Andrej Pejic for Dutch Hema Lingerie Campaign

This is Andrej Pejic modeling a push-up bra for Dutch retail chain HEMA. Read more here!

©Wendelien Daan for HEMA
   Styling: Thomas Vermeer (Unit CMA)
   Hair&amp / Makeup: Ingrid van Hemert (House of Orange)
   Art dir: John de Vries /Doomanddickso

Open call for participation at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012

Designers and artists wanted for the 4th edition of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 / 8, 9 & 10 June 2012 in SAMdecorfabriek Maastricht

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht is an international and interdisciplinary fashion event where upcoming designers and artists from various disciplines get the opportunity to present their work to a diverse audience.
FASHIONCLASH shows the art of fashion in the broadest perspective; fashion, textile, photography, design, jewellery, art, video, performance, illustration, etc.
FASHIONCLASH gives platform to upcoming talents by organising projects such as the successful event ‘FASHIONCLASH Maastricht’.
More than three hundred talents from all over Europe have already participated in the past editions.

The application forms for the fashion show program and the exhibition are available for download here: www.fashionclash.nl 

You can sign up until 20 January 2012.

Take a look at www.fashionclash.nl  for previous editions of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht.

IXXcreates PRINTS

IXXcreates is a design studio where creative professionals collaborate on the development of inspiring concepts and sustainable products. One of the projects is 'IXX-creates-PRINTS' and you can see some designs in this shoot.
This collection consists of 100% silk clothing for ladies with special prints. The prints are developed exclusively for IXX, by professional textile designers. Several textile designers have designed for this collection.
Not for nothing the logo symbolizes the synergy between ' I ' (I) and ' the other ' (X and X)-the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
For more information: http://www.ixxcreates.nl

Production: FASHIONCLASH
                   SO Management
Photography: Kris Micallef
Styling and Clothing: IXX
Models: Kat
Hair and Make-up Femke Colaris

Storysewing by Merel Boers (Miss Blackbirdy)

During the festive month of December the PRINT Gallery has been transformed into the fantasy world of Merel Boers (Miss Blackbirdy).
She graduated from Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2006. During her course of study she developed a love for fashion and illustration. We had the pleasure to showcase her work during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2010.
Merel Boers has already won several prices and in 2010 "Storysewing" was awarded with the Fiep Westendorp illustration prize. This prize gave her the possibility to realise this project.
 Merel Boers brings her sketchbook to life through Storysewing, pen and paper are replaced by needle and thread. The result is stunning. I could not stay long but it was worth it.

You can visit 'Storyseweing' from 9th till 11th of  December from 11.00 to 17.00  in PRINT Gallery, Prinsengracht 628 in Amsterdam.
 http://missblackbirdy.com

 All pictures © by Branko Popovic

Bregje Cox

Here it is!
In October FASHIONCLASH teamed up with SO Management and shot the beautiful collection of fashion designer Bregje Cox in Maastricht.
Well done everyone!








Take a look at the making of: http://brankopopovic.blogspot.com/2011/11/bregje-cox-by-kris-micallef.html

Photography: Kris Micallef
Production: FASHIONCLASH
Models: Stephanie S @ SO Management, and Tijana / http://www.somanagement.eu/
Hair and Make-up Femke Colaris

More about Bregje Cox: http://www.bregjecox.com/
http://noirnearfuture.tumblr.com/

PRESTAGE Magazine goes Beyond Borders

Last night PRESTAGE Magazine celebrated its international lauch in Magna Plaza in Amsterdam.
For this third issue the central theme is 'Beyond Borders' and it showcases promising talents such as Michael van der Ham and Martine Johanna next to already established names in the business such as Matthias Vriens and And Beyond. 
The ambition of its founders, Stefanie and Puck, is to share the best in Dutch creativity to the rest of the world. To represent what The Netherlands has to offer in fashion, photography and illustration. 
The result is: PRESTAGE Magazine, a great platform for upcoming Dutch talent
For this lauch they collaborated with PUP Amsterdam, an artistic platform for the young and promising creative crowd of the future. http://www.pupamsterdam.nl/

http://prestagemagazine.com/

Marius Op 't Eynde

Marius Op 't Eynde graduated from ArtEZ last summer with this SS2012 menswear  collection "9'572". With this collection he was also nominated and awarded with an honorable mention at Frans Molenaar Award 2011.
http://www.mariusopteynde.com/

FASHIONCLASH and SO Management teamed up and created this shoot with photographer Kris Micallef.  The shoot took place in SAMdecorfabriek, amazing location where the 4th edition of 'FASHIONCLASH Maastricht' event will take place 8 - 10 June 2012.


PRODUCTION/STYLING: FASHIONCLASH 
MODELS: Leslie @ SO Management and Kursad 
PHOTOGRAPHY: KRIS MICALLEF

Human hair necklaces by Kerry Howley

Attraction/Aversion is Kerry's award winning graduate collection, winning the Museum of Domestic Architecture's Arthur Silver Award for graduate innovation and excellence. Attraction/Aversion is a material exploration of how people can feel seemingly opposing emotional responses simultaneously.
The necklaces are made of human hair, a familiar material that we take pride in. However once off of the body hair becomes an innate source of aversion. Kerry wanted to see if she could make discarded hair attractive again. Through the familiar form of a necklace, and using patterns and symmetry that are instinctively pleasing, Kerry has created a delicate balance between the viewer/wearer’s feelings of aversion and attraction.


Kerry Howley is a contemporary jewellery artist recently graduated with a First Class BA Hons Jewellery and Accessories degree from Middlesex University. She is fascinated by the power materials have to influence our emotional response to jewellery, with a particular interest in how these emotions can be conflicting.


http://www.kerryhowley.co.uk

HOSPITALITY project by Bogomir Doringer

First of all congratulations to Bogomir Doringer who recently graduated with the 'Hospitality' project. He got the Master's Degree in Film at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy (NFTA). Hospitality was showcased at IDFA,
24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

Please take some time for this project and read this interview with Bogomir by Marie-Paule Fritschy, www.sterschrift.nl.  interview


Take a look at the video portrait here, where Bogomir talks about this project and his work http://vimeo.com/28322265

FASHIONCLASH Market part I

Last weekend Maastricht celebrated the opening of the second edition of Magisch Maastricht (Magical Maastricht event). The whole city center is decorated with lights.
In Centre Ceramique the lights were pointed to young designers. Somewhere around 40 talented designers and upcoming labels showcased and sold their work at the first edition of FASHIONCLASH Market. The market gained lot of attention in past few weeks and resulted in a large number of enthusiastic visitors. It was great to see how many labels from Maastricht and nearby region participated at FASHIONCLASH Market and the quality of the showcased products.
Here is an impression of a memorable first edition of FASHIONCLASH Market!
http://fashionclash.nl/

Kuppers/Wuytens at FASHIONCLASH Market

One of the paricipants at the 1st edition of FASHIONCLASH Market is the designer Jan Kuppers. Jan Kuppers is Master in Product Design. He graduated from the Art Academy in Genk, Belgium in 2001. He completed his studies in Sevilla, Spain. Together with Michael Verheyden he developed several collections, known as the 'kuppers&verheyden collections'. All his series are handmade with top quality materials. Besides his own series, he also designs industrial and exclusive products on customers desire.
The products from his 'kuppers' label breath quality and are timeless.  One of my favorite piece is the black belt without buckle. You can also order online.
For more information: http://www.kuppers.be

Kuppers & Wuytens
Jan Kuppers works together with his partner and jewellery designer Karen Wuytens. They showcased their work at the FASHIONCLASH Market.Take a look.

Vincent Sterenberg

FASHIONCLASH Market showcased work of various young designers last weekend in Centre Ceramique in Maastricht.
One of the designers that took my attention is Vincent Sterenberg who graduated from ABK Maastricht last summer with the project Vitiligo. The products are made out of porcelain and leather and are reflecting on this skin disorder that Vincent is familiar with. With this project he translated his personal story into beautiful design and jewellery.

"Vitiligo is a visually striking skin disorder caused by depigmentation. This disposal creates questions, allowing me to create an interaction. This interaction is the key to my collection. From the interest in jewellery and products I created a collection that is different from estrangement."

For more information: http://www.vincentsterenberg.nl/

Making of FASHIONCLASH Market by Kris Micallef

Making of FASHIONCLASH Market campaign by photographer Kris Micallef.
Thanx to Daria Bukvic, FASHIONCLASH, Ivo Bakkes, SO Management, Cherell Sahupala and FASHIONCLASH STORE designers.

Seven Years of BLEND Magazine

Blend exists seven years and for the last issue of this year, they dedicated a full celebratory issue to their anniversary. This morning the new issue of BLEND arrived by mail. I've been reading BLEND since the beginning so here's a little tribute.
http://www.blend.nl

Hello Fashion! Monique van Heist

picture by Daan Brand

In 2009, Dutch designer Monique van Heist launched Hello Fashion, a personal way to present and run moniquevanheist. Hellofashion is a continuous collection of ‘moniquevanheist’ classics by which she sets out to challenge the fashion system. This permanent and over time growing collection of garments, accessories and lifestyle products like furniture, make-up advice and even recipes, will be available for unlimited time.
Hellofashion cuts across the fashion system’s usual cycle by adding new products to the collection at any given time. The Hellofashion project comes with a loose-leaf catalogue. with each new product launch a supplement will be released. This way the hellofashion catalogue will amount to an interesting ‘moniquevanheist’ overview and keepsake object.


This morning I went through the cataloque again and here is a just small selection of some items I would like to have from Hellofashion. Take a look at the collection and the catalogue with very nice pictures.
http://www.moniquevanheist.com