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.

Femke Agema

 

Collection SS 2011 by Femke Agema



What is your name? Femke Agema

What is the name of your label? Femke Agema

Where did you study and when did you graduate? I studied at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (Netherlands) and did a Master in Fashion Design at the MaHKU. When I tell you what year I graduated it will make me feel old, so I won't.. ;)

What inspires you as a designer? I think inspiration is a very difficult concept. I can never pinpoint what makes me want to create things. I guess it's just everything around me.

Mieke Dierckx

Mieke's atelier. FASHIONCLASH likes!



What is your name? Mieke Dierckx

What is the name of your label? Mieke Dierckx

Where did you study and when did you graduate? From 2002-2005 I studied Interior and Furniture design at the Lessius University College in Mechelen. Thanks to the Erasmus project in Leeds, I got introduced to the course Jewellery Design and decided to follow the Jewellery Design and Gold-and Silversmithing programme at the PHL University College in Hasselt. (2005-2009)

What inspires you as a designer? I am inspired by spaces. Several contexts of a space can be interesting, for example the history, the social aspect, the architecture, the atmosphere of the space…

This summer be prepared for FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011 ...

For more information check the updated FASHIONCLASH website.

MINNAPALMQVIST

What is your name? Minna Palmqvist

What is the name of your label? MINNAPALMQVIST

Where did you study and when did you graduate? I graduated from Konstfack College of Arts Crafts and Design in Stockholm, from where I have a master degree in textile. Before that I went to the clothing design program at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Turku, Finland.

What inspires you as a designer? Imperfection, ambivalent feelings and awkwardness.

Who is your favorite designer/artist? Why? Louise Bourgeoise, mainly for her sculpting.

What can you bring to FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011? Unwanted body shapes, exclusively handmade to enter the world of fashion.

Previews of the collection that Minna will show during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011

Since you are participating in both are your works for the show and for the exposition going to be somehow related to each other? The collection on the catwalk is based on the shapes and the atmosphere in the film shown in the exhibition. That is how I usually start my work - by capturing a subject trough sculpting, photos and installations, which then turns into show pieces, to in the end become more wearable, producable garments. What is to be shown at FASHIONCLASH is all about the flesh, the fat and the transience of the human body.

                   

"Intimately Social" (2007) by Minna Palmqvist

What do you expect from the FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011? I expect a creative environment where fashion is not all about trends and shopping, but a phenomena worth discussing and digging deep into.

How did your experience with fashion started? When did you decide to be a fashion designer/artist? Growing up on a Finnish island (Åland) I had no idea you could actually be a fashion designer for real. I loved clothes and made a lot of my own garments as a teenager, and drew millions of fashion illustrations on my room. When it was time to go to university my sister thought I should apply for design school. First I thought it sounded so superficial, and attended a semester of gender studies at Gothenburg University before I finally dared to apply and stand for my passion. And now I couldn't have imagined doing anything else!

What are your goals concerning your career? What are your ambitions? Where do you see yourself in the future? I want to find a way to take my designs into sustainable production, as a complement to the hand made pieces and art installations I work with now. I want to find some good people to work with who share my vision, and be able to actually live from doing what I do.



Minna's atelier. We like.



Edited by Natalia Serwanska

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011

International and interdisciplinary fashion event

10, 11 and 12th June 2011

Take your agenda to save the date for the international fashion event 'FASHIONCLASH Maastricht'. 

Initiators and artistic team of FASHIONCLASH, Branko Popovic, Laurens Hamacher and Nawie Kuiper are busy preparing the third edition of the successful fashion event 'FASHIONCLASH Maastricht.

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht is a unique platform in particular for  'young’ and talented designers / artists to present their work to a diverse (inter) national audience. For visitors this is a unique opportunity to discover new talent, make contacts, and to be inspired by the art of fashion.

More than one hundred international talents will show their work during 'FASHIONCLASH Maastricht' from 10 to 12 June 2011. This year the event will take place in a new location, the Decor Factory of Mosa, located on the Meerssenerweg, just behind theCentral Station.

See the names of the talented Participants here: 

http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/p/fashionclash-maastricht-2011_22.html

PROGRAM

- FASHION SHOWS

- EXPO

- ABKM FASHION SHOW

- CLASH PROJECT

- PERFORMANCE

- FASHION PROCESSION

- PARTY

- MUSIC

PARTNERS / SPONSORS / FUNDERS & FRIENDS

"FASHONCLASH Maastricht 2011' is powered by great from partners, sponsors, funders and friends, including the Province of Limburg, Gemeente Maastricht, ABK Maastricht, Toni & Guy, M.A.C Cosmetics, Sessibon Bookings, Team Peter Stigter, P-EN-M Architects, APG, VVV Maastricht, Maasmechellen Village, Drukkerij Pietermans, Soopl, Matandme, Martijn de Bloemist, Lisa Klappe.

FASHIONCLASH Fashion Procession is made possible by Limburg BV /Zicht op Maastricht and Hogeschool Zuyd. 

pictures by Peter Stigter

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011

FASHIONCLASH is busy organizing the third edition of the international and multidisciplinary fashion event ‘FASHIONCLASH Maastricht’.


Put the dates in your calendar! 
10, 11 and 12 June 2011 at the Timmerfabriek / Maastricht

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht shows the art of fashion in the broadest sense with a diverse program; fashion shows, ABKM fashion show (Art Academy Maastricht) exhibitions, Clash Project window display route, dance, theatre and more.

Application forms for the exhibition and fashion show program of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht are now available!

http://www.fashionclash.nl/application2011/forms/

All disciplines and works linked with fashion are welcome: photography, design, textiles, jewellery, accessories, fine arts, illustration, video, etc.

Deadline for application is Friday, February 21, 2011!

www.fashionclash.nl

Here's a reminder of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2010!

Fashion shows

Exhibition
picture by Peter Stigter

fashion and textile department of ABKM
Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht
picture by Peter Stigter

Window display route 

Fashion Walk

picture by Peter Stigter

FASHIONCLASH MAASTRICHT exposition

One of the highlights this weekend was the exposition with fashion in its widest perspective.





Femke Agema


Merel Boers/ Miss Blackbirdy


Eefiene Bolhuis


Manouk Hasebos


Iris Schieferstein


Nathalie Vanheule


Ulrik Martin Larsen




Nathaniel Dafydd Beard & Caroline Collinge



pictures by Peter Stigter