(OLD)Fashion(ed) exhibition at Museum aan het Vrijthof

Dunja Jocic, Romy van Eijk & Ben van Berlo

(OLD)Fashion(ed) 
a collaboration with FASHIONCLASH, Nederlandse Dansdagen (Dutch Dance Festival) and Museum aan het Vrijthof 

Four choreographers, four fashion designers were inspired by crafts like metal shaping, papermaking, wheat weaving and syrup making. They created four danced fashion shows or four fashionable dance works, with untrained dancers between the ages of 63 and 80. The project started of with its first presentations during FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014.

(OLD)Fashion(ed) exhibition at Museum aan het Vrijthof

At Museum aan het Vrijthof you can also visit the exhibition (OLD)Fashion(ed), which will have its festive opening on 21 September and run until 16 November.

More informatiomn about the exhibition: http://www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl/page_nieuws.aspx?id=598

(OLD)Fashion(ed) at Dutch Dance Festival
Two of the performances will be shown in the Toneelacademie, and the other two in the monumental Museum aan het Vrijthof during the Dutch Dance Festival (October 3 -5).
You can buy a combination ticket that allows you to see all the performances, on the time of your choice -> here

More information about the project: http://fashionclash.nl/oldfashioned/

Andrea Leine, Linda Friesen & Ingrid Reinhoud

Yoni Lefévre

Preview of Yoni's work

Dutch designer Yoni Lefévre focuses on the visual communication of a message in a social context in her work. Her collection will be presented during the exhibition and aims to change our understanding of aging. Unfortunately, she won’t be present herself as she will be travelling in Indonesia and Australia! 

Hi Yoni! What inspires you in general? 

I’m always inspired by documentaries, both movies and photo documentaries, about honest and pure stories of people’s lives. It’s the little things in life and the story behind an image that’s worth documenting. 

What place or city do you find inspiring? 

I lived a little while in London and I thought the community aspect of this city was very inspiring to see. They stimulate a lot of small interventions and social organizations that help the area. I believe that change starts locally. 

VERWEVEN by Nina Willems

After last year's success, Nina Willems will present a VERWEVEN project during the exhibition curated under the theme of "age." The outfits resulting from the project will be shown on the catwalk.

4 Year Old Fashionista

4-Year-Old Makes Paper Dresses With Her Mom, and her mom shares the designs on her Instagram account
@2sisters_angie
Read more here

The concept of ‘age’ is a theme that will be expressed through several projects at the 6th edition of the FASHIONCLASH Festival.
 For example, the FASHIONCLASH Exhibition will be curated under the theme of ‘age’. read more

The Art of Aging

IRIS APFEL FOR MAC COSMETICS

The concept of ‘age’ is the theme of the 6th edition of the FASHIONCLASH Festival.

Age is omnipresent in our society. It is a multi-layered concept and widely discussed. It seems that we could debate endlessly what aging means in the 21st century. There is the societal debate concerning the aging population in Western countries. What can be done to the evident age gap between the old and the young? What kind of actions can be done to prevent the isolation of elderly people in society? The developed health care system means that people will live longer and are able to stay active longer. There is the value debate concerning the adoration of youth, which contrasts the appreciation and respect we often show towards the elderly people. What will be the role of elderly people in the modern society? Has the modern-day obsession with youth made us formulate certain beliefs concerning appropriate behaviour for elderly people? Some say it is inappropriate for an older woman to show off skin. Whatever is your position in the debate concerning age, it is something that you can relate to. Have you ever considered, for example, how does your age translate to your actions and the way you express yourself? Often it is claimed that certain designs are representative of a certain age only, but is it really so? Equally, art and design provide a number of means to break down boundaries that are related to the stereotypes concerning age. Fashion is capable of discussing whether certain types of clothes are limited to a specific age or how age can be implemented in design.