NENUKKO at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017

NENUKKO presents vegan collection Interlude.Disrupted at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017

Saturday 1 July, Polish Nenukko will launch the vegan collection: Interlude.Disrupted on the 9th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival at the SAM-decorfabriek Maastricht. The genderless NENUKKO models will run the catwalk in show 5 (from 20:30 – 21:00 hrs.). Don’t miss it! For tickets got to www.fashionclash.nl/tickets

Odio x Pieczarkowski at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

Odio x Jakub Pieczarkowski are not a new name on the FASHIONCLASH Festival schedule. In April, during FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland they organized a fashion presentation on their own. Although not on the official schedule in Lodz, their performance-like presentation was one of the highlights of that weekend.
The talented duo from Poland will present their latest collection July 2 (Show 4 at 20:30).  More information about the program and tickets: here.

www.facebook.com/odiotees
www.facebook.com/jakubpieczarkowski

Klu by Edyta Jermacz at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

photo by Lukasz Zylka

Polish designer Edyta Jermacz is a graduate of the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Poznań. In 2012 she established Klu by Edyta Jermacz, a unisex streetwear fashion brand focussing on unexpectable combinations of prints and patterns. The new collection ‘Flawless 3D’ is inspired by plastic surgeries and never ending obsession with perfection.

You can see and buy Klu by Edyta´s work at Designer Market. Friday July 1 open at 18:30 and Saturday July 2 open at 16:00 (free entrance).

When did you realise you wanted to be a fashion designer?  
I realised it when I was 6 years old after I found out that I couldn´t be a ballet dancer.

What are your main achievements in your career at this moment? 
I would like to develop my fashion idea´s beyond the Polish borders.

How would you define fashion? 
Fashion is a strong tool to create a persona.

Sophie Kula at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

photo Piotr Domagala

Today we present one of our polish talents, who are going to present and sell their pieces at FASHIONCLASH Festival Market 2015. Sophie Kula, polish designer Warsaw-based, established her brand in 2011. Since that time she presented her designs in many places in Europe, including Paris or Tbilisi. She graduated at International Costume and Fashion Design School in Warsaw. Her newest collection 'La Magie Noire' is inspired with slavic legends and original samples will be exposed at the Market!


What is your most name worthy achievement up to now in relation to fashion field?
I am proud to say that I have been a finalist for a number of competitions such as: ‘‘Off Fashion’’, “Fashion Oscars” , NOWFASHION; Mod’Art in Paris, or Art&Fashion Forum in Poznań. In 2013 I was nominated for the prize: Silesia Fashion Point. In 2014, I won one of prize in Contest “Be Next” in Georgia. Award was a scholarship “Fashion Marketing &Buisness for Professionals” in Domus Academy in Milan. 

My first collection was named as ‘Thmubelina/Patchwork Soup’, but my second collection named ‘Global Warming’ was the one, that started to gain attention from fashion professionals and audience. ‘Global Warming’ was shown at the 11th Open Air Festival in Gdańsk, Festival Neo Fashion Jamboree in Bielsko Biała and Silesia Fashion Look 2013 in Katowice. My third collection – ‘Sweet Memories’ was presented at ‘Elite Model Look Final’ competition in August 2013. In January, during Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, at Young Fashion Designer Exhibition Art Georgia, my third collection was presented. My last collection ‘La Magie Noire’ had premiere during Paris Fashion Week in showroom POLISH FASHION NOW in March 2015, and lastly I have presented my collection recently at MB Fashion Week in Tbilisi. 

I want to keep my designs in cheerful and colourful character. In my clothing I use high-quality textiles and majority of my pieces are hand-made ended. I design for individualistic and energetic women.

FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland 12th Edition

bola

Past week FASHIONCLASH team was once again invited to visit FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland, placed in Łódź. In the days between 16th till 19th of April we attended many inspiring fashion shows, which included also several FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 participants. FASHIONCLASH is a proud partner of Polish Fashion Week in Łódź and decided to invite the designer bola to participate at our festival in June.

This time the event took place in Double Tree by Hilton which is placed next to the well-known movie production company, which produced the Oscar move ‘Ida’. On the first day, FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014 and 2015 participants, ODIO x Jakub Pieczarkowski had presented their newest collection in the OFF Out Of Schedule Avenue and immediately were claimed to be one of the best show in 12th edition on FashionPhilosophy. At the same day the grand opening had taken place, where Dawid Tomaszewski (polish designer based in Berlin) presented his retrospective collection and received a Golden Flaming for the great input in the polish fashion industry.

Golden Flamingo Award

On the second day of the event, the line-up was filled with popular polish designers. Eva Minge had presented her new project, feminine Femestage; Łukasz Jemioł with his basic collection was calling for world peace with 'NO WAR!' slogan, and the winner of the first edition of polish Project Runway – Jacob Bridge, shown his futuristic and magnetic clothes.

odio x jakub pieczarkowski

Except the evening headliners of Fashion Week, our attention was caught by Piotr Drzał's architectonic menswear designs and colorful knitwear by Berenika Czarnota.

At Saturday two of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 participants presented their proposals for season aw2015/16 – bola with her dominated with light blue projects and Acephala covered with graphic kisses. That day of fashion shows was closed by Portuguese designer Miguel Vieira.

On the last day of FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland we were bewitched with two shows. The powerful collection of Klaudia Markiewicz stole hearts of many guests, as well as the Maciek Sieradzky's fur and leather dominated designs.

Enjoy FASHIONCLASH photo report on 12th FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland edition!

http://fashionweek.pl/en

ZWYRD at 11th Fashion Week Poland

Last year, FASHIONCLASH had a pleasure to invite young, Polish designer, who just debuted  at the FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week. It was first ZWYRD’s collection ever created and ever shown and at once people fell in love in his masculine and nature-inspired designs. Question was, if Grzegorz Marcisz, the owner of ZWYRD, will continue his success with his second collection. And you know what? He did!

Second collection of ZWYRD focuses on the science fiction theme – Grzegorz’s aim was to present his own vision of the future. In case of Marcisz, the theme is not a random words, which are supposed to fill in the catalogue or a press info – the general destruction of the world, pessimistic image of the future is visible in his designs. Grzegorz based his colors and hues on very dark cobalt, metallic silver, greys, black and white. He also included semi-transparent black materials and colorfull prints, which resembled explosion (matching with the theme of destruction).

In case of ZWYRD, it is extremely impressive, that such a young designer (he is actually still a student) creates coherent, mature and interesting collections. The same goes with the shows themselves – barely anyone uses metal/rock music to the fashion-shows. We cross our fingers for ZWYRD and we wish, that this young Polish talent will create many goods for European fashion. 

All images are by Martyna Wasiak

11th edition of FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland

This autumn 11th edition of Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland Łódź took place on 22-26 of October. FASHIONCLASH Team had a great pleasure to attend for the fifth time and enjoy the biggest fashion party in Poland, to see the collections of Polish designers. We are pleased to see, how designers and the event are developing with every next edition. FASHIONCLASH has also experience with Polish designers - each year FASHIONCLASH Festival receives strong applications from Polish designers as well as choses the best ones to participate in next FASHIONCLASH edition.

We were pleased to see three of FASHIONCLASH designers at Fashion Week Poland: ODIO & Jakub Pieczarkowski, ZWYRD and Baiba Ladiga (for whom, we will present a separate posts on our blog).

FASHIONCLASH at Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland

FASHIONCLASH was invited to attend the international conference that was organized in connection to Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland in Łódź. The conference was held in the amazing Andel's Hotel in Łódź that is located in the Manufactura neighbourhood, a huge former industrial complex. The opening of the Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland also took place at the Andel's hotel on Thursday 24th. City of Lodz used to be the capital for Polish textile industry until the major factories closed in the 90's. In recent years the city is recovering with great initiatives like the Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland, Łódź design festival and the impressive Manufactura. Now Łódź is the place to be and is the avant-garde cultural capital of Poland.

Yes, Polish fashion is emerging, there is room for improvement but there is loads of potential in Polish fashion scene. The international conference 'Promotion of Polish Fashion Industry on the International Market' gave more insight in the general development and possibilities of the Polish fashion industry.

FASHIONCLASH has also experience with Polish designers.
Each year FASHIONCLASH receives strong applications from Polish designers and it was a pleasure to see some of them in the program. FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 participants Kamila Gawronska-Kasperska and Agnieszka Natasza Splewińska showed their collections. We hope that more Polish designers will apply for FASHIONCLASH Maastricht.

FC team at the conference

The schedule offers a broad and rather full program with shows from established and 'celebrities' designers, emerging talents, Out off schedule program, showrooms, young fashion photographers exhibition and parties.

We have to mention and thank the initiators of the conference and the fashion week for the warm hospitality and good organization.
We had great time in Łódź.

More info: http://www.fashionweek.pl/