Highlights from the 27th Amsterdam Fashion Week

Barbara Langendijk

27th edition of Amsterdam Fashion Week took place from July 13 - 16 at the Westergasfabriek.
The mostly dominated by young designers and new comers the schedule contained many fresh shows and fresh proposals.

FASHIONCLASH attended several shows, among them there where presentations by some FASHIONCLASH talents such as Juliette Heijnen who showed her 'No Phobia' collection at FASHIONCLASH Festival two weeks ago.

The fashion week was opened with a intriguing presentation by the bespoke Das Leben Am Haverkamp collective.
Following there was a beautiful presentation by Barbara Langendijk in collaboration with Noon Passama. Other successful proposals where by M.E.N., Klaudia Stavreva, Liesbeth Sterrenburg and Maison the Faux.

Next to the show one of the highlights was the Future Generation Utopia exhibition curated by Peter Leferink. This exhibition featured installations by Marlou Breuls, Sunna Chandry Koning, Karlijne Opmeer, Pleun van Dijk and Lotte van Dijk with her Atelier project. Lotte was one of the finalists at the Hyères Festival this year.

The summer edition is known for Lichting show, 14 best graduates of the fashion academies in the Netherlands are selected to show their collections. Lizzy Stuyfzand won the jury prize, and Sarah Bruylant won the public award. Karlijn Krijger and Lise van Wetten where selected to represent  MAFAD, the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

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MCFOOL by Malou Fool

Please introduce yourself: 
I'm Malou Fool. I am 22 years old and I live in Voorburg. Two years ago I graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Currently I'm busy with setting up my own men’s label. Beside designing and making clothes I also make leather bags for men.

What inspires you in general? 
For my collections I get inspired by collected objects that give me a certain feeling. With that feeling I can make sketches for a new collection. Beside that, I can also get inspiration from people on the street. My interest goes out to people who combine clothes with each other.

Where are you based? 
My studio is based in The Hague next to the highway at the exit Voorburg.





What is it like to be a young designer in your city/country? 
As a young designer it is really hard to start your own label. There are chances but it is difficult.

Amsterdam Fashion Week #16

16th edition of Amsterdam Fashion Week took place last week and FASHIONCLASH was there. We were very proud to witness successful debuts from Jacob Kok and Jivika Biervliet.
Here is a picture overview of some highlights.
For more informaton and reports visit BRANKOPOPOVICBLOG.

Pictures by Branko Popovic.

Jacob Kok at Amsterdam Fashion Week

We are very happy when our designers, participants at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht event, are making wonderful career steps. Jacob Kok is one of them is. After winning Dutch Project Catwalk (Project Runway),  he will be showing for the first time at Amsterdam Fashion Week on January 27th.

Read the interview we did with Jacob last year: http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-us-introduce-jacob-kok.html

Pictures by Team Peter Stigter.

Jivika Biervliet showing at AFW

We met Jivika last year as she was taking part at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011 with a very nice menswear collection. few pieces of this collection are sold in FASHIONCLASH STORE. She is showing at the coming Amsterdam Fashion Week, on Thursday 26th of January.
We are looking forward to her show! http://jivikabiervliet.blogspot.com/

* pictures by Peter Stigter.