Designers in Stores - FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

FASHIONCLASH is proud of collaboration with a numerous local entrepreneurs in Maastricht - during our Side Program the project called 'Designers in Stores takes place'. The idea is that our designers present their pieces in prestigious Maastricht's stores - boutiques known for their high quality of design selection, from house decor to luxurious brands.

PL-Line
PL-Line store is located at Bredestraat 7 and it offers a wide range of the luxurious brands, like Saint Laurent Paris, Givenchy or Dsquared 2. During FASHIONCLASH Festival WILFRIED LANTOINE and Alexander Khorikian are going to present their works in the boutique.
Opening hours
Thursday 10:00 - 21:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:30
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

Wilfried Lantoine

Alexander Khorikian

Noir
Noir is a new spot on Maastricht's shopping map - desipite the fact it was opened few months ago, it catches the focus with the variety of chosen clothes and accessories. In this store, which is located Wycker Brugstraat 38a Mies Nobis will expose her unique jewellery.
Opening hours
Thursday 10:30 - 21:00
Friday 10:30 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

Mies Nobis

Festen
Concept store Festen, which is located at Mickelerstraat 1a will host Isabel Helf, who combine design, accessories with the character of furniture alike.
Opening hours
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

Isabel Helf

Conflict
Located opposite to Festen, Conflict offers an impressive in quality and quantity of home decor pieces. There Amber Ambrose Aurele will show her futuristic footwear designs. Visit Mickelerstraat 14.
Opening hours
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

Amber Ambrose Aurele

Stijl Wyck
Stijl Wyck, a spacious boutique located at Wycker Brugstraat 48 will host designs of Joelle Boers.
Opening hours
Thursday 10:00 - 21:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 11:00 - 17:00

Joelle Boers

Le Marias Deux & Koffie
While exploring the city of Maastricht you might take a walk on Maastrichter Heidenstraat, where our another Side Program Designers in Stores location is placed. In Le Marias Deux ebby port will enrich the regular offers of the concept store.
Opening hours
Thursday 11:00 - 17:30 
Friday 11:00 - 17:30
Saturday 11:00 - 17:30
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

ebby pott

Mayfair
Lastly, the undisputed shopping paradise for men - Mayfair, at Stationstraat 20. There you can discover colorful ties by CARRI LINES + beautiful colothing by Berlin based label BLANK ETIQUETTE.
Opening hours
Thursday 09:30 - 18:00
Friday 09:30 - 18:00
Saturday 09:30 - 17:00
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00

CARRI LINES

If it is still not enough for you go to Heidenstraat 2 and 3a to explore stores of Lena Berens Studio Store and Milan Palma Store. (open since Thursday until Saturday, from 11:00 - 18:00).

Lena Berens

Milan Palma

Het vreemdste object in de collecties

Phallus beurs, 1500-1600, collectie Amsterdam Museum.

#3 Modemuze x FASHIONCLASH blogpost

Het vreemdste object in de collecties 

Lisa Whittle, embedded researcher publieksparticipatie bij Modemuze

Stokbeurs, foedraal en phallus beurs. In drie verschillende musea zijn vrijwel gelijke beursjes te vinden, waarachter verschillende verhalen en verklaringen schuilen die de betekenis en context van deze objecten onduidelijk, maar des te aantrekkelijker maken. Met dateringen tussen 1500 en 1665, beslaan deze beursjes mogelijk een periode waarin de mode zich voor mannen en vrouwen anders ging ontwikkelen, maar kleding sowieso betekenissen kende die een leek vandaag de dag moeilijk kan ontcijferen. De suggestieve vorm van deze beursjes zal voor de meesten echter direct in het oog springen. De fallische contouren geven aanleiding tot speculatie over wat deze beursjes precies zijn. Hebben ze ooit een gebruiksfunctie gekend of zijn het vooral objecten met een symbolische waarde?

Beurs van groen fluweel, na 1580, Rijksmuseum

De objectbeschrijvingen van de musea en publicaties over deze beursjes vertellen ons veel over de veranderende perspectieven die zij hebben gekend. Ook vóór de 21ste eeuw worstelden historici met het ontcijferen van de betekenis van deze beursjes.

Into Into at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Meet into into from Moscow, Russia, a brand that is not only into design, but also keen on pure art.
You can see Into Into fantastic work at the SHOWPIECES exhibition at de Bijenkorf.

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.
More about the Side Program.


Q&A with into into:

What does fashion mean to you? 
Fashion for me has to be artistic first.

What do you aspire to be? 
An artist. I'll do all my best to die famous.

How would you describe your work? 
They are relicts of the art.

What is your technique? 
I see the whole picture in my head from the very beginning. So, the main trick for me is just to have it all in my mind and then bring it to life.

Have you shown your collections before? If so, where?
Moscow Fashion Week (Autumn 2012);
Moscow Fashion Week (Spring 2013);
Moscow Fashion Week (Autumn 2014);
Global Shoes 2013 (international Event for shoes and accessories) in Dusseldorf.

Judith van Vliet at FASHIONCLASH Festival

FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 is starting within few days - soon you will have an opportunity to appreciate various talented designers and talents. One of them is Judith van Vliet, Enjoy our interview with her to find out what you can expect on the catwalk, who is going show her collaboration with Chris van Elzen, sell her pieces at the Designer Market and present her piece in de Bijenkorf.


Who are you?
I am Judith van Vliet, a Dutch fashion Designer, based in Noordwijk. I have graduated in 2012, at the Utrecht School of Arts. Since 2 years I have my own label.

How would you describe your work? What is your technique? Have you shown your collections before, if so, where? 
I design women's clothes, which often contain an architectural shapes. Besides that, I like to experiment with non-conventional materials. I used in the past wooden pins, sedge, perplex and metal. I like to work on pieces that can be both seen as art and clothes. My graduation collection 'The Western Uniformity' was my first real catwalk collection and ,next to the graduation show in Utrecht, it has been showed at Amsterdam Fashion Week during a talent show. My first collection under my own label was presented last year: Excidium, which was prepared in collaboration with Chris van den Elzen. This collection was showed during previous edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival and also during Cologne Fashion Days, where we won the Cologne Catwalk Award.

DELACIER at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Today we are introducing the jewelry brand DELACIER, established by Dóra Domokos.

Dóra Domokos is a fashion designer based in Budapest, Hungary. During her study in the French-based Modart Fashion and Art School in Budapest, she experimented with the fusion of the classic ladies-wear and functional accessories. With that exploration, she discovered that she could use a unique string art technique on the surface of the mental. With this unique technique, she established her own brand DELACIER of jewelries after graduation. This year she will participate at the designer market of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015. Be ready to buy the unique jewelries then!

http://www.delacier.com/ 

Q&A with designer Dóra Domokos:

How would you describe your work? What is your technique?
For DELACIER, each piece is made of stainless steel. The custom-machined frame is covered with string art technique. All the necklaces, the neckbands, the cuffs and other accessories, are applied with the combination of both modern technology and traditional techniques. This unique fusion must not happen at the expense of comfort, so the wearability plays an important role in the design process. The jewelry is best characterized by its exciting shapes that are renewed each season. The string art pattern for each piece is unique and unrepeatable, emphasizing the uniqueness of the wearer. Timeless stability meets sophisticated elegance in the collection. In addition, DELACIER also provides extreme fashion accessories not meant for everyday use, but for the futurist line of the brand.

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.

Meet the Maker #2 - FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Meet the Maker #1 

Meet the Maker #2 in collaboration with Bureau Europa 
June 13 13:00 - 17:00 in the context of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Last year, Bureau Europa and Studio Noto successfully started a new concept called Meet the Maker, a platform for presenting work of young designers and performers to a select group of interested professionals.

Additional to the collaboration with Studio Noto the next edition will be organised together with FASHIONCLASH Maastricht.

For this special edition of Meet the Maker, five artists have been selected to present an object, project or performance to a (transdis- ciplinary) group of interested parties and then talk about their works and performances while having lunch together in a special setting.

The works and performances that will be pre- sented have to be related to this year's theme of the FASHIONCLASH Festival: Gender. The works do not necessarily have to be created for this event. Artists are free to choose work which is even incomplete or in the making, as long as it links with the theme. The challenge is to choose a artwork or performance and give the reason for this particular choice. The audience is considered as being participants themselves that enter into a dialogue with the makers. After the short presentations, there will be food and discussion in an informal setting.

Meet the Maker #2  Participants: Casper Wortman, Miglė Nevieraitė, Matthijs Holland, Anne Marie Borsboom and Dario Tortorelli.

Meet the Maker #1 -  Dutsy Thomas

With Meet the Maker Bureau Europa aims to provide a platform for encounters between creators, thinkers, and designers from the Euregio. The drain of young (design) talent is a known issue in the Euregio. The lack of a good (cultural) infrastructure plays an important role in this problem. It is crucial for talent to experience connectedness through creating networks and cultural careers. Such experiences begin with a meeting: therefore, every six months, Bureau Europa wants to of- fer space for a weekend of such meetings.

Because this edition is organised in collaboration with FASHIONCLASH the event will be part of the press tour of the FASHIONCLASH festival. That means that a lot of professional journalists and bloggers will join the event. Then subsequently, during the rest of the day, Bureau Europa is accessible for everybody to make sure that the works can be seen by a broad audience.

Meet the Maker is an initiative of Bureau Europa and Studio Noto.

http://www.bureau-europa.nl/en/manifestations/meet_the_maker/

More information about FASHIONCLASH Festival Side Program: http://fashionclash.nl/fashionclash-festival-2015-side-program/

Meet the Maker #1 -  Dutsy Thomas

MAFAD exhibition at Dominicanenkerk

Domino Vugts - photo Bente Snijkers

During the FASHIONCLASH Festival MAFAD proudly presents, besides the graduation show, their 3rd year students with their mini-collections at the Dominicanen Boekhandel.

- Domino Vugts, with her independent woman collection
- Karlijn Krijger, with her collection strongly based on wearability
- Luisa Sugaipov, with her Myahkri collection, based on the modern warrior
- Victoria Keller, with her collection that breaths innocence and is based on the girly look of the 60's
- Ilona Simons, with her men collection inspired by 20th century work wear, in particular by the pilot overall.

MAFAD (The Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design), is part of the Faculty of Art Maastricht and Zuyd University of applied sciences. The bachelor of Fine Arts and the bachelor Design offers their students a challenging learning environment with outstanding ateliers, exceptional studio facilities and a vast array of different perspectives within a wide spectrum of arts and design.

www.mafad.nl

VICTOM at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

VICTOM is a new brand created by Victor from China and Tom from Belgium. They are both fashion designers based somewhere between Belgium and China. Victor is the chief designer in a men’s wear company, and Tom is teaching fashion design. Together, they decided to join their passion and talent to build the men’s shirt brand – VICTOM. This year, they will present the new collection at designer market of FASHIONCLASH Festival. Get ready to buy these items there!

Like our facebook event of FASHIONCLASH designer market here, you will have the chance to win a gift card for market.

Q&A with designers Tom & Victor

How would you describe your work? 
VICTOM: The collection that will be presented at FASHIONCLASH is a men’s shirt collection mixing the Belgian clean cut with the more baroque Chinese esthetic. This is the first time for our collection to be presented. Hopefully, the audience will appreciate it and encourage us to go further.

Tom: I really like to create and make my design alive. I did a lot of fashion shows, exhibitions, and contests. I get awarded for a few times. The collection that will be presented at FASHIONCLASH is more commercial than what I did before. This is probably influenced by Victor who has more a commercial sense.

'Gendercodes in de mode van de 20e eeuw'

'Gendercodes in de mode van de 20e eeuw'

Door Nicky Cremers, masterstudente kunstwetenschappen KULeuven 

Yves Saint Laurent, zwarte vrouwensmoking, hersft-winter 1993/94, 

gebaseerd op zijn collectie 'Le Smoking' uit 1967, Modemuseum Hasselt

FASHIONCLASH Festival heeft dit jaar ‘gender’ als overkoepelend thema. Het festival wil aan de hand van mode de uitdagingen omtrent gendertopics aankaarten en een stap zetten in de richting van een intelligente, empathische benadering van gender en deze in de toekomst aan te wenden.

De term ‘gender’ verwijst naar de socioculturele verschillen tussen de sekses. Het zijn de vrouwelijke en mannelijke kenmerken die worden gevormd door opvoeding en cultuur. Mode is een belangrijk middel om menselijke persoonlijkheid mee uit te dragen en dit is niet anders voor de genderaspecten hiervan. Naast hedendaagse kunst en mode, wordt het historische aspect van gender uitgelicht tijdens het festival om aan te tonen dat genderkwesties geen nieuw fenomeen zijn. Mode is van groot belang in het emancipatieproces van bepaalde sociale groepen zoals vrouwen, homoseksuelen en gendervariabele personen. In de tentoonstelling Gendercodes in fashion throughout the 20th century vertellen de stukken uit het Modemuseum van Hasselt de geschiedenis van het veranderende normenpatroon in de mode van de 20e eeuw. De elf geselecteerde silhouetten in de expositie illustreren een evolutie die eerst de vrouwenmode bevrijdt van haar 19e eeuwse keurslijf, gaande van de flapper tot de powersuit. Deze kleding correleert met de veranderende sociale status van de vrouw in de samenleving. Hetgeen opvalt is dat de vernieuwingen in de vrouwenmode meestal adaptaties van elementen uit de mannenmode zijn. Omdat vrouwen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog het werk van de man moesten overnemen terwijl zij militair werden ingezet, moest hun kleding comfortabeler zitten. De kleding viel losser waardoor de vrouwen hun korset achterwege lieten. Het duurde echter nog enkele decennia voordat de broek ook gemeengoed bij vrouwen werd. Wanneer vrouwen massaal op de werkvloer stappen adapteren ze ook het mannenkostuum. De powersuit is een icoon van de vrouwelijke emancipatie maar is gebaseerd op de meest herkenbare mannelijke uitrusting. In de jaren '80 begint deze eenzijdige beïnvloeding echter om te keren en start de mannenmode aan een opmars. Vrouwelijke elementen worden nu ook overgenomen in mannencollecties en het aanbod voor mannen begint enorm te groeien. Er is dus sprake van wederzijdse beïnvloeding in de mode en het duurt niet lang voordat unisex kleding in zwang komt. Daarnaast komt het steeds vaker voor dat personen zich niet beperken tot de collecties die bestemd zijn voor hun sekse, maar ook aan de andere kant van de winkel gaan shoppen. Een aantal designers besloten daarop de verdeling tussen mannen-en vrouwencollecties te laten voor wat ze was en ontwerpen louter kleding voor mensen. Het label Comme des Garçons van de Japanse Rei Kawakubo is hier een tentoongesteld voorbeeld van. Deze mode kan door iedereen gedragen worden, wat maakt dat enerzijds de designer niet langer beperkt wordt in ontwerpkeuzes en anderzijds dat de mogelijkheden voor de consument vergroten. Mode heeft een stadium bereikt waarin sekse ondergeschikt is aan het ontwerp en dat is een interessante evolutie die internationaal toegejuicht wordt.

Dries Van Noten, geruite en gewatteerde bombervest, 

kakikleurige broek met paisleyprint,

 katoenen overhemd, 

hersft-winter 2013/14, Modemuseum Hasselt

Net zoals in het sociale debat omtrent gendergelijkheid, wordt er in de mode gepleit voor een opheffing van de verschillen tussen man en vrouw. Dit gaat praktisch gezien uiteraard niet voor alle kleding aangezien mannen en vrouwen lichamelijk verschillen, maar het gaat om de vastgeroeste ideeën zoals vrouwen die thuishoren in rokken en mannen absoluut niet. Iedereen moet kunnen dragen waarin hij of zij zich het best en meest zelfzeker in voelt. In de mode- en kostuumgeschiedenis zijn tal van voorbeelden te vinden die de traditionele gendercodes nuanceren en bijdragen aan de strijd voor meer gelijkheid.
Met Jean Paul Gaultier, Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood en Paul Smith is FASHIONCLASH Festival in goed gezelschap in hun queeste naar een modebeleving die de grenzen overschrijdt.
De pop-upexpo Gendercodes in fashion throughout the 20th century loopt van 3 juni tot 15 juni in het Bonnefantenmuseum te Maastricht. Het is een samenwerking tussen FASHIONCLASH Festival, Modemuseum Hasselt en het Bonnefantenmuseum.


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: http://modemuze.nl

Rei Kawakubo en Junya Watanabe voor Comme des Garçons, 

mantel met ruches en barokke jacquardelementen, 

herfst-winter 2006/07, Modemuseum Hasselt