Flora Miranda at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

These are probably the most futuristic designs of the upcoming edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival.
Flora Miranda, who was born and raised in Austria, had been experiencing art since her early years - her artistic roots shared the genes of creativity Her childhood and youth was filled with many artistic achievements, what resuled in graduating at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Discover the creative world of Flora Miranda while reading the Designer Profile below.

Flora Miranda is presenting her work in the Fashion Show Program, the Gender exhibition and SHOWPIECES expo at de Bijenkorf.

How would you describe your work ?  Have you shown your collections before, if so, where ?  What is your most name worthy achievement up to now in relation to fashion?

The clothes I create are expressive, extravagant and experimental. What technique I apply really depends on the specific project and I do not want to limit my work by describing it through words at this moment. I rather stay open minded to treat each project individually; if I feel the importance to create in a way I never did before then I won´t hesitate to take this freedom. Eventually I find myself creating explicit characters through my designs who look as much part of another world as many of us feel and wish to be born in a totally apart dimension. By instance I would dress you up in a lasershow inspired garment from a rhythmic pattern of red green and blue fake fur that mixes in movement of your body to iridescent rainbow colors. Then we would see what happens - how would you move? I find it very exciting to observe how one reacts to a certain garment - the garment itself can make you do things you would otherwise never have thought of. This power can be used in so many different ways…

Who are your artistic influences or inspirations and why? 
I am especially attentive to the human body, physical border experiences, our perception, societal observations, conversations, music and art in general. A person that inspires me since a long time on various levels is the artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. His vast spectrum of musical output throughout his life in collaboration with other artists (who then were forming bands like Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle or Thee Majesty) is absolutely fascinating in combination to his manifestly views on the world and eventually the love story of his life with Lady Jaye: They performed plastic surgery on their bodies until they looked like the same human being. To look into such ideas gives me so much energy and drive!

SHOWPIECES exhibition at De Bijenkorf

Santiago Úttima

SHOWPIECES is a brand new feature to FASHIONCLASH Festival, an multidisciplinary exhibition that shows the art of fashion. As the name says, Showpieces is a showcase where each designer exhibits one design that represents his/her work.

SHOWPIECES participants: Bluedenîmes & Minou Lejeune, Branko Popovic, Chris van den Elzen, Ece Ozalp,  pə-ˈzaz (Noor Mulders), into into, Inderjeet Sandhu, Isabel Helf, Jasna Rokegem, JIVIKA BIERVLiET, Marlou Breuls, Fien Ploeger, Judith van Vliet, Flora Miranda, HANA FRISONSOVA, Santiago Úttima, Studio Kiekebos, Simonetta Alejandra, STRIKKS and Yojiro Kake.

More information about FASHIONCLASH Festival Side Program: here

SHOWPIECES can be visted for free during the regular opening hours of de Bijenkorf Maastricht.

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.

Onfatsoenlijk

Bestand: Fietskostuum Museum Rotterdam
Verwijzing: 2-deling fietskostuum, ca. 1900, Museum Rotterdam

Onfatsoenlijk

door: Sjouk Hoitsma, conservator mode en kostuum Museum Rotterdam 

Het einde van de negentiende eeuw en het begin van de twintigste is een spannende tijd voor de vrouwengarderobe. In die periode komen er veel mannelijke elementen in de vrouwenkleding die we tot op de dag van vandaag herkennen. Terwijl de fatsoensnormen voorschreven dat vrouwen zo vrouwelijk mogelijk gekleed moesten gaan met strak ingesnoerde tailles en rokken tot op de grond was dit ook de tijd waarin vrouwen een steeds actievere rol in de samenleving gingen innemen. Vrouwen gingen deelnemen aan sportieve activiteiten als wandelen, bergbeklimmen, fietsen, en andere sporten. Ze trokken er op uit en maakten reizen. Jonge vrouwen gingen al vaker op zoek naar een baan, administratief of in het onderwijs. Hiervoor waren nieuwe kledingvormen vereist. En deze werden gevonden in de garderobe van de man.
Dat was niet nieuw, veel bemiddelde vrouwen beoefenden al langer de paardensport. De amazonekleding had al veel mannelijke elementen. De opdeling van het kostuum in een jasje met een rok, een voorloper van het mantelpak, was afgeleid van het mannenkostuum. Het was gemaakt van stevige wollen stof, die ook voor mannenkleding werd gebruikt. Vaak werden deze amazonekostuums dan ook bij de mannenkleermaker gemaakt.

Bestand: Gracieuse – mei 1900 

Verwijzing: Gracieuse. Geïllustreerde Aglaja, 

5 mei 1900, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 

Voor het paardrijden en vanaf 1870 ook voor het fietsen was een rok geen geschikt kledingstuk. Er werd dan ook gezocht naar broek-achtige oplossingen. Echter het idee van een vrouw met gespreide benen was ondenkbaar: het toppunt van onfatsoen. Voordat vrouwen de broek, tot dan toe aan mannen voorbehouden, veroverden waren er veel krampachtige en onhandige tussenvormen.
Een mooi voorbeeld is een fietskostuum uit de collectie van Museum Rotterdam van omstreeks 1900. Dit kostuum bestaat uit een kostuumjasje met lange panden en een tweedelige rok met splitten voor en achter. Er is een knoopsysteem zodat de panden als broekspijpen om de benen kunnen worden geknoopt. Op de fiets was dat gemakkelijk, naast de fiets kon de dame zich weer fatsoeneren: de broek werd dan omgeknoopt tot rok. Het lange jasje viel achter tot over het zadel, het aanstootgevende beeld van de gespreide benen was zo aan het oog onttrokken. Saillant detail is dat het jasje ter hoogte van de boezem flink is opgevuld.
Veel minder ingewikkeld was het mantelpak. Dit had haar oorsprong in Engeland rond 1870, waar de kleermaker John Redfern ze voor de sportieve bezigheden van zijn rijke clientèle vervaardigde. De combinatie van jasje, blouse en rok was zo praktisch, niet alleen voor sport, dat ze al snel ook in Europa werden gedragen. De blouse, afgeleid van het herenhemd werd vaak gedragen met een dasje, op het hoofd een matelot, ook al van de andere sekse ‘gepikt’.
Het mantelpak werd ook populair bij minder bemiddelde vrouwen omdat het geschikt was om in uit werken te gaan en er elke dag netjes uit te zien. Daarvoor hoefde je alleen de blouse te wisselen.
De mix van mannelijke en vrouwelijke elementen van het vroege mantelpak is spannend. Door de snit werd het vrouwenlichaam (boezem, taille, heupen, billen) benadrukt en de mannelijke elementen maakten het tegelijkertijd streng. Het is precies deze spanning die tot op de dag van vandaag intrigeert.

Bestand: Gracieuse – maart 1899 

Verwijzing: Gracieuse. Geïllustreerde Aglaja, 

1 maart 1899, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Modemuze verbindt op een online platform de mode- en kostuumcollecties van zeven Nederlandse musea met verhalen van mode- en kostuumliefhebbers als een bron van inspiratie voor een breed publiek. In samenwerking met FASHIONCLASH Festival komt Modemuze de hele maand juni met een serie blogs rondom het thema van dit jaar: ‘Gender’. 
Neem voor een overzicht van alle blogs een kijkje op: modemuze

Tabula Rasa - dance performance

Tabula Rasa, a dance performance during FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

June 14 - 18:30 at SAMdecorfabriek
Online pre-sale: 10 euro
Door- sale: 12,50 euro

Tickets are available: here

You want to see the FASHIONCLASH Festival campaign and the theme of gender come to live than you got to see Tabula Rasa.

Project Sally Maastricht, FASHIONCLASH and designer Mieke Kockelkorn started a partnership with the aim to provide the awareness and transcend conservative gender roles in our society and a message of freedom. In a range of workshops, transgender youngsters will work with Mieke and Project Sally to create a collection that will be reflected and with a dance performance. Tabula Rasa is a gathering of different people who clash dance and fashion with purpose to engage a dialogue with the society.

Choreography: Martin Harriague
Dancers: Morgane Michel and Patrizio Bucci.

Tabula rasa, ( Latin: “scraped tablet”— i.e., “clean slate”) in epistemology theory of knowledge) and psychology, a supposed condition that empiricists attribute to the hu- man mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the reaction of the senses to the external world of objects.

More information about FASHIONCLASH Festival: program

left Project Sally Maastricht (photo Tycho Merlijn)
right designer Mieke Kockelkorn

FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 - designer Market

FASHIONCLASH Market takes place June 12 – 14, 2015 in Maastricht. 

Thirty-four promising young designers from different countries will participate and present their unique products, including clothing, shoes, jewelleries and accessories at the Market. MAFAD academy will also occupy part of the market, as well as PUP magazine.

It’s free for anyone to enter the market. FASHIONCLASH wants to offer a chance for visitors to browse around and buy these fascinating items. The price will range from 15 Euros to 1000 Euros. Please note that all the purchases will only be made with CASH.

The detailed information about the designers and their brands can be found here.
You can also find interviews with designers here.

Time schedule: 
12 June: 7:00 p.m. – 23:30 a.m. (Opening)
13 June: 5:00 p.m. – 22:00 a.m.
14 June: 1:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

NOTE: 
* Free entrance
* Cash only

Location:
SAMdecorfabriek, Meerssenerweg 215

market 2014

market 2014

market 2014

FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 at Museum aan het Vrijthof

IAEA 
Studio Ikkai, IAEA is a een cooperation project between Studio IKKAI
and product designer  Michal Avraham.

Museum aan het Vrijthof is once again one of the locations during FASHIONCLASH Festival Side Program.
June 6 - 14

The MahV will present several gender related installations by young theatrical performers, designers and artists: Lisa Schamlé, Malou Beemer & Eef Lubbers, IAEA, Luca Tichelman and Hean Kim.
MIJNshop/MIJNcollectie project is also on display at the museum.

On June 14 you can meet the participants from 12am - 1 pm at the museum.

To visit this Museum aan het Vrijthof you need a ticket.

Adults   € 8
Childeren to age 6 free
Childeren 7 - 12 € 2
Teenagers 13 - 18 € 4
Students € 4
Groups (from 15 p.) € 6,50 Museum friends  free
Museumcard* free

http://www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl

Side Program is an accompanying program spread across various locations in Maastricht with pop-up stores, exhibitions, lectures and events in selected boutiques and cultural spots in Maastricht. Most of the locations are accessible for free and open for public during the opening times indicated by the locations. In some locations, you need a ticket, they will be provided by the venue. More information about Side Program: here.

Outspoken Designer Store at De BRANDWEERKANTINE

We invite you to get familiar with one of our Side Program events during FASHIONCLASH Festival, which will take part at one of the hotspots in Maastricht.
De BRANDWEERKANTINE is a creative melting pot and meeting place for weekly markets, great events, delicious kitchen and during FASHIONCLASH Festival you can visit the Outspoken Designer Store by Galerie Majke Hüsstege.
Outspoken Designer Store is part of contemporary art gallery Majke Hüsstege. A melting pot of fashion, design and art. A place where creative minds from various directions come together. The design store that offers you a broad and regularly updated collection of contemporary design products in fashion, lifestyle, interior, accessories and jewellery. The collection consists of unique and limited edition design items, next to products from design labels. The store is showcasing over 60 talented designers, all of whom have one commonality: their high quality designs.
At the De BRANDWEERKANTINE  you will find the Outspoken designer pop-up store on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June.

If you want to plan your shopping visit the official website of the Outspoken Designer Store here.
To find out more about the Side Program click here.

Saturday June 13 : 10 am - 6  pm
Sunday June 14:    12 am - 6 pm

* Saturday June 13: Streekmarkt Pura Loca

De BRANDWEERKANTINE is located at Capucijnenstraat 21

www.outspokenstore.nl

www.majkehusstege.nl

De BRANDWEERKANTINE

Sofie van Aelbroeck at Coffeelovers Maastricht

Officially FASHIONCLASH Festival takes place from June 11 to 14, but already from June 1, FASHIONCLASH fever will start invading Maastricht with the Side Program events.
Belgian artist and designer Sofie van Aelbroeck will exhibit her work at Coffeelovers at plein 1992.

In addition Sofie is also one of the participants in the Gender-expo at the SAMdecorfabriek from June 12 - 14.

But when you get you coffee at Coffeelovers don't forget to take a look at the installation by Sofie van Aelbroeck.

http://www.sofievanaelbroeck.com

More about the Side Program: here

One Wolf at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Today we are introducing the brand One Wolf, based in Riga, Latvia.
Agnese Narnicka is the designer for One Wolf. She has been a clothing designer for 9 years. Agnese Narnicka already started her professional career when she was still studying at the Art Academy of Latvia. This year, she will introduce her UNIFORM collection of the brand One Wolf at the designer market of FASHIONCLASH Festival in June. Be ready to meet her there!

http://www.onewolf.lv/

Q&A with designer Agnese Narnicka:

How would you describe your work? 
My approach to fashion design is very individual. The initial period, when the idea appears, is very instinctive and spontaneous. The idea is actualised in the first fashion illustrations, reflecting not only the clothing but also its actual character. I enjoy creating collections that have a concept based on a specific story. When I have an idea for this story and the hero of the story is known, I would start some more extensive works of research and look for more detailed sources for inspiration. After that comes the final sketches, fabric selection, technical drawings of the pieces, ideas for possible treatments of the fabric, constructions, and the sewing of examples.

Have you shown your collections before? If so, where? 
One Wolf regularly presents its collections to a broader public both locally and internationally. In Latvia, we show our collections at Riga Fashion Week. Internationally, we have participated in the "Who's next" show in Paris, the "Bread and Butter" show, the "Projektgallery" showroom, and Berlin's Fashion Week. What’s more, we have also presented ourselves in Japan and Great Britain. And, last year's "Repair" collection was also presented in the prestigious 29th International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères, France.