Catwalktrend FW2010: the camelcoat
August 17, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, womenswear
It’s a classic fashion piece you might remember seeing your grandparent in, but it’s a new trend. The camel coat is one of the musthave items of this fall. It gives you a strong look and immediate esteem.
Fashion brands like Gucci, Chloe, MaxMara and Alexander Wang all showed the camelcoat in their fall collections. Most of the coats were long (over the knee) and had little shape. Yet Chloe and MaxMara proved you can make the coat a little more feminine by wearing a small belt over it, around the waist. Dark brown seemed to be a good match for camel, not only for the belt, brown boots, gloves and bags fit perfectly with the coat too.
One thing: while the coats are so big this trend will not look great on just anybody. You’d have to have a certain length to pull of a coat like the ones we saw at MaxMara. But if your the right type, you gotta work it!
Joline Jolink Catwalk Fashion Show ss2011
August 3, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items
Joline Jolink is one of the few Dutch designers who is working silently and serious at her oeuvre. She’s still developing, but her style is already visible and consistent. She sells mainly in the Netherlands (12 shops and a webshop) and probably soon in Belgium. It’s been a while since Joline Jolink showed a collection to an audience, but yesterday she presented her spring summer-2011 collection to buyers and a small selection of editors. It was a very grown up, elegant and sporty collection. For the first time Joline Jolink presented some leather accessories, two small bags worn at the hip and a big bag inspired by oldfashioned schoolbags.
The designer is fascinated by strong women, their lives, way of dressing, way of thinking. And it always makes an interesting collection. For next spring it was Katharine Hepburn that inspired Joline Jolink. Especially her sporty/elegant way of dressing and her preference for menswear tickled the designer.
The result is a well balanced collection full of renewed classics, like the men’s shirt, the pleated trousers, the suit and the shirtdress. Jolink choose basic colors, like beige, marine, black, white and mustard. The only print was a wrinkled navy/beige striped jersey. eyecatchers were a soft, halterneck suit, a big poncho and a beige-colored silk suit. The flowing silhouet, the modern classics with a clean, sporty twist and the eclectic mix made it to a strong collection.
Peter Stigter aan de Muur at De Bijenkorf
Peter Stigter’s charity-project Peter Stigter aan de Muur decorated eight shoppingwindows of De Bijenkorf Amsterdam, the leading Dutch department store. Thirteen large photo’s are exposed asking attention for the charity-fund. The exhibition ends august 2nd.
Fashion- and photography lovers can buy limited edition large format photo’s via the website www.peterstigteraandemuur.nl. Profits will be donated to projects helping the blind and visually disabled.
The sizes of the prints, made in collaboration with Canon, will be 100 x150 cm. , 70 x 100 cm. or 50 x 70 cm. They will be accompanied by a certificate of originality. Prices start at € 365,-.
This was Amsterdam International Fashion Week ss11
An impression of this years AIFW summer-edition!
Goodiebag Hunkemöller wins our Goodiebag contest!
July 19, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items, Goodiebags
After a week of fashion shows we’ve gathered many different goodiebags. Some good, some bad. We’ve inspected all the different bags, rated them and put them on our website. And now, we’ve selected a winner. The Hunkemöller goodiebag wins this week’s goodiebag contest! We loved the stylish goodies inside and it was lovely packed!
See our comment on the Hunkemöller goodiebag below.
We received this wonderful goodiebox at the Hunkemöller fashion show on Friday.
Useful
One pair of Hunkemöller underpants
A sleep mask
A Hunkemoller Gift Voucher of 30 euro
A Hunkemöller member card
Spam
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Estimated Value: 10,-
Rating: 7
The items out of this goodiebox might not have been very expensive, yet the they were beautifully packed and everyone loved it. Plus: there was a box on every seat!
Roparosa Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
July 18, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, womenswear
Today Project Catwalk (RTL5) winner Roos van der Kamp showed her third collection Come out and play. The designing of streetstyle clothes she became so good at during the television show was visible again as she presented a mix of comfortable and sporty clothes.
The independent, confident woman Roos designs for definitely was ready to go ‘out and play’. She wore modern, trendy clothes with loose silhouettes, strong geometrical shapes and soft fabrics.
Her pants were wide and had obvious elastic bands. Her tops had accentuated, well-made shoulders, yet Roos already made a lot of those during Project Catwalk.
Two ‘jackets’ (in red and green) had very pointy shoulders and resembled big envelopes. Several jumpsuits and sportive shorts looked very cool.
The leggings and the bathing suit full of cutouts were not really our taste, but hey, there always needs to be room for improvement.
About Roos van der Kamp
Roos (1984) graduated in 2005 at the HKU. She founded her own company Roparosa in 2007. In 2010 she won television program Project Catwalk. This Fashion Week she presented her third collection Come out and play, being able to show her line was one of the prices of the television show.
Front row Daryl van Wouw Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
The Daryl van Wouw fashion show was fully packed this week. And that means there were some interesting guests there. Check out our picture from the front row!
Goodiebag!? Dagmar Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
July 18, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Goodiebags
In the Dagmag goodiebag we received, we found:
Useful
Marie Claire magazine
Looxx glasses cage
Volvo bracelet
Spam
Esqo cheque
Volvo folder
Tipico Rio folder
Time folder
Estimated Value: 8,-
Rating: 6-
Daryl van Wouw Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
July 18, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items, womenswear
For his new collection Daryl van Wouw just put on the song Paradise Circus of Massive Attack on repeat and the rest is history. The song and especially the videoclip inspired him to make a whole new summer collection by the name of Lovely Weird World.
The colors of the video led to a wonderful color palette of white, orange, cobalt blue and green. The clothes felt urban and very wearable. Shorts and short dresses were the main items of the show. They (almost) all had special pleats, which often created extra volume.
Less than before the fact that Daryl lives now in Shanghai influenced the collection. Yet the show did have a foreign touch. The models had special make-up with vertical dots, their hair was green, red and blue colored. The girls wore (gypsy) accessories (headbands, bracelets and earrings) with coins and walked on colorful, leather – designed by Daryl – sandals.
Daryl might be living in Shanghai, he still knows exactly what Dutch women love to wear: easy going, stunning, street-chic items for any possible occasion.
Front row Non by Kim Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
Who was sitting front row at the Non by Kim catwalk fashion show? Check out the front row pictures we took of the VIP’s.
