FEE Academy Finals & Winners

Ine de Haes

The jury panel, consisted of Kiki Niesten, Hadewych Minis, Chequita Nahar, Garderone +, FASHIONCLASH, had a very  tough task to choose three winners out of eight talents.

Congratulations to FEE Academy winners: Jet Teunis, Mirte Engelhard & Ine de Haes.

And a honorable mention to all remaining participants: Joelle Boers, Jolka Wiens, Sabine Staartjes, Kavita Bachasingh & Lieselotte Noordover.

I am looking forward to see how these talents will pursue their career and develop their labels. In any case FEE Academy will hopefully contribute to the development of their entrepreneurship.


http://fee-conceptstore.nl

winners 

FEE Academy Expo Opening

Today I went to Sittard to check out the FEE Academy exposition. It's nice to see the work of FASHIONCLASH Festival participants such as Jolka Wiens, Sabine Staartjes, Joelle Boers, Mirte Engelhard. 

FEE Academy has selected eight designers who will compete with against other to become one of the FEE Academy participants: Kavita Bachasingh, Jolka Wiens, Sabine Staartjes, Joelle Boers, Mirte Engelhard, Jet Teunis, Lieselotte Noordover, Ine de Haes 

FEE Academy is an initiative by Fee Concept Store + Cafe: 
http://fee-conceptstore.nl 

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

Te[ch]x(t)iles at MOTI

Pauline van Dongen

Te[ch]x(t)iles is a project by MOTI, investigating innovation and technical developments in the area of fashion.
The project Te[ch]x(t)iles runs simultaneously with exhibition Couture Graphique. Ten designers have been asked by MOTI, in collaboration with Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie (Stimulation Fund for the Creative Industry), to show their vision on the future of fashion.

15 February - 25 March: Rianne Suk & Jacob Kok

26 March - 29 April: Hendrik-Jan Grievink/Coralie Vogelaar & Sabine Staartjes
30 April - 3 June: Bas Kosters & Marius 't Eynde

4 June - 8 July: Antoine Peters & Iris Nijenhuis

9 July - 8 August: Anne Stooker & Berber Soepboer

Te[ch]x(t)iles is open until the 8th of August
http://www.motimuseum.nl

MODEBELOFTE 2012

MODEBELOFTE 2012 at De Krabbedans in Eindhoven presents its 6th edition in a surreal Camera Obscura world of Niek Pulles: ‘Portal to a new World… enter the funnel’.

Fashion consultant and talent scout Carlo Wijnands, Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Fashion Week, selected the most promising talent from various graduation shows of Dutch and Flemish academies. Result is a broad and innovative overview of fashion debutants.
 Presented in the exceptional setting designed by Niek Pulles (HEYNIEK), MODEBELOFTE 2012 at the Krabbedans is a must for both fashion professionals as fashion lovers.
Selected designers represent the best from academies: KABK Den Haag, ArtEZ Arnhem, WdKA Rotterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, FIA Arnhem Fashion Masters, ABK Maastricht, AMFI Amsterdam and Artesis Antwerp.

Designers: Yohji van der Aa, Miquel Boutens, Esther Kruyer, Josine Heuts, Yvonne Kwok, Jef Montes, David Laport, Bao Yao Fei, Djinn Zijp, Poul Brouwer, Gijsje Ribbens, Robis Seidran Koopmans, Eefje Wijnings, Sabine Staartjes, Yoram Tomasowa, Tess van Zalinge, Charlotte Greeven, Sanne Smits, Matthias Louwen and Morta Griskeviciute.

MODEBELOFTE is part of Dutch Design Week program.

Dutch fashion talent 2012 at Modefabriek

Yvonne Kwok

Young talent expert Carlo Wijnands once again presented his selection of 2012 graduated designers from the Dutch academies with the ‘Talent 2012′ platform.
This is one of my favorite parts of Modefabriek.
I have already seen most of these collections on the caltwalk but it was truly a pleasure to see the details such as the stunning hand work of Yvonne Kwok.