ve already spotted some very interesting fashionist(a)/(o)’s. Like Ruud van der Peijl (picture above), the Streethearts winner from last January. He’s seriously making an effort to win the prestigious price for the second time in a row.

Was your picture taken by our crew yet?
Wear your most creative outfit and perhaps you’ll become this year’s winner….

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

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!

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