King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited Maastricht

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited Maastricht. FASHIONCLASH was invited and we  showcased some fashion talents.
The presentation took place from 8.30 - 9.00 am and as you can imagine we started with hair and make-up 6 am at Crowne Plaza Hotel Maastricht. Wonderful hair and make-up people did a great job so that models looked stunning while waiting for the royal boat to pass by.
Participating designers: Romy van Eijk, Linda Friesen, Atelier Milada, Nawie Kuiper, Saba Tark, STRIKKS and Branko Popovic.

Hair & make-up team:
Bas Aarts, Nina Stevens,Priscilla Machils, Esther De Graaff and Dominique Cordaro.
Here is an impression of this special day.

BERLIN fashion FILM FESTIVAL 2013 Program released

Are you ready! 
BERLIN fashion FILM FESTIVAL 2013 released its program

This year’s programme and locations for the Berlin fashion Film Festival have officially been released. The event spans between July 2nd and July 4th 2013, and it includes three public screenings, one award show, and one closing party, featuring names such as Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, H&M and Lana del Rey. An international guestlist formed by renowned professionals and trendsetters of the fashion, film and music industries makes it one of the most important events of Berlin Fashion Week SS14, including names such as Sara Maino, DJ Hell and Boris Entrup.
The public screenings are divided between the Opening Screening, the first and most comprehensive screening of the season featuring names such as Cara Delevigne for MCS London and Wes Anderson for Prada on July 2nd between 5pm and 6pm, Young Guns, showcasing the best emerging fashion and film talent of the moment on July 3rd between 3.30pm and 4.30 pm, and Meet the Locals, a specially tailored programme focused on Berlin featuring the likes of Esther Perbandt, Moga e Mago, and Mads Dinesen on July 3rd between 5pm and 6pm. All public screenings take place at Kino Arsenal 1 on Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, and tickets can be purchased online until sold out by visiting the Berlin fashion Film Festival programme page.

The Award Show takes place on July 4th at ARENA GLASHAUS, Eichenstrasse 4, 12435 Berlin. Doors open at 6pm, with the evening including the screening of nominated films, the award show, and an exclusive is accessible via accreditation only and focused on professionals of the fashion, film and music industries. Accreditation can be requested via the Berlin fashion Film Festival programme page until June 30th, 2013.

The Berlin fashion Film Festival Closing Party starts at 8pm on July 4th in ARENA BADESCHIFF, Eichenstrasse 4, 12435 Berlin, with a view of Charlie Le Mindu’s fashion presentation, to then continue in ARENACLUB from 11pm. Tickets can be purchased directly at the door until sold out. More information can be viewed on the Berlin fashion Film Festival programme page.



About Berlin fashion Film Festival: Berlin fashion Film Festival takes place once a year during Berlin Fashion Week. It presents fashion in an innovative way, combining film with fashion presentations, whilst grouping together outstanding film directors, emerging fashion talent and influential characters of the international creative scene.

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http://berlinfashionfilmfestival.net/

Tata Christiane at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Tata Christiane presented for the fourth time her collection at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht. I still remember 2010, when we actually did not really know what to expect as the label was totally new to us,  but that year that was one of the highlights - that show gave me goosebumbs. Ever since I am always looking forward to their show. This is their latest collection 'Le Troisième Œil (AW13-14)' presented at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
http://www.tatachristiane.com/

Georgina Santiago at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Fashion designer Georgina Santiago is from Igualada, a town near Barcelona, Spain. She graduated in June 2012 at ESDI, Barcelona. Nowadays, she creates synergies between fashion and art with a constant obsession for color. She was recently one of the finalists for C&A Reimagine Design Challenge.

'Mutation' 
"The mutation of the body into an art space. The idea is to translate the atmosphere of a gallery to clothes and surround them with sculptures. The boundaries between art and fashion get blurry and the body becomes a sculpture itself. The surroundings of the body become part of it and everything mutates into one.

In this new collection I decided to use industrially-made fabrics as my next step is to offer my creations to the audience, even though almost all of them are hand painted. The fabrics I created for my graduate collection were completely hand made and the costs and maintenance were just impossible for that. That's why I decided to create a collection that can be wearable combined with interesting accessories/sculptures around the body. This makes possible to separate the experimental aspect of the clothes themselves, but as well have an interesting final image, which for me is the most important part."
http://cargocollective.com/georginasantiago

Jef Montes at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Jef Montes is a rising Dutch fashion designer, graduated in 2012 for my Fashion Design Bachelor at ArtEZ Institute of Arts in Arnhem.
At FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 he presented a stunning new collection 'Encarnación'.

"My collection Encarnación is a sequel on my Dolores collection. Dolores was an ode to my great-grandmother.
Dolor in Spanish means pain. It stands for grieving, death and a purely catholic feeling. Encarnación triggers my inner child exploring the sea in Tarragona. My signature color is Lavender Blue and this equals the deep feel of the sea. As a starting-point for shape I inspired myself exploring fish in the sea. The moon-fishtail is a key shape in my collection. Next to the fishtail shapes I combined the prayer silhouette from the Dolores collection. These two shapes clash like a wave with a special folding technique. Collecting crying Madonna figurines inspired me to combine dry and shining textures. It's a combination of a silk satin duchess and woven glass-fiber. This material equals the wet feel of the crying Madonna. For detail I designed futuristic interpretations of embroidered buttons in combination with smock-work and different techniques of framework. To complete my full image I created bodysuits and embroidered berets worn as halo's. The icon’s I show are a vision called ‘’transparent pure girls’’."
http://www.jefmontes.com/

MC FOOL by Malou Fool at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Malou Fool is a Dutch designer based in Voorburg. Two years ago she graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Currently she is setting up her menwear label.
She presented a very nice and well-made menswear collection at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
"Before flying back" is a collection that was born at the flea market. I collected accessories on the flea market in Shanghai up to the flea market near my home. These accessories were for me the most important inspiration for the collection "Before flying back". "Before flying back" refers to the moment before someone baggage and packed boards the plane but also at the moment my collected accessories went along in the direction of my home. Within this collection, I also have inspired myself by military clothing. All the collected accessories come back in my designs."
http://www.mcfool.com/

Emre Tamer at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Emre Tamer is an Austrian-Turkish designer and artist. Born in Austria, grew up in Izmir, at the west coast of Turkey and now based in Vienna.
His multicultural background helped him to develop my creativity a lot. My studies involved different fields such as graphic design, painting, illustration and finally fashion design.

He presented his new collection during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
"I was inspired by Ammonites and Nautiloids, which named my latest collection. I was inspired by the shapes and pleats of these beautiful shell pieces. I was also inspired by the interesting texture of a shell and used it for the digital prints of the collection."
http://www.emretamer.at/

Label2 by Alen Pinku and Andrea Popovic

Now living in Milan, Italy, the two designers of Label2 are Alen Pinku, originally from Serbia, and Andrea Popovic, from Bosnia. The two met during their studies and started working together.
This is their latest collection presented at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.

"The mix between nineties and freedom in that decade and Japanese minimalism."

Check out their site and lookbook here:
http://www.label2.blogspot.nl/

This was FASHIONCLASH Maastricht Side Program 2013

Titi and the German Kid pop-up installation

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 is over. We are looking back to amazing 9 days. Here is  an impression of the Side Program throughout Maastricht.
For all the fashionista’s among us there are several pop-up stores in the city. To start with, there is the FASHIONCLASH FEE pop-up store in collaboration with FEE conceptstore where one could find unique fashion, accessories and jewelry. Beside there was the GANG Store, STRIKKS pop-up store, Studio Manufactura store, ABKM talent pop-up store and a pop-up store at de Bijenkorf Maastricht.
FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 ended in style with a great opening of the brand new exhibition FASHIONCLASH @ Museum aan het Vrijthof.
You can now enjoy fashion in Maastricht at the museum until September 8th 2013.

http://fashionclash.nl

DAMN at Hot Kitchen Men's Boutique

Young@Squat at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Young@Squat was in Maastricht, they gave a great show during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013. But who and what is Young@Squat?

"We are a creative, observative, innovative, cooperative, commited, enthusiastic group of independent authors, specialized in fashion design, graphics design, art and creative direction. Can you tell us something about the Squat collective? We are a very diverse group of designers, each with a very specific point of view in fashion and design in general. However, as a group, we combine all of our different styles and perspectives to form distinct, but very cohesive collections.
We are a very diverse group of designers, each with a very specific point of view in fashion and design in general. However, as a group, we combine all of our different styles and perspectives to form distinct, but very cohesive collections."

What is the history of Squat and who founded the initiative?
Squat was founded by two prominent Slovenian designers, Natasa Persuh and Zoran Garevski. In 2010, they invited a group of young, unknown designers to form the younger branch of the brand, now called Young@Squat.

Which designers participated at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013?  Young@Squat participated in its full line up of designers – Peter Movrin, Sanija Reja, Petja Zorec, Anđela Lukanovič, Špela Hvale, Ivan Rocco, Dajana Ljubičič, Nena Florjančič, Katja Magister, Ana Jelinič and Nina Tomažin. Our collection, Between Sense and Sanity, is a bold, daring and cool fusion of both craft and modern techniques showing expertise in fashion textile design combined with a fearless future-vision.

How did you come up with the title of the collection “Between Sense and Sanity”?

The project (collection) is a challenge to us – we set a broad theme, which opens new questions and problems; what is between sense and sanity? How different is it from nonsense and insanity?

Watch out for them!!
http://squat.si/

VerWeven by Nina Willems for FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.

For the project "Verweven" Nina Willems asked people to tell her their stories behind the clothes they wear. This resulted in a documentary, performance and installation during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
Five designers (Anouk Haegens, Brit van Nerven, Inge de Vor, Sabine Staartjes and Jolijn Pasmans.) were challenged to create a new piece of clothing, each based on the stories of one person. The project premiered on the runway during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013, the five people that took part in the documentary presented their new outfits inspired by their own stories. During the FASHIOnclash Side Program, from the 2nd of June to the 9th of June, this project was presented at Centre Ceramique in Maastricht together with the newly designed pieces.
"Verweven" is a part of Theatrical Encounters project at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013. Jurrien van Rheenen assisted Nina in this project.

Installation at Centre Ceramique

Show 5 at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Show 5 at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 was really great with Ima Mad's red collection that i already loved when I saw it in Poland. Beside there was a collection by textile designer Andreea Mandrescu, beautiful and poetic menswear by Amit Baruch and Dioralop, the emerging stars from Croatia. Pierre Antoine Vettorello closed the show with his stunning new collection.

Amit Baruch at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

'I Am Collecting Beautiful Objects' is the title of the wonderful menswear collection that Amit Baruch presented at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
Amit Baruch, is a young fashion designer, art / trend director. She graduated in 2011 from "Shenkar, College Of Engineering and Design" with a Bachelor in Fashion Design (BDes.). Since last year she is living in London where she moved to just over a year ago following to work position in the fashion industry.
"During my studies, I mostly designed for women, but then I fell in love with the thought of doing menswear and had a change of heart. In addition, I love working with leather, designing bags and accessories.
In a world of images, I am a storyteller. I am driven by finding ways to fold elements from my daily life o my design. I have always collected beautiful stories in form of objects, aiming to translate my feelings into my work. Most of my projects begin when capturing images of my environment through ‘self - taken photographs'. I expose my inner world to the observer - like meeting a perfect stranger, wanting to give him a gift in the shape of a beautiful story. I am a keen researcher, always curious and naturally well into music and the visual arts. With this in my heart, I reflect my cultural knowledge into all I do and create. Very inspired by the visuality of objects, by the human behaviour, the humour in it and above all, good taste."

http://amitbaruch.com/

DIORALOP at FASHIONCLASH Maasticht 2013

I was looking forward for their show and it was better than I expected. DIORALOP is a label by Andreja Bistričić & Maja Merlić from Croatia. I am also a proud owner of one of their pieces.
Read more about them in interview at Platinum Love Magazine: http://www.platinumlovemagazine.com/articles/dioralop-is-polaroid-spelt-backwards

Pierre Antoine Vettorello at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

 http://pierreantoinevettorello.net