Elsien Gringhuis at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Elsien Gringhuis opened the The Green Fashion Competition show at Amsterdam Fashion Week. She has won the competition in 2011 and with this new collection she proved why. In this collection she worked with sustainable fabrics such as non-violent silk. The collection is minimalistic and graphical in colors green, black and white. The pieces are wearable and classic.
The Green Fashion Competition show had a honorable guest, Princess Máxima of the Netherlands. 
More info about Elsien Gringhuis:
http://www.elsiengringhuis.com/

Tony Cohen for DSM at Amsterdam Fashion Week

High fashion meets high tech innovation at Tony Cohen for DSM vibrant fashion show.

Tony Cohen presented his exclusive Tony Cohen for DSM collection at the Amsterdam Fashion Week with a spectacular catwalk show. Kim Feenstra had the honor to open the show.
The collection shows high fashion pieces that are entirely made with man-made fibres. This collection is the ultimate result of the partnership between Royal DSM, one of the world’s largest suppliers of man-made fibres, and Tony Cohen. A collection that shows how high fashion meets high tech innovation. The result: show-stopping pieces that are sumptuous luxurious, endlessly chic with flowing fabrics.
http://www.tonycohen.nl/

pictures by Branko Popovic

Individuals a/w 2012/13 at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Individuals presented new winter collection 'Duals' during Amsterdam Fashion Week last week. I have not attended this show but heard many people talk about it and yes it looks great! The design label responds to the society as never before: with passion, strength and a raw streetwear collection.
In this collection Individuals reacts with passion and force to today’s society with a raw street wear collection, full of references to the city and to a nomadic lifestyle. "DUALS" refers to the duel between oneself and the outside world, and to the duality between faith and insecurity. Progress and transience are two red threads running through the collection, seeking the answer to the question: "What time could this be?
Individuals is an initiative of Amsterdam Fashion Institute and Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
http://www.individualsatamfi.nl/

Photograpy by Peter Stigter.

RECOVER a/w 2012-2013 by youasme measyou

On Sunday afternoon January 22 measyou youasme, knitwear and jersey label, launched their third collection ' RECOVER ' in the recently renovated Carriage House of the Museum Van Loon in Amsterdam. In an intimate preview a selection of garments from the collection for winter 2012-2013 was presented. Not on models, but members of the Family of Founders, crowdfunding community that the support the label. The presentation took place in the context of the opening weekend of WinterSalon/.

The brand youasme measyou specialises in high quality knitwear and jerseys for both men and women. youasme is one of the first labels who integrated crowd sourcing into knitwear they called the Family of Founders: '500 people bring 500 euro to launch 2 fashion brands', a remarkable and foreward idea of new creative interpreneurship gaining loans to set up a label in a whimsical economy and idem creative culture designer Mark van Vorstenbos and art-director Twan Janssen of youasme and measyou are dealing with.
The clever designs of the knitwear are made to last and are created with the finest Italian yarns. The collections youasme and measyou, one for men and one for woman, clearly complete each other but are also available separately.

More about youasme measyou, visit www.youasme.com.

Photography by J.W. Kaldenbach en Narayana Sewnandan

Jacob Kok strong debut at Amsterdam Fashion Week

After winning the Dutch Project Catwalk he now made a promising debut at Amsterdam Fashion Week. This is one of the shows I was looking forward to see the most. Ever since I saw Jacobs work at FASHIONCLASH event in Maastricht in 2010 I was a fan. Jacob Kok continues to surprise with his fresh and authentic collection inspired by mineworkers. For this collection he developed beautiful fabrics with prints at the Textielmuseum in Tilburg.
More about Jacob Kok: http://cargocollective.com/jacobkok

Wearable sculptures by Winde Rienstra at AFW

Winde Rienstra's show was one of the most beautiful at AFW. This is the second time that she is showing at the AFW. I was looking forward to see the show again because the one from last year really made an impression. The collection, based on a painting from Dutch painter J.C. van Schagen, is a serene combination between architectural shapes and soft light fabrics. As a finalst from the first edition of The Green Fashion Competition, Winde finds it important to work with eco-friendly materials. In this collection she uses wood, cardboard and silk. Have a look at the cardboard shoes!
http://www.winderienstra.com/

Sis by Spijkers en Spijkers catwalk show at AFW

Inspired by Faye Dunaway's character Bonnie from Bonnie & Clyde, sisters Truus and Riet Spijkers presented a collection with a Parisian look and feel for their SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers label.
Elegant femme fatale look with knitted dresses, bright colours, colour blocking, boyish grey suits and barets.
http://www.spijkersenspijkers.nl

Nieuw Jurk Crisis Fashion

Krisis, new unisex collection is inspired by the financial crisis. Meijer believes strongly in the wish of people to support culture at this moment when the Dutch government is letting us down by enormous cuts on culture funding. Nieuw Jurk (New Dress) came up with the idea to use crowdfunding to be able to fund the collection. By raising money through their website www.nieuwjurk.com they provide fans and supporters the opportunity to invest in their collection. Nieuw Jurk is the label of Esther Meijer who graduated from ArtEZ fashion institute.
Nieuw Jurk gave an energetic show with the Krisis collection at the Amsterdam Fashion Week last Thursday.

Marije de Haan at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Marije de Haan stole the show Thursday night at AFW.
She is scheduled for the second time on the official program of Amsterdam Fashion Week. Marije de Haan showed a men's collection based on her fascination for the underworld of the society, criminals, old police photos and muggers. In this collection, she has her fascination linked to a man: Black Bart. Faces of number of models are covered, there were also tree impressive older and bearded men. Among them was mr. Ferry van der Nat. Although in the figurative language she has continued the graduation collection she managed to surprise again and wow the crowd with a very powerful collection.
You fine-haired Sons-of-Bitches, Marije de Haan is here to stay! http://marijedehaan.com

Sarena Huizinga at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Sarena Huizinga is a fashion and accessories designer behind the label 030784-SH that is specialising in high quality knitwear. The name of the label is based on her initials and her birth date. 
She is is known for seemless knitswear.
Last Thursday she made a debut at Amsterdam Fashion Week. 
http://www.sarenahuizinga.nl

Furansu at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Knitwear label Furansu was showing for the first time at the Amsterdam Fashion Week. The designers behind the label are  two young Chinese designers Annie Ching and Kay Lai, who have known each other for years but have been working together since 2010. http://www.thefuransu.com/

Jivika Biervliet at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Jivika Biervliet debuted at Amsterdam Fashion Week with her playful menswear collection. I met Jivika last summer when she took part at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011 and it's really great to see her at the AFW stage.
http://www.jivikabiervliet.com

Have a look at the this photo report.

Spectacular Bas Kosters show at AFW

Once again multi talented designer Bas Kosters gave a spectacular show at the Amsterdam Fashion Week. With his performance, use of color and prints, music he proves that fashion is more than clothing. Many prints contained images of telephones and also the sounds of telephone and mobiles were mixed in the music (perhaps 'a blink to Vodaphone').
Beside the collection he presented the 2nd isue of his magazine 'Extra Kak'.
Thumps up for Bas!
http://www.baskosters.com/

Sjaak Hullekes show at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Sjaak Hullekes presented his new collection at AFW last night. Inspired by Marocco/Marrakesh, the movie Pink Narcissus and clips of Serpentine Dancers Sjaak presented a colourful and romantic menswear collection. Collection contains clean cuts and elegant tailoring with bright and warm shades like amber. Some models were half naked, showing Sjaak Hullekes underwear. Have a look the video for the opening of the show where models in underwear danced on the catwalk.
http://sjaakhullekes.blogspot.com/

Amsterdam Fashion Week #16

Sjaak Hullekes and Bas Kosters opened the 16th edition of AFW Amsterdam Fashion Week Wednesday night in Westergasfabriek. Check out the official schedule and the downtown schedule.
Soon more pictures!
http://www.aifw.nl/