Magical work by Mandy Rep at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012

Meet Mandy Rep, one of the participants of the FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 exposition. She is about to graduate in few weeks at the Lifestyle and Design course at WDKA (Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam).
I really looking forward to see more from her in the future and to meet her in June.
Read her interview: http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2012/05/discover-mandy-rep.html



Visit her site for more stunning artworks: http://www.mandyrep.com/

PRADA presents “A THERAPY” by Roman Polanski

The short movie “A Therapy” by Roman Polanski premiered at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival in the Official Selection – Classics Section, with a surprise screening. The four minute short is starring the über stylish version of Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley. The screening was Polanski’s idea together with Festival Director Thierry Fremont, and was shown right before the scheduled projection of the restored movie “Tess”.

Regarding the collaboration with Prada, Polanski said he was initially concerned about maintaining artistic freedom – a concern that soon proved unjustified. “When I was asked to shoot a short movie for Prada, I did not think that I could really be myself, but the reality is that in the total freedom I was given, I had the opportunity to reunite my favorite group of people on set and just have fun.” 
 He also clearly enjoyed exploring the realm of high-end fashion and the stereotypes that go along with it. “The chance to dwell on what the fashion world represents nowadays and the fact that it is accompanied by so many stereotypes is fascinating and at the same time a bit upsetting, but you definitely can not ignore it. It’s very refreshing to know that there are still places open to irony and wit and, for sure, Prada is one of them.” 

Watch ‘A Therapy’ on www.prada.com

“hair dress” by Aleksandra Lalić

picture by Predrag Zagorac

Meet, Aleksandra Lalić from Belgrade, Serbia. You can see here 'hair dresses' at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012.


"For years I thought I was an art historian but it turned out that I am the fashion designer who is checking the possibility of securing existence through participation in the fashion world."

The collection entitled “hair_dress” consists of clothes made of felt from human hair. My intention was to demonstrate how one segment of the fashion world functions. In aestheticising the human body, some of its parts (hair, nails, mole, ribs ...) are removed as undesirable waste - trash. Having designed clothes from recycled bio-waste, I brought it back on the human body and, moreover, I made it desirable again in a theatrical situation of a fashion show. 

picture by Sinisa Mandic

Read the full interview here: http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2012/04/hair-dress-by-aleksandra-lalic.html

http://www.aleksandralalic.blogspot.com/

365 project by Merel van Gils at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012

365 project by Merel van Gils, a product designer from Utrecht. 


"During one year I’m making a design of something, every day. I take a picture and upload it onto my website. The subjects are diverse but the main theme is fashion. I started '365' because I have so many different ideas and this project creates the perfect opportunity for me to elaborate them all. The idea starts with a person or problem I run into during the day. For example; a man with an obvious toupee, my mom who wasn't able to take her dog into a shop, a friend who bought healthy running shoes, a weekend in Brussels. Resulting in: a series of toupees, a doggy bag, healthy shoes, waffle hair and Flemish gloves."


Have a look at the this and come to FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 to see all 365 days.
http://merelvangils.blogspot.com/

Save the date for MODEFABRIEK 33

Save the date: the 33rd edition of Modefabriek is set to be held at Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre on 22 and 23 July 2012. An ever-growing list of labels will be presenting their spring/summer 2013 collections at the leading fashion fair in the Netherlands, known internationally as ‘the Amsterdam fashion trade show’.
http://www.modefabriek.nl/

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 Teaser

Thanx to: http://www.jannekefilmt.nl/

Participants featured in the video: George Styler, Gomez Esser Design, Jose Francisco Ramos, Julia & Holle, Lenka Srsnova, Likeme(N) by Gertjan van der Linden, Lucia Cabanova, Mirte Engelhard & Nikki Giling, Marly van Lipzig, MARJOLIJN VANDEVEN, Naomi Nagelkerken, Natalie de Koning,  Omar Valladolid, Tata Christiane, Zohra Murad, Evelyn Lebis,  Ingrid van der Zalm, Keta Gutmane, Maite Catti, May Bernardi, Merel van Gils, Sara Vrugt.

FULL FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 SCHEDULE 

Jan Taminiau for Floriade Fashion Week 2012

The Floriade Fashion Week was build around collaboration with couturier Jan Taminiau.
The special collaboration between Floriade and top couturier JANTAMINIAU began in 2011. These two Dutch icons came together through their love of culture, nature, quality and sustainability. The contact between JANTAMINIAU and Floriade 2012 gave rise to the "Nature Extends" collection with its pieces based on nature and the "natural". Using the concept of "Nature Extends" as his starting point, Jan Taminiau has designed five unique pieces especially for Floriade 2012, drawing his inspiration from nature. JANTAMINIAU has also designed the Floriade staff uniforms.
The Floriade Fashion show in collaboration with JANTAMINIAU took place on Friday 11 May.

The collection is breathtaking.

Peter Stigter aan de muur at Floriade

One of the prettiest sights at Floriade 2012 are the stunning images from the renowned Dutch catwalk photographer Peter Stigter foundation 'Peter Stigter aan de muur'.

http://www.floriade.nl/

Floriade Fashion Masterclass

Floriade Fashion Week took part last week and one of the special projects was the Masterclass.
The Dutch designer Jan Taminiau has partnered with Floriade 2012 to promote sustainable fashion. Floriade is a World Horticultural Expo held every ten years and visited by more than two million national and international visitors.
One theme of the Floriade 2012 is ‘the Fashion Week’. As part of the theme, Jan Taminiau developed the Floriade Masterclass, which aims to create awareness around sustainability. He challenged a group of young fashion designers to design and create an outfit within the theme ‘Nature Extends’ (the inspiration for the couture collection of Jan Taminiau) according to a self-developed sustainability principle. On the 10th of May trend watcher Lidewij Edelkoort gave a talk about the Horticultural view on Fashion. What a privilage for these designers.

I was very pleased that several FASHIONCLASH participants took part at this unique opportunity. There was work from designers Saba Tark, Bregje Cox, Deniece Clermonts, Joshua Enker, Linda Friesen and Linda Valkeman.

http://www.floriade.com

FASHIONCLASH Market #2

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FASHIONCLASH Market #2
8, 9 & 10 June 2012

In connection with the international fashion event ‘FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012’ the extraordinary FASHIONCLASH Market is going to have its 2nd edition.

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 is an interdisciplinary fashion event where more than 100 promising talents from 20 countries will come together to present their creations.



FASHIONCLASH Market offers visitors the chance to browse around and discover unique clothing, accessories and design of young designers. This was FASHIONCLASH Market #1

One of the participants is very cool footwear label, Pleasemachine, from Hungary.
http://brankopopovic.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasemachine-footwear.html

You can also buy designs from STRIKKS and Joelle Boers (read the encounter with Joelle Boers).

Esther Perbandt!

Esther Perbandt, a name I knew but I never got the chance to see her work for real. One of the great pleasures of the time I spent in Toronto during FAT Arts & Fashion Week, was to actually meet meet Esther in person. I loved her show! From now on I am a officially a fan of her work, for sure! ♥ 
http://www.estherperbandt.com/

Esther Perbandt was born and raised in Berlin, got toughened in Moscow and polished in Paris. She completed a European Master’s degree in Fashion and Textile Design in the French capital as well as a postgraduate study at the IFM – Institut Francais de la Mode. After this intensive period of study, Esther worked in the design team at Chacok in the South of France. With a wealth of experience under her belt, she returned to Berlin at the beginning of 2004 to found her own fashion label esther perbandt.

BRANKOPOPOVIC at FAT Toronto

This is my show at FAT Arts & Fashion Week Toronto. I presneted the 'Transformed star project'. I really enjoyed the whole experience.
http://fashionarttoronto.ca/2012/03/15/brankopopovic/

Encounter with promising designer, Pedram Karimi

One of my favorite discoveries at FAT - Arts & Fashion Week Toronto is the Montreal based fashion designer, Pedram Karimi.
The collection that he presented at FAT was exactly how he described it 'minimal, structural, timeless, androgynous, modern, playful'...just beautiful!.


http://pedramkarimi.com/

You can read the Q&A with Pedram here:

VON BARDONITZ at FAT Toronto 2012

Before going to FAT Toronto, VON BARDONITZ was one of the few names that I knew. I met Nicole Rocher, the designer and founder of VON BARDONITZ at FASHIONCLASH. She presented her work in the 2010 and 2011 edition.
This latest collection is really stunning. Great shapes, styling and details. The collection contains striking images that you can't forget.
VON BARDONITZ For Sure!
Read more about the collection here: 'ONE'
http://www.vonbardonitz.net/

Backstage at FAT / Arts and Fashion Week Toronto 2012