VERWEVEN 2015 - Nina Willems

Schueller De Waal

VERWEVEN 2015, the gender edition 

A project of theatrical performer Nina Willems in the context of FASHIONCLASH Festival

What do the clothes you wear tell us about who you are? And what is the role of clothing in relation to GENDER?
For "VERWEVEN", 3 people where asked to tell the stories behind the clothes they wear. How do these clothes reflect their personalities and memories? And how do they use clothes to express their gender?
Every interview resulted in a short film. For every person that is interviewed, one young designer created an entirely new outfit, that reflects their personality.

VERWEVEN 2015 was the opening performance of FASHIONCLASH Festival.
Transgender model Gia Bab took the first steps on the runway this edition wearing creation by David Laport. The performance was accompanied by Bird Gehrl song by Antony and the Johnsons. Following Gia, Milou van Duijnhoven and Selm Wenselaers took the stage. Three beautiful human beings where wearing outfits inspired by their own story. All together an unforgettable experience and perfect embodiment of the festival's gender topic.

For FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015, Nina Willems created " VERWEVEN LIVE", an impressive installation that engaged the visitors of the festival. The VERWEVEN installation invited the visitors

to tell the stories about the clothes they wore at the moment. This short stories where edited right away and included in the installation as short documentaries that show personal stories about the clothes we wear and about the role fashion plays in our daily lives, and in particular how fashion plays a role in our gender expression.

VEWEVEN 2015 designers David Laport, Schueller De Waal and Loes van Nijnatten.

http://www.ninawillems.com

VERWEVEN 2014 at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014

Olga van Zeijl

VERWEVEN 2014

VERWEVEN is a project created by theatre Performer Nina Willems for FASHIONCLASH Festival.
For VERWEVEN, she asked 5 people from Maastricht and Heerlen to tell her the stories behind the clothes they wear. How do the clothes they wear reflect their personalities thoughts and opinions? What is the influence of their age on their choice of clothing?
This resulted in 5 short films. Nina asked 5 young designers to create a new outfit, each based on the story of one of the people she interviewed.

With VERWEVEN, Nina wants to connect 'high fashion' as shown during FASHIONCLASH to the way we all wear our clothes in our everyday lives.

VERWEVEN 2014 designers: Anbasja Blanken, Aniek Zinken, Charlotte Kiekebos, Olga van Zeijl, Wenda Harmsen

All pictures are by Team Peter Stigter

VERWEVEN 2014 at FASHIONCLASH Festival

Open call for designers for the project VERWEVEN 2014 by Theatre Performer Nina Willems 

For the 2013 edition of FASHIONCLASH festival Nina Willems created the concept for the VERWEVEN Project. In the years to come, FASHIONCLASH will continue to collaborate with Nina Willems and realize more editions “VERWEVEN”.
This project tells the stories of ordinary people behind the clothes they wear. Through an interview form they share stories about their lives and the importance of fashion in it. Each interview results in a short film, which is like a short documentary about the involved person. After that each film is sent to a selected designer who will get the the challenge to create a new outfit for this person, inspired on the stories he/she tells in the film.
VERWEVEN 2014 will take place during FASHIONCLASH Festival from 12 - 15 June 2014

Are you a designer and want to take part in this special project --> VERWEVEN 2014 OPEN CALL

Check out my report on VERWEVEN 2013

VerWeven by Nina Willems for FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.

For the project "Verweven" Nina Willems asked people to tell her their stories behind the clothes they wear. This resulted in a documentary, performance and installation during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013.
Five designers (Anouk Haegens, Brit van Nerven, Inge de Vor, Sabine Staartjes and Jolijn Pasmans.) were challenged to create a new piece of clothing, each based on the stories of one person. The project premiered on the runway during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013, the five people that took part in the documentary presented their new outfits inspired by their own stories. During the FASHIOnclash Side Program, from the 2nd of June to the 9th of June, this project was presented at Centre Ceramique in Maastricht together with the newly designed pieces.
"Verweven" is a part of Theatrical Encounters project at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013. Jurrien van Rheenen assisted Nina in this project.

Installation at Centre Ceramique

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

5th edition of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 31 May – 2 June: fashion show and exhibition program at SAMdecorfabriek Maastricht 

FASHIONCLASH Side Program 1 June – 9 June: various locations in Maastricht

 “FASHIONCLASH Maastricht” is an inspiring fashion event that shows the art of fashion in the broadest sense of the word. The idea of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht is to create an international and interdisciplinary event where upcoming designers and artists from various disciplines get the opportunity to present their work to a diverse international audience.

The program includes Fashion Shows, Exhibition, Theatrical Encounters, CLASH project, Parties, Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2012 screeings and FASHIONCLASH Side Program across several locations in Maastricht.

More info: http://fashionclash.nl

Campaign Image credits:
Photography: Lonneke van der Palen
Model: Nina Willems
Make-up: Rachel Schurgers at MAC Cosmetics
Hair: Kim Laros powered by Farouk Systems
Design: Ivo Straetmans
Production & concept assistance: Strictua

'Exposed' opening of FASHIONCLASH 2012 exhibition

For the interdisciplinary project Theatrical Encounters FASHIONCLASH invited performers Nina Willems, Dennis Vanderbroeck and Sarah Tulp to create a performance based on the exhibition (and the exhibited work).
For the first time the exhibition at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht has been officially opened. For me personally this was one of the most touching moments.
This was so magical!