Third edition of Łódź Young Fashion

Marlou Breuls

The Łódź Young Fashion Award 2019 gala ended the third edition of the young fashion festival, which this year lasted from 22nd to 26th October.

During the event organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in cooperation with the City of Łódź, each of the five days was filled with attractions, including evening gala events, free workshops, vernissages, film screenings and a panel devoted to sustainable design.

This year's, third edition of Łódź Young Fashion was opened by the Graduation Gala, during which we could see a show of this year's best graduation collections of the Institute of Fashion Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. The main awards for the participants of this year's student fashion festival went to: Agnieszka Szlaga for her collection "The struggle between beauty and ugliness in the new aesthetics of clothes. A collection of women's clothing". (Rector's Award) and Magdalena Pupczyk, who for her proposal "Nomadic Concept of the Contemporary Time. An original collection of shoes and accessories" received, from a specially appointed jury, a prize of 10 000 zlotys.

Maciej Józwicki

On 24th October 2019, the 26th gala of the most important national contest dedicated to young designers took place in the auditorium of the Fashion Promotion Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. The winner of this year's Złota Nitka was Maciej Józwicki. The main prize - the statuette and 30 thousand zlotys – was presented to him by Mariusz Przybylski, the chairman of the Contest Jury. The leading theme of this year's edition of Złota Nitka was "Future" and although the most important contest criterion was the utility of the collection - meeting the "ready to wear" requirement, the jury also took into account a fresh look at world trends and courage in presenting one's own style.
Maciej Józwicki's collection turned out to be just such a proposal, as he defeated 14 other young artists from all over Poland in the final game with his collection "Wiesia".

Friday evening (25th October) was full of emotions, because it was the night when the 5th jubilee edition of the Bra Day gala took place. The Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź is organizing it together with the M. Kopernik Hospital in Łódź and the Foundation "Pełną Piersią" for Breast Reconstruction. It is not fashion that is the main topic of the day, but women with experience of breast cancer. During the event they acted as models. The heroines of Bra Day 2019 presented collections of BIZUUU brands, MMC studio and a beach fashion collection by Dorota Salska during a professionally prepared fashion show. The BRA Day Committee decided to honour with a special title of "Friend of BRA Day" the late Wojciech Szrajber, the long-standing Director of the M. Kopernik Hospital in Łódź, who passed away in September.

Saturday, i.e. the 5th day of the event, was probably the most emotional day of all. On that day the International Contest Łódź Young Fashion Award 2019, in which 12 fashion designers from all over the world competed, was settled. The contest is addressed both to professional designers and debutants – artists associated with fashion schools, art schools and freelancers, born after 1989. The main prize – 30 thousand euro – places it among the biggest contests for designers in the world. The theme of this year's edition was "METROPOLIS".

"The icon collection" – this is the name of the winning collection by Marlou Breuls, inspired by the heroes of the underwater city depicted in the popular cartoon Sponge Bob. This avant-garde game with a pop-culture theme was used by the author to create 15 outstanding silhouettes. The jury appreciated above all the high creativity of the projects and their excellent execution – said Leslie Holden, the chairman of this year's jury in the explanatory statement to the verdict.

The main prize – the Mannequin statuette and 30 thousand euro – funded by the City of Łódź was presented to the winner by the Vice Mayor of the City of Łódź, Krzysztof Piątkowski. Łódź Young Fashion 2019 – a five-day festival of young fashion, during which various faces of fashion and art were presented, was organized by the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in cooperation with the City of Łódź.

https://www.lodzyoungfashion.com

Marlou Breuls x Spongebob

Marlou Breuls x SpongeBob - “The Icon Collection” FW19 – AFW Studio

Marlou Breuls presented 'The Icon Collection' that marked the 20th anniversary celebration of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The collection consists of eight looks that are inspired by the iconic characters from the hit Nickelodeon series.
Marlou had the honor to open this edition of the AFW Studio, the new name for the Amsterdam Fashion Week, that took place during the weekend of 8 - 10 March.

Photography: Team Peter Stigter
https://www.marloubreuls.com

FASHIONCLASH Chengdu – Future of Fashion Exhibition

FASHIONCLASH, jointly with Chinese partners Punch Me, Cross Lab and Dutch-Chinese organization About Asia presented “FASHIONCLASH 2017: Future of Fashion” in Chengdu (China).
The opening weekend contained several performances by Lotte Milder, Mami Izumi, Anthony van Gog and Milou van Duijnhoven. The scenography and art direction is created in cooperation with Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck.

After a successful first exhibition of FASHIONCLASH in China (2015), as part of an exchange programme between the cities of Maastricht (Netherlands) and Chengdu (Sichuan, China), FASHIONCLASH now presented a larger, more comprehensive, and complete story at the newly opened “Future Center” in downtown Chengdu from 24 March until 23 April.

‘Future of Fashion’ is a multidisciplinary exhibition composed out of work of more than 30 emerging designers and artists from The Netherlands and Flanders. The exhibition represents a broad spectrum of fashion design aesthetics, visions and various approaches to fashion. The presented work stands out for its concept, experimental material and textile, innovative shapes and tailoring. In addition to fashion the exhibition features screenings of interdisciplinary fashion films and performances.

Among the participants there are award winning designers like Marlou Breuls and Nikki Duijst, avant-garde designers’ collective Das Leben Am Haverkamp and promising theatre makers like Lotte Milder and Milou van Duijnhoven. The selection of participants is an eclectic mix of designers that graduated from the top schools such as AMFI, ArtEZ Arnhem, MAFAD, KABK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and Theatre Academy Maastricht. FASHIONCLASH gathered a team of theatre performers that will bring the exhibition alive. Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck created an overall concept that serves as a platform to connect the physical space of the exhibition with performance space and engage interactions with the audience.

Designers/artists/performers:
Designers: Ailene van Elmpt, By vanharten, Annewil Ravensbergen, Anouk van Klaveren, Bluedenîmes, Christa van der Meer, Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck, Dewi Bekker, Ebby Port, NONOCAKE by Elke van Zuylen, Esther Haamke, Evie Cowan, Gino Anthonisse, Isis Elsa Fee, J.R. Sypkens Smit, Jivika Biervliet, Jorieke Tenbergen, JUDITHvanvliet, Kaho To, LAU – by Laura Verdonk, Lisa Konno & Karin Vlug, Maarten van Mulken, Christina Albrecht & Marina van Dieren, STOP by Marketa Martiskova, Marlou Breuls, Nikki Duijst, Draga Dina, Peer Cox, Rosanne van Wijk, Sanna Schubert, Steven Vanderyt, Yanaika Nuyts

Fashion films: ‘Time’ (Couzin and Maarten van Mulken) + Act! Cut! Play! films
‘Your approval is not essential’ (Scheuller de Waal, Jelena Kostić, Leen Michiels), ‘The Parallel Pyramid Platform’ (Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck, Daniel van Hauten, Emmanuel A. Ryngaert, ‘iii’ (Suze Milius, Marie-Sophie Beinke, Femke Huurdeman)

 

Future Generation of Dutch fashion

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam takes place
January 26 - 29 at Westergasfabriek. Along with the release of the programme a campaign shoot has been released expressing their new vision that will focus on the Future Generation. Not only the opening night but also most of the programme will be devoted to young designers.

fashionweek.nl/programma

Campaign credits:
Location: The White Room by Jacob Jan Boerma
Photography: Imke Panhuijzen
GIF Processing: Studio Ultradeluxe
Model: Nikita Lauffer (Bloom Management)
Styling: Pascal Joel Weber (Angelique Hoorn Management)
Make-up: Joyce Clerkx (Angelique Hoorn Management)
Hair: Richard (Goldwell)
Bodysuit: Marlou Breuls
Lace bodysuit: Tess van Zalinge

Lichting 2016

For the last 10 years the Lichting was the highlight of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam, providing a fertile platform for Dutch fashion talent. The 10th edition, the anniversary edition was not any different. In fact the level of Dutch fashion graduates is growing and that is just wonderful.
This edition was even more special to me. Marlou Breuls, the Audience Award winner, was my very first intern and a prove that hard work and dedication pays off. The main price of 10.000 was awarded to her talented fellow Amfi graduate, Danial Aitouganov.
Some of my favorite collections where from the KABK The Hague graduates Woody 's-Gravemade and Nadie Borggreve but also Maarten van Mulken and Domino Vugts from MAFAD Maastricht.  In fact all designers deserved to be there. The Lichting features 14 graduates from the 7 academies in the The Netherlands. 
Lichting was founded in 2007 to bridge the gap between the academy graduates and the fashion industry. Lichting is a selection of the very best of each of Holland’s seven fashion academies. Attended by fashion professionals and international jury panel, Lichting is a big platform for emerging talents.

Lichting 2015 finalists: Marlou Breuls, Danial Aitouganov, Maarten van Mulken, Domino Vugts, Yoko Maja, Woody 's-Gravemade, Nadie Borggreve, Suzanne Barten, Ailene van Elmpt, Marianna Ladreyt, Laure Meyers, Kim Kivits, Johanna Bas Becker, Alissa van Duijn

http://www.lichting.nl 

All images are by brankopopovicblog