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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Heritage Show + Talk - FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

The Heritage Show is a special presentation in line with the theme Heritage directed by Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck. This collective show is composed with collections of designers who’s work expresses the theme of Heritage. Following the performance there is a Fashion Talk with the audience and the designers.

"heritage is a big word.

with heavy and emotional meaning.

heritage is about cherishing the past,

about being aware of the now,

about what might happen and what you might pass on in the future.

together with designers from all over the world i will try to,

collectively, with all that is happend before, 

collectively, on a sunny sunday afternoon,

collectively, try to leave an echo behind.

i know,

big words."

because i am worth it - Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck

Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck will take us around the world through the work of Aine Katrina Byrne, Hana Frisonsova (Czech Republic), Laetitia Lemaire (France), Juliëtte Heijnen (Netherlands), Uta Bekaia (USA/Georgia), Muslin Brothers (Israel), Natalie Dawson (UK), Pavlína Miklasová (Czech Republic), PETITEÉ (Czech Republic) and Exploring Inspirations project designers who explored Serbian old crafts techniques.

Juliëtte Heijnen at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Juliëtte Heijnen is an artistic designer based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was born in Roermond, and moved to Rotterdam to study after graduating from high school. In Rotterdam, her fashion journey began. This year at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015, she will give us a fantastic performance at the exposition.

Juliëtte Heijnen Performance takes place Sunday June 14 at 14:00 and 18:00 (free entrance)

Q&A with designer Juliëtte Heijnen:

What does fashion mean to you? 
Fashion is a way of expressing myself. In fashion industry, you can be whoever you want. Fashion is a chameleon for me. It changes every day and I make my own rules in it.

How long have you been designing clothing? 
That’s a good question! Doodling outfits is something I already started doing when I was a child. But the real designing started 5 years ago when I came to Rotterdam to study fashion.