Spot On Fashion Maastricht by FASHIONCLASH

FASHIONCLASH Spot On! ‘Fashion Maastricht’ pop-up exhibition at VVV Maastricht

In the weekend of 28 and 29 November the Dinghuis, historical building in Maastricht known as the VVV Maastricht, temporarily served as a pop-up museum for designers linked to the city of Maastricht.

Continuing the successful 'Fashion Maastricht' in Chengdu China, FASHIONCLASH is presenting the second exhibition focusing on designers that are linked to Maastricht by origin or education.
The presented work stands out for its textile and material research, innovative tailoring or the conceptual approach. This exhibition gives a glimpse of authentic ideas offered by a new generation of visionaries that are shaping the new history of Maastricht, a city with a long tradition of arts and crafts and known for its sense of style, quality of life and dynamic cul- tural scene. Most of the featured designers are alumni of MAFAD, the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Among them you can see pieces of designers that are successfully emerging and work of the latest generation of fashion design graduates.

Participants: Anna Gregor, Bluedenîmes, Danielle Vroemen, Ebby Port, Edmeé Jongen, Gabriel Guevara, Jessie Beurskens, Joelle Boers x Sofya Samareva, Julia Aumann, Julia Schmitz, Marsha Kessels, Maarten van Mulken, Lotte Milder, Linda Friesen, Linda Maissan, Marlou Breuls, Mieke Kockelkorn, Mona Steinhaeusser, Minou Lejeune, Reinder Schmidt, Renate Cuiper, Strikks, Verena Klein and Sem Shayne.

Exhibition is curated by FASHIONCLASH.

All images are by BRANKOPOPOVICBLOG.

Designer Market at de Bijenkorf Maastricht

Are you looking for special fashion items or gifts for the holidays? Visit the FASHIONCLASH designer Market at de Bijenkorf where you can buy clothing, accessories and jewelry from young designers.

Come to de Bijenkorf and discover the work of:
MONIQUE POOLMANS
BY SANNE JANSEN
JENNIFER DE BRUYCKÈRE
MEES
JOELLE BOERS
HO MULDER DESIGN FACTORY
OFORM
QUE ONDA VOS
FIEN DE GRAAF
LIES WAMBACQ
FERNANDA FERNANDES
EBBY PORT

19 — 20 December
saturday 9:30 — 18:00
sunday 12:00 — 18:00
at Bijenkorf Maastricht

Ivana Mišić wins participation FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

Serbia Fashion Week, ss 2016 edition took place from November 10-16 in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. FASHIONCLASH teamed up with SFW last year with aim to support young talent by means of talent exchange.
Part of the SFW programme is the FDTC Fashion Design Talent Competition for Serbian designers and EFDTC Fashion Design Talent Competition for international designers.
The winer of FDTC, designer Ivana Mišić is invited to be part of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016.

More images and impressions of Serbia Fashion Week SS2016 see BRANKOPOPOVICBLOG.

Flora Miranda at Serbia Fashion Week

Flora Miranda represented FASHIONCLASH Festival at Serbia Fashion Week in (Novi Sad Serbia)

http://www.floramiranda.com

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Ebby Port represented FASHIONCLASH at FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland in Łódz

Column by Tim Prins (Studio Stad)

After quick check-in at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel Laurens and I dive into the domain of FashionPhilosophy Poland, Łódź. He gives me a quick update on compact communication, show scheduling, media badges and FASHIONCLASH ‘hashtagging'. You know ‘serious stuff’. First show? Here we go.

The music roars. Our stomachs resonate with the heavy bass. Shows are alike and up tempo. The style is hard, almost physical and so are the collections. On the front row we join the experts from Kaltblut Magazine, ModaLisboa and Dash Magazine. For four days we only exist as an audience lingering in between shows, markets, dinners and coffee breaks.

On the second day Ebby Port arrives, FASHIONCLASH’s latest promise. She is invited to show her work. Her designs differ from the masculinity of the Polish trend by being juvenile. In the morning we assist her with the fitting and immerse ourselves in the real life of the show, the reality of the stress, the hard work and not to forget: the excitement.

It is time to choose her models. They stand in line bare and clean. The beauty of youth has such potential. Suddenly fashion revealed its true form, it comes alive.

Only 15 minutes before her show and we are all backstage. Not as experts, but as Marcel, Tiago, Laurens and Tim. We want to feel the anticipation, let it get under our skin. Translators yell, dresses fly and shoes hurt. The final match of clothes is made. Ebby instructs the models: “I want ‘happy’, but not Mariah Carey. Be frisky and enjoy the clothes.”

Her collection doesn’t want to be heavy. Color is not a detail of the designs, but an element worn by the models. The garment is eccentric, but leaves space for character. Green eyes accessorize the look. Slits accentuate the wearer’s flair. Her last piece, a beautiful green dress with silkscreen print, exhibits the strong, voluptuous woman underneath. It all comes together on the catwalk. FashionPhilosophy Fashionweek Poland inhales her work.

She returns with praise, interviews and a future photoshoot. On Facebook Philippe Pourhashemi sums it up nicely: #SMILE.

http://ebbyport.com
http://fashionweek.pl

Damn Pretty Dutch Shoes

Peter Popps

FASHIONCLASH designers part of the Damn Pretty Dutch Shoes exhibition during Dutch Design Week 2015. 

Damn Pretty Dutch Shoes is a new new platform during the Dutch Design Week 2015. The exhibition shows experimental approach to shoe design and innovative shapes.
Curated by Liza Snook (VirtualShoeMuseum) and Chris van den Elzen, the exhibition is aims to support the Dutch shoe design talent. In past years there has been a new wave of promising shoe designers in the Netherlands.

The exhibition took place at the location ’Piet Hein Eek’.

Designers: Tomasenwies, Peterson + Stoop, Peter Popps, Nienke van Dee, Chrissie Houtkooper, Janine van den Bosch, Mandy Roos, Alexander Khorikian, Chris van den Elzen, Iris van Herpen x United Nude, Ilja Visser, Dora Kloppenburg, Amber Ambrose Aurèle, René van den Berg, Ellis Droog

Lenka Sršňová at FashionLIVE! Bratislava

Lenka Sršňová
'BonBon' 2016 collection

FASHIONCLASH team attended the third edition of FashionLIVE! Bratislava. The only designer we knew is Lenka Sršňová who participated at FASHIONCLASH Festival in 2012. Back then we did a interview with her (read here). Since 2012 a lot has changed in her career, in a good way. She has developed her brand in such way that she we still see her authentic style. Next to creativity in her work she has also managed to create a line of clothes people actually can wear. She likes to experiment and innovate and also in this latest collection she tried out printing on silk.

Her hard work paid off, Lenka Sršňová was awarded best collection.

http://www.lenkasrsnova.com

Joelle Boers show at FashionLIVE! Bratislava

Joelle Boers has been invited to show her collection at the 3rd edition of FashionLIVE! Bratislava on behalf of FASHIONCLASH.

http://www.joelleboers.com

Sangue Novo at ModaLisboa SS2016

Tânia Nicole winner of ModaLisboa / FASHIONCLASH Award 

On Friday evening, ModaLisboa "The Timers" SS2016 edition opened with a new wave of talent. Sangue Novo (New Blood) is a platform for young Portuguese designers who get the opportunity to show their work within a collective fashion show. Among the selected designers FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 participant Carlotaoms from Spain has been chosen to show their collection. Nine Portuguese designers where selected to show their collections. Most of them have already been part of the Sangue Novo collective show, Carolina Machado and Sara Santos where the two new names. Sara Santos debut was already awarded with success, taking home the ModaLisboa for her collection "Teentakeover" inspired in 60's street subculture and the traditional style of Mod culture from "the rebels without a cause".
The ModaLisboa Award is a Master Level Certificate in the fashion area, a five weeks workshop in Milan offered by the DOMUS Academy and a scholarship awarded by Vulcano, to cover expenses related to the course.
Tânia Nicole has been chosen to represent ModaLisboa during the next edition FASHIONCLASH Festival in Maastricht (June 30 - July 3). Tânia's collection "Individuality" is inspired by "Men's Dress Reform Party" group, which joined several London artists and doctors in the late 1920's. A manifesto of comfort as wall as individuality and practicality.

Previous winners of FASHIONCLASH / ModaLisboa award Inês Duvale and Patrick de Padua where again part of the Sangue Novo show. Designers Cristina Real, David Catalan, Inês Duvale, Banda and Ruben Damasio where the other names completing the schedule.

FASHIONCLASH exhibition in Chengdu - China

FASHIONCLASH presents: Fashion Maastricht
An exhibition curated by FASHIONCLASH, during the Dutch Days in Chengdu (23 – 28 September, 2015 Chengdu – China )


Under the umbrella of the Dutch Days Chengdu, the city of Maastricht celebrated the third anniversary of its sister city relationship with Chengdu by organizing a Maastricht Day. During this days the city of Maastricht will showcased its cultural strengths with presentations, workshops and the FASHIONCLASH exhibition.

This multidisciplinary exhibition represents the quality of craftsmanship and a broad spectrum of fashion design aesthetics of talented designers who are linked to Maastricht by origin or education. The presented work stands out for its textile and material research, innovative tailoring or the conceptual approach. This exhibition gives a glimpse of authentic ideas offered by a new generation of visionaries that are shaping the new history of Maastricht, a city with a long tradition of arts and crafts and known for its sense of style, quality of life and dynamic cultural scene. Most of the featured designers are alumni of MAFAD, the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Among them you can see pieces of the 2015 fashion design graduates, a group of promising designers who present themselves under the name of ‘About 11’.

In addition to the exhibited fashion designs video’s where on display showing highlights of the 7th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival – The Gender edition – including the performance ‘ Tabula Rasa ‘, developed by FASHIONCLASH in cooperation with dance company Project Sally Maastricht and designer Mieke Kockelkorn with the aim to provide the awareness of – and transcend conservative gender roles in our society. Tabula Rasa is a message of freedom. The theme of gender is also expressed in the performance ‘ The mutants’ by Lotte Milder, a student at the famous Maastricht Theatre Academy. The surprising clash of fashion and textile design, video and performance offers an impression of the unique interdisciplinary approach of FASHIONCLASH.

Featured designers: Anna Gregor, Ebby Port, Joelle Boers, Julia Aumann, Julia Schmitz, Linda Friesen, Marlou Breuls, Rachel Prijs, Reinder Schmidt, Renate Cuiper, Schueller de Waal, Strikks

Presented Films:
- FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 by WEDOVOODOO.TV
- MAFAD Graduation Show 2015 by WEDOVOODOO.TV
- The Mutants by Lotte Milder Tabula Rasa ‘Spectrum’ Performance (choreography Martin Harriague, costume Mieke Kockelkorn)

This exhibition is made possible by the city of Maastricht and its policy ‘Fashion Maastricht’ and is curated by FASHIONCLASH.
www.fashionmaastricht.nl