Label2 by Alen Pinku and Andrea Popovic

Now living in Milan, Italy, the two designers of Label2 are Alen Pinku, originally from Serbia, and Andrea Popovic, from Bosnia. The two met during their studies and started working togther.  

You are from Serbia but you are living in Italy at the moment. How do you perceive those two environments in terms of fashion and style? 
That is quite interesting, and we are very proud about our rich history, which is always present as the idea. At the beginning, both of us had different views, but living and growing up here slowly changed our minds. 

What inspires you in general? 
Music, people, art, details… 

What is it like to be a young designer in your city/country?
It is quite difficult, but we are fighters. 

A Photo Exhibition 'Beauty Within' by Mike van der Ent Pasarella

Mike van der Ent Pasarella, is a photographer from the Netherlands. He was born in Poortugaal, which is the village and not the country, nearby Rotterdam. He is specialized in fashion and art photography, but does work on journalistic cases time by time. Story telling is the key factor in his work, even if it is about reportage photography. He also keeps looking for the unique view, telling the story from a certain angle, which is new for the viewers.

In FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013, he will present a photo exhibition titled 'Beauty Within'.

Meet fashion designer Maddalena Mangialavori

Please introduce yourself: My name is Maddalena Mangialavori and I'm a young Italian fashion designer. I've always had an inexplicable but visceral passion for fashion, and after my BA in fashion design in Florence I decided it was time for me to do a more "international" experience. So I came to London. I just graduated at a Master Level, after 17 months of hard work, in Fashion Design Technology at London College of Fashion.

What inspires you in general? I'm a traveller. I've always been since I was a kid, and I'm used to absorb as much as I can from the places I visit, from different cultures, different traditions. I would say inspiration comes from opening yourself to a certain reality and let some of that reality touch your chords. But inspiration is just the beginning of a journey, it just points me a direction and once I find it I usually spend a loooot of time researching and digging on a certain topic, and THAT really feeds my creativity.

Where are you based? I now divide myself between London and Italy.

Theatrical Encounters: '[un]folding space' by Juliette Bogers

Juliette Bogers, born in Roosendaal, a little town in the south of the Netherlands near the border of Belgium. Growing up close to a border made me become curious to know what´s behind. Different cultures, different perspectives and different point of views offer an inspirational knowledge of world we are living in. When exploring the boundaries of the field of fashion to search my place in it, I feel the same urge to know what´s behind and by what it’s inspired. By working with different disciplines within the same period of time, new perspectives broaden and inspire my view on the field. Photography and choreography are two disciplines that are close to me; the first one looks at the world from another perspective and the second one explores your place and space in it. I love to work and design with the moulage method; the fabric leads the design around the body until the most ultimate form is found.

D.an.D Infinite by Danielle Dentener

Danielle Dentener is the founder of bag brand D.an.D infinte. 
The unique designs of different bags combine the inspiration of life and nature according to Danielle. 
She likes to observe people and get what people want from the observation. Starting from helping her mom with the work in the fashion store when Danielle was young, her  story of fashion begins.

Amit Baruch - designer and art/trend director

Photography: Asaf Einy

Please introduce yourself: 
I am Amit Baruch, a young fashion designer, art / trend director. I graduated in 2011 from "Shenkar, College Of Engineering and Design" with a Bachelor in Fashion Design (BDes.)
Originally from Tel-Aviv, since last year I am living in London where I moved to just over a year ago following a work position in the in the fashion industry, awarded as I graduated with honors.
During my studies, I mostly designed for women, but then I fell in love with the thought of doing menswear and had a change of heart. In addition, I love working with leather, designing bags and accessories.

Visual Artist Demetra Kolakis and 'D10119'

Demetra Kolakis is a London based visual artist working as a photographer and designer in both the cultural and fashion milieu. In addition to creating the design concept line D10119, she has also worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of interdisciplinary projects.

Her work has been exhibited in pop up exhibitions and events, galleries, and international shows including Ideal Berlin, Best Shop Berlin, Designers Against Aids and Premium, Who's Next Paris Sept 2011. 

Following the success of D10119, she was awarded the University of the Arts London International Graduate Scholarship, and recently graduated with distinction and obtained an MA in Fashion Media at UAL.


You can see her work in the exhibition at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.

Multi talented Dennis Vanderbroeck

Dennis Vanderbroeck is a 23 years old designer who now lives in Rotterdam and studies in Maastricht. At this moment He is graduating from the theatre academy, performance art. In his work, he is trying to create cross-overs between fashion, fine art and performance using video, photography and live performance. With his "childish" way of approaching it he create hyper-esthetical and humorous images. 

Encounter with Emre Tamer

Please introduce yourself to our readers:

I am an Austrian-Turkish designer and artist. I was born in Austria and grew up in Izmir, at the west coast of Turkey. My multicultural background helped develop my creativity a lot.

My studies involved different fields such as graphic design, painting, illustration and finally fashion design. Fashion design and illustrations are my fields of specialization.

Tom Van Der Borght wins C&A Reimagine Design Challenge

© Alexander Popelier

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 participant Tom Van Der Borght from Belgium has won the international design competition C&A Reimagine Design Challenge.

During the contest, which was organized from January to April 2013, eight designers from the fashion capitals of Europe were asked to make an unique fashion outfit inspired by objects such as spoons, forks, knives, cups and saucers.
In this way C&A wanted to show how you can get inspired by the beauty of everyday things.

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013 participant, Georgina Santiago from Spain was also nominated.

FASHIONCLASH @ Museum aan het Vrijthof

One of the main events in FASHIONCLASH Side Program 2013 is an exhibition at the beautiful Museum aan het Vrijthof.
Five designers from Euregio Meuse-Rhine are invited to create new work inspired by the museum.
The exhibition will be open for public from June 5th 2013.

Five designers are: Atelier Milada by Ann Boogaerts, Bregje Cox, Gabriel Guevara, Ingo Binder and Joelle Boers.


In connection to the celebration of 5 Years 'FASHIONCLASH Maastricht' there will be an overview of few highlights.
- There will be a showcase of the 2011 project 'FASHIONCLASH Fashion Procession' that was organized in collaboration with Heiligdomsvaart Maastricht 2011.
- Exhibition of Soirée Artistique Maastrichtse Componisten with work of designers Annemarije van Harten, Saba Tark and Anya Liesnik.
- 5 years of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht with work of Femke Agema and pieces from the Clash Project

http://www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl/