Fashion Statements - Amsterdam Museum

Bas Kosters

The clothes we wear reveal something about our personality. Fashion expresses our identity, what we consider important or what we stand for. Curated by Marian Duff, the founder of MAFB and OSCAM, the exhibition features more than 75 historical costumes, each of which was used by their wearer to express themselves or to express a message. In this exhibition, six leading contemporary designers place their creations alongside and opposite our historical collection of fashion from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
For this exhibition, Ninamounah, Bas Kosters, Karim Adduchi, Marga Weimans, Patta and Art Comes First where invited to reflect on the context of the exhibition. In a short documentary they give their personal vision of the exhibited historical clothing.

Fashion Statements is on show until September 8th.
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/fashion-statements

KABK The Hague Fashion Show 2019

Stella Kim
photo: Nosh Ipenburg, Lumi Tuomi and Melissa Schriek

Exposed - The show of the fashion and textile department of the KABK, The Royal Academy of Fine Art The Hague took place on 14th of June. The show featured work of bachelor students and fashion and textile graduates of 2019.

The Keep an Eye Textile & Fashion Award 2019 went to textile graduate Stella Hyunju Kim who impressed with her project 'Artificial Calm', exploring the contemporary symbolic meaning of fire.

'My project consists of 2 single beds and a curtain. The bed and curtain symbolises our daily life whilst harbouring the most textiles in our rooms. I researched the patterns of how fire can destruct, deconstruct and decay the structures of daily objects and how it creates layers containing a story. I am introducing a new way of preserving burnt objects by placing it in a room context just the way it is, telling its untold story and values.'

Trumaine Huijts translated his irritation over large fashion brands that are taking over the elements from the skate culture. By experimenting with knitting techniques, he wanted to give something back to the skate community, by showing what else skate clothing can be.  The fashion graduate Lina Lau researched on the meaning of term 'luxury' and translated this in a rich and layered collection, namely the 'A Premium Mediocre Collection'. She mixed historical references from the Renaissance with contemporary sportwear. Vincent Wong impressed with the stunning and well tailored menswear collection 'Juvenile Oddity', exploring traditional tailoring and the influence of technology on our lives.
The theme of technology also occured in the work of Otilia Vieru, exploring speculative virtual reality and the potential impact and influence of technology on mankind. 'Welcome to the Braindrain'  is based on a world in which technology plays a major role, and the humanity does not know how to deal with it. Shijia Hao got was inspired by large cities that are suffering from urbanization and industrialization showing a imaginative working class in a futuristic dystopia.

Take a look at the picture report below. All images unless mentioned otherwise are by brankopopovicblog

AMFI - Graduation Fashion Show 2019

Marie Lamberechts

On June 12th, at the Kromhouthal in Amsterdam, AMFI fashion design graduates showcased their final collections. The evening consisted of a fashion show part and then an exhibition.
The show was one with a number of strong presentations and performances and above al a great dose of graduation energy. A number of students had succeeded in making a statement in a few minutes with a clear story. The simple catwalk, rather a theater setup, suited well for the presentations. The highlight of the evening was the display of a diversity of approaches and investigations. Projects on digital fashion, movement, gender, sustainability and identity passed the runway; from blow-up balloon dress presented by Marie Lamberechts, to quirky dance performace by Kateryna Boiko, spectacular take in 'gabber' subculture by Lotte Valkenburg, striking 3D virtual fashion design collection by Iris van Wees, sustainable fashion statement by Juris Efneris to the moving re:GENDER collection and short docymentary by Shannen Bijkersma.

http://amfi.nl

Take a look at the picture report.

Gerrit Rietveld Academie - Fashion Show 2019

Emma Tornsteinrud

On Saturday 8 June 2019, the fashion department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy presented "Fashion Show 2019", containing the graduation collections of a new group of designers and a selection from the work of first- and second-year fashion students.
The venue of the show this year was the vacant Tripolis complex designed by Aldo van Eyck, located on the edge of the Zuidas in Amsterdam. 
Fashion Show 2019 presented the results of personal and experimental learning processes of students Laetitzia Campbell, Erika Jonasson, Karis Lindelien, Mika Perlmutter, Bodil Ouédraogo, Emma Tornsteinrud and Krystian Sokolowski who cooperated with graphic design student Vincent Ludwig.
They offer challenging visions on the medium of fashion with a sense of the contemporary and the visionary. They relate to their diverse cultural backgrounds and question Western reality and identity. Especially the proposals that discuss and open up the complexity of today's society made an impression.

https://rietveldacademie.nl

Show report, all images by brankopopovicblog

ArtEZ Fashion Show 2019

On June 7th, ArtEZ, as the first in line of the graduation fashion shows in The Netherlands, presented their Class of 2019 at Musis in Arnhem. The space, with its very and hard to beat own ambiemance, was successfully brought back to the essence by Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck.
The show featured first and second year experiments.  In addition, Collectie Arnhem 2019, the third year collaborative project was presented.
The quality of the mostly raw proposals in the Collectie Arnhem was generally lacking in the graduation collections. Undoubtedly committed and with the best of intentions, the new generation presented itself to the world. It was a show with varying levels, leaving the room with an unanswered quest to know more about the stories behind the work. Often strong in material research and application and not always strong in form and consistency of the collection line up. However, there was enough talent to be enthralled. Especially enjoyed the proposals of Dylan Westerweel, Michelle Vossen, Django Tetteroo, Kevin Pleiter, Manon Romeijn, Joline Kwakkenbos, Nina Librud and here and there individual pieces.

www.artez.nl

Take a look at the highlights and my picture report.

Andy Summers, A Certain Strangeness

Andy Summers, A Certain Strangeness at Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
07.06.2019 t/m 27.10.2019

With over 400 pictures from the period 1979-2018, the exhibition A "Certain Strangeness" is the first retrospective of the photographic work of British photographer and guitar legend Andy Summers. The geographical locations of the shots range from the Alto Plano in Bolivia to the alleyways of the Golden Gai in Tokyo. Besides showing a preference for night-time photos, his work is characterized by a sense of intimacy and surrealism, and dynamics that can best be described as 'in media res'.

Part of the exhibition comprises a series of photos taken by Summers during his tours with The Police. This series called "Let's Get Weird" will also be shown in the Bonnefanten Pinkpop-up Museum at Pinkpop, from 8 until 10 June 2019.

Since 1979, the year that The Police gave a legendary performance at Pinkpop, Summers has also been a fanatic photographer. He has published four books: Throb (1983), Light Strings (2004), I'll be Watching You (2007) and Desirer Walks the Street (2009). In 2012, he made the film Can't stand losing you, based on his autobiography of the same name, in which an important role is played by his photography practice. Summers says that his photographs may be influenced by his interest in music and that photography forms a visual counterpart to the music constantly playing in his mind. Just as his musical preference can be described as a taste for the melancholic, the convulsive melodic line, the dark chord with a few stray notes added, in his visual practice, too, he is drawn towards photographing in a brooding minor key.

https://www.bonnefanten.nl/en

We're in This Together

Maison the Faux

Museum Arnhem presents the new exhibition "We're In This Together" in its temporary De Kerk presentation space.
Curated by Renee van der Hoek, the exhibition shows international fashion designers that break with fashion conventions in the field of identity, equality and diversity.

Fashion reflects the zeitgeist and gives everyone the opportunity to express themselves. We're in this together shows work by national and international designers, including Hardeman, Bethany Williams, MAISON the FAUX, Neith Nyer, GAMUT, Lisa Konno, Ludovic de saint Sernin and Camiel Fortgens. Their designs are diverse and for both men and women. They offer a place for those who cannot agree with the existing expectations and provide a different sound in the fashion world.


In addition to the exhibition you can take part in JOIN Collective Clothes workshop by Anouk Beckers.

More information: https://www.museumarnhem.nl

GAMUT

Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem 2019

MAISON the FAUX

FDFA | Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem 2019 - We Are People

On June 1, the 6th edition of the FDFA was officially opened at the FDFA Showroom. The Showroom will remain open until June 8.
During the month of June various fashion related events will be taking place through out the city of Arnhem. Over 50 events are scheduled including the ArtEZ Graduation Shows, Nacht van de Mode, We're in This together exhibition and so on.

During the opening week the work of MAISON the FAUX, Anne Kluytenaar, Nina Pen and Victor Klijsen, among others, can be viewed at FDFA Showroom.
Their work ties in with the theme of FDFA’19: WE ARE PEOPLE, and has a special link with identity, diversity and inclusiveness.

More information: https://fdfarnhem.nl