PRE-STIMULIS Project

PRE-STIMULIS
A project by FASHIONCLASH & MAFAD, in collaboration with the Maastricht Academy of Performing Arts

The opening of FASHIONCLASH Festival took place on Thursday 29th of June at the Forza Fashion House in the LAB Building/Het Radium. This was also the official opening of the The Forza Fashion House, the new breeding ground for creative, cultural and entrepreneurial Maastricht and also the new FASHIONCLASH office. Directed by theatre makers Joost Horward and Nina Willems the evening contained interdisciplinary performances and installations by students from MAFAD and Maastricht Academy of Performing Arts.

PRE-STIMULIS Project
Specially for the opening of the festival, FASHIONCLASH teamed up with MAFAD (Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design). In the context of the new design curriculum ‘BODY, OBJECT & MATERIAL’, the second-year BODY design students were assigned to do artistic research on the ‘senses’ in relation to the festival’s theme 'Fashion Makes Sense'. In addition, each student has been connected to one or two students from the Maastricht Academy of Performing Arts. Based on the research of the design students, each team developed a concept in which they expressed their vision and findings on the ‘senses’ and new ways how to create an enriched embodied experience for the audience.

Marcel van Kan (MAFAD) and Branko Popovic (FASHIONCLASH), togehter with Joost Horward and Nina Willems coached the students during the proces of research and execution of the performances. The project concluded in nine participatory installations / performances.

Participants Students MAFAD: Ashley Luypaers, Max Niereisel, María Voth Velasco, Michelle Cornelissen, Dana Lipka, Julina Bezold, Natalia Rumiantseva, Empar Juanes Sanchis

Students the Maastricht Academy of Performing Arts: Anthony van Gog, Nora Ramakers, Diederik Kreike, Izak Berman, Luca Meisters, Anna Luca da Silva, Maarten Heijnens, Caro Derkx, Mees Walter, Maxime Dreesen, Anoek Oostermeijer

1. Michelle Cornelissen & Nora Ramakers
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Colour Fluctus, part 9

Colour Fluctus part 9 registers an unique footprint, captured by colour. The movement, translated by the pigments, shows a timetable and controls the colours and patterns. The impact of the movement becomes visible once the colour is poured into the water. At the same time, we archive and measure the body movements as manifestations of emotions. The pattern is a memory of this particular moment and tells a story about one's character.  
Performers: Laura Hogeweg, Froukje de Boer, Nora Ramakers, Michelle Cornelissen

Annual fashion show of Art Academy of Latvia

At the beginning of June Department of Fashion Design from Art Academy of Latvia had the day of the annual fashion show. This year Art Academy of Latvia collaborated with Kipsalas swimming pool to create a magical environment on the water. The fashion show showcased new designers who have created their collections during their studies at Art Academy of Latvia.
The Department of Fashion Design has annually organised fashion shows of their students’ works since 1993. During their study years the young designers work with both contemporary and classic methods and learn how to turn clothing into an object of art. Each year 20 student collections are chosen, thus ensuring that only the most professional collections have the opportunity to be presented to a larger audience.
Participants this year: Santa Aulmane, Liene Bite, Simona Veilande, Laima Udre, Renate Vitola, Iveta Vecmane, Reinis Ratnieks, Dita Enikova, Evija Saitere, Melanija Vilka, Laima Jurca, Anna Gulbe, Marta Mielava, Karina Krista Likanse, Elza Gabalina, Karline Anete Naglina and Baiba Tamane, as well as debutants – Laura Birsa, Sanita Kapeika and Elina Grinberga.

Instagram: @modesmaksla

iNDiViDUALS S/S 2018

iNDiViDUALS by Amfi Generation 23

Don’t think conservatively, wear it instead.
There is no doubt we currently have the most conservative political cabinets in power. From Brexit to Trump; conservatism could be sense all around us. Inspired by today’s NOT-so-forward-thinking political landscape, student reality school brand iNDiViDUALS took over the Kohnstammhof to present their S/S18 collection. Tonight, Wednesday June 21st, the young creatives dared to turn their collection into a statement that can only instigate positive change.

iNDiViDUALS S/S18 is a collection of the most iconic and timeless menswear garments in the form of tailored silhouettes in exaggerated proportions. The collection aims to resemble the mindset of those who don’t like change, giving them a taste of their own medicine in the process. In the words of the students: “Our collection is the perfect remedy for the conservatives: turning classical items into exaggerated designs. It tells them exactly what they want to hear in order to awake their senses”.

Hierarchy in the fashion world isn’t cool anymore. As a statement, Generation 23 decided to be the first Generation to have an open air event, accessible for everyone. With 50 models walking over the Kohnstammhof, the garments of the ready-to-wear collection looked timeless, intentionally awkward and strictly masculine, to be worn by women.

The collection featured out-of-proportion silhouettes, in the most - can we say it? – predictable colours like Patriotic Blue, Corduroy Bordeaux and Breath-taking Camel. Conservative prints like Shirting-stripe cotton and Check were found on spencers, blazers and overcoats. The S/S 18 collection proves that a sense of humour can be wrapped up in a fashion statement. Literally. Ten models were covered in handmade plastic garment bags inspired by the thought of preserving and holding on to what we already know.
For the first time ever, iNDiViDUALS opted to sell the whole collection directly after the show in a ‘see now, buy now’ pop-up store, located at the same venue. Consisting of oneof- a-kind and limited edition pieces, the collection will be available from March 2018 in selected stores.

www.individualsatamfi.nl 

All images by Team Peter Stigter

NENUKKO at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017

NENUKKO presents vegan collection Interlude.Disrupted at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017

Saturday 1 July, Polish Nenukko will launch the vegan collection: Interlude.Disrupted on the 9th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival at the SAM-decorfabriek Maastricht. The genderless NENUKKO models will run the catwalk in show 5 (from 20:30 – 21:00 hrs.). Don’t miss it! For tickets got to www.fashionclash.nl/tickets

KABK The Hague Fashion Show 2017

Roos Boshart

The Fashion & Textile department of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague held their annual Fashion show on Saturday June 17.
The class of 2017 is a rather small class of four graduates, however all four profiled themselves in their own authentic way.

Roos Boshart presented the collection 'I am a slave of your perception, you are a slave of mine'. With this collection she explored the interaction between the body, the self and the other. 'By taking iconic and recognizable fashion pieces, which I presentwithout any context, I show the pure core of clothing in relation to the body.
Questions I investigated were, amongst others, how do we perceive each other and how can we influence this? How does fashion play a role in how we see ‘the other’?

Rachael Cheong presented an intruiging proposal titled 'We Know What You Are Hiding',  a collection that is build around the idea of dolls as the keeper of secrets. 'They sit in your room, watch everything you do, know what you mutter in your sleep and know your deepest, darkest secrets. Taking my obsession with dolls to another level, the body of a doll is seen as a surrogate body onto which we project ourselves.'

Thalojna Slui
'Out of Touch is based on schizophrenia and the sense of losing reality. Also, I got intrigued by Jean Dubuffet and Outsiders Art, and used that as inspiration to create my own installation. I hope to convey a message that although you might be suffering from a mental illness, the world you experience is still complete. It’s all a matter of perspective.'

Veronika Konvickova showed a romantic womenswear collection 'Silent Wonderlust' inspired by the relationship between silence and sound. 'It involves the search to escape the constant motion of a busy life and never-ending noise. I would like to inspire people to seek more silence in their life and surroundings, to slow down and take more time to reconnect with their inner self'.

In addition to the graduates the show also featured experiments by first year, ethnical and historical costumes. The stand-outs in the 2nd year where Lina Lau, Trumaine Huijts and Vincent Wong and the in the 3rd year students promising proposals where displayed by Laura Snijders, Nina Dekker, Yuki Ito and Nina Dekker.
Next to the shows there was an exhibition 'Exposed' where also the textiles students such as Joana Schneider and Min Gweon presented their work.

Take a look at the show highlights below
All images by brankopopovicblog

Craig Green - Spring 2018

Craig Green - spring 2018 collection at London Fashion Week
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Future Petroleum by Annika Kappner

Future Petroleum by Annika Kappner at Marres during FASHIONCLASH Festival
Date: 1 July
Time: 1.30 – 2.30 pm and 3.30 – 4.30 pm

Future Petroleum by Annika Kappner is an installation performance adapted for The Painted Bird at Marres to create a multi-sensorial tableau vivant that envelops the viewers. The work explores the layering of perception and the consumption of experiences offered by the fashion and entertainment industries, the corporate world and the art world. It wonders what form of energy source the vast stream of images that are created and consumed on a daily basis will eventually yield.

Annika Kappner (DE, 1980) crafts multi-sensory experiences in the extended field of painting, by reverting principles of virtual and digital realities into the analogue realm to create glitches in perception. Prompted by her experience as an investment banker, her work targets the evolution of consciousness in relation to mental patterns and the underlying forces that shape their systemic counterparts in nature, visual arts, technology and science. She is a co-founder of the cross-modal artist collective Elephants & Volcanoes. Performers: Fina Anjou (SE), Nicola Baratto (IT), Karolien Buurman (NL), Arie de Fijter (BE), Aurélien Lepetit (FR).

Future Petroleum is made with the support of the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts). The performance is part of Fashion Makes Sense, the 9th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival in Maastricht (June 29 – July 2). www.fashionclash.nl

Tickets

ArtEZ Fashion Show 2017

Ruby Russell

On Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd of June the Bachelor Fashion Design of ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem presented its graduating fashion students . The catwalk shows took place in the renowed Musis in Arnhem. First part of the show contained work from the "Lobby Boy" project by first year students. Followed by 'Collectie Arnhem 2017' the collective work of the third year students entiteld "Freedom! Inconvenience! Madness! And a hard-boiled egg".

After that, the main part of the show featured a 19 graduation collections. Mostly the menswear collection radiated freshness and attitude. Lizzy Stuyfzand and Ruby Russell are selected for Lichting 2017, and Lucas van der Velde and Raisa Kok are finalists for Mittelmoda Fashion Award 24st Edition.
From June 28th till July 2nd the graduated fashion designers will exhibit during “ArtEZ Finals” at Oude Kraan 26, near the Rietveld building at Onderlangs 9 in Arnhem. https://finals.artez.nl/discipline/Mode

All 2017 graduates:
Anna Anastazija Celic FOLLOWSUIT
Monique de Bruin CONVEX | CONCAVE
Christina Sotiropoulou NUMINOUS
Nine Parre CROSS THE LINE
Joséphine van Mastrigt 945142020//IDENTT
Maria Vogt МЕНЯ ЗОВУТ МAШA (My name is Macha)
Lucas van der Velde SHIFTING BEAUTY
Raisa Kok NOT ANOTHER CAMELOT
Mette Zijlema BROKE AS *$#@&%! (Broke as F*ck!)
Lawin Ramelinck AUX MERVEILLEUSES …
Roxy van Bemmel PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PISS IN THE GARDEN
Maxine van Kampen FÉLIN
Victor Klijsen VICTORIA
Francis Ames IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
Eva Sieljes ONLY GRAB THE TOP OF THE BLADE
Leroy van Halen OCH, WAS IK MAAR [BIJ MOEDER THUIS GEBLEVEN]
Rixt Rooks ROALDITE
Lizzy Stuyfzand CALL ME MAGPIE
Ruby Russell REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS

http://arnhemfashiondesign.nl/en

Highlights from the show
all images by brankopopovicblog 

Collectie Arnhem 2017

Antwerp Fashion Show 2017

Sanan Gasanov

The Fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts held its traditional year-end show on 2 and 3 June. The highly anticipated fashion show is the must-see event where fashion enthusiasts and industry professionals from Belgium and abroad can discover the latest fashion talents.

The Antwerp Fashion department is considered one of the most important and influential fashion schools in the world and known for being the breeding ground for fashion talent. The famous ‘Antwerp Six’ (Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Marina Yee, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs and Ann Demeulemeester) and Martin Margiela graduated from institute at the beginning of the 1980s. The list continues with Haider Ackermann, Kris Van Assche, Raf Simons, Demna Gvasalia and so on.

The 4-hour show that took place at Park Spoor Noord is a spectacular explosion of creativity. The show starts with experimental creations in the first year. Followed by the magical ethnical and historical costumes and promising 2nd year students such as Brendon Wen, Yelizaveta Volosovska and Marie Martens. The show continues with the 3rd year bachelor collections from designers such as Asha Swillens, Quinten Mestdagh and Noa Kapchitz.

Asha Swillens

Marta Twarowska

The class of 2017 is the biggest group of Master students to date, 18 designers presented their master collections and undoubtedly some of them will make it in the industry. One to remember is Rushemy Botter already got noticed at VFILES in New York last year after he went viral because of Young Thug who wore one of his looks. Marta Twarowska's collection is inspired by her growing up in the post-communist Poland. The masks she designed for the styling made it onto this year's show campaign.

Ken Boonsong Thaodee designed a collection out of paper and cardboard, re-interpreting silhouettes of the 50's and 60's couture. With this colletion he questioned the value of a garment. 'The things we make in the class cost a lot of time, work and money, but at the end of the year, when everything is finished, everything you make just ends up hanging in a closet at home. Only for a very short period of time, we attach a certain meaning to those pieces. I wondered: what if clothing was less strong and durable, what if clothing was more fragile?'

Woojic Jo

Iuliia Gulina presented 'My Angel Likes It Rough' collection with striking masks looking like the models came out the Avatar movie. For the prints she collaborated with the designer German Lavrovsky.

Woojic Jo presented a well-tailored menswear collection with a twist of humor. Being a fan of Mt Bean, the starting point for the collection 'Bean's tailoring' was the question he asked, 'What if Mr Bean were a tailor?'. One of the striking looks contains a giant turkey-shaped tweed mask accompanied with an English-cut suit.  

Sander Bos proposal was a womenswear collection 'Dames' ('ladies' in Dutch), a word that is derived from 'domestication', the actuall overall theme for his collection. Starting from his personal experience in his family he dove into research of various artists focusing on topics 'God', 'Skin' and 'Surrounding'.  Nastasia Fine was inspired by dolls. 'For me they perfectly represent the spirit of woman who have a body like a child but who can also be very sexual'.

Sander Bos

Sanan Gasanov dove into family archives, discovering his grandmother's embroideries made by hand seventy years ago. Although he has never met his grandma, she died before his birth, this project felt like a spirutual collaboration with her. 'I feel spiritually connected to my grandmother and I know her through stories my family told me. The title of this collection is a pun, 'GRAND_MA' stands for 'grand master' - because receiving my Master's degree from this school is a huge deal - and 'grandma' speaks for itself. I thought it was beautiful how it all came together.'

With words of Sanan I can only add that it is such a delight to see the work of all this passionate and hardworking designers who show stay true to their believes and personal life stories. Life itself is afterall the everlasting mystery driving us into sublime thoughts and dreams.


Below some more highlights from many talented designers who showed their work.
All images are by brankopopovicblog.

www.antwerp-fashion.be

Brandon Wen

David Ring

Iuliia Gulina

SHI[R]T

Do you wear a SHIT-SHIRT?

SHI[R]T is an innovative platform that focusses on transparency, honesty and locally produced garments, founded by Eva Wagensveld and Jeffrey Heiligers. The online platform offers a collection of progressive, young designers that get a chance to put their garments on the market and sell them. Inspired by the Fashion Manifesto of Lidewij Edelkoort; “How can a garment be cheaper then a sandwich?” the two designers started this initiative. The goal is to create awareness about the buying behaviour in our society and the impact it has on the environment. “We noticed that a lot of people do not make conscious purchases when they shop.” according to the founders Eva en Jeffrey. “With this platform we want to make them more aware of their buying behaviour and change this.”

Encouraging a conscious choice when it comes to buying clothes has been a starting point of SHI[R]T. Focussing on bringing designers together that embrace a sustainable vision towards fashion and society. The platform distinguishes itself by giving designers the freedom to form a unique mix of sustainable production methods and / or material use. SHI[R]T shows that sustainable clothes do not necessarily have to be dull but can be very innovative and inspiring.

To interact with society SHI[R]T asks the following question: “How much do you value a T-shirt?”. You can donate money in exchange for a SHI[R]T. The money raised will be used to continue the development of the platform for young and upcoming talent with a sustainable vision.

The initiative will be launched during the opening evening of FASHIONCLASH Festival, focussing on the topic ‘Does fashion make sense’ in Maastricht on June 30 - July 2.

More information and a video are showcased at our website www.shitshirt.nl.

About Eva Wagensveld 
Eva Wagensveld (1992) is co-founder of SHI[R]T and has her own sustainable label named BLACKBLEACH. During her studies Fashion & Design at AMFI she had always been fascinated by the amount of waste in the fashion industry. After her graduation collection based on the mass consumer culture, Eva wanted to commit to change. By designing her garments out of second-hand items and left-over fabrics she found a solution that suits her impulsive design aesthetics. This makes every item unique and carrying three stories: The previous owner, the story of BLACKBLEACH and the new owner.

About Studio Jeffrey Heiligers 
Jeffrey Heiligers (1988) is co-founder of SHI[R]T that he founded together with Eva Wagensveld. After his studies in mechanical engineering he graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2014, within the departement ‘Men and Well-Being’. With his own label Studio Jeffrey Heiligers he reflects on both disciplines and combines technology, movement and the human body. His graduation project ‘Posture’ shows a new angle within the fashion industry. He designed garments that not only focus on their appearance but also have a technical aspect to them. By re-designin the back pattern of a garment he provides a simple solution to remind the user to sit up straight.