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Gisele Bundchen covers the new august 2017 issue of Vogue Paris in faux fur, holding a baby kangaroo.
The supermodel is captured by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and styled by Emmanuelle Alt. Hair styling by Malcolm Edwards and Make up by Wendy Rowe.
I love it that nowadays faux fur is looking like real fur so there is no longer any need for wearing real fur. Do you agree?
I would love to read this issue to see all the photos of the editorial "Protection Rapprochée" by Inez and Vinoodh and Gisele holding all kind of cute animals. In this post just a glimpse of the editorial.
In this photo I like the way MUA Wendy Rowe added the make up, just like the faux fur coat of Junya Watanabe.
As the august 2017 issue of Vogue is all about animals, more coming up!
Maaike van den Abbeele presented her 'MA_ROOTS' collection during Amsterdam Fashion Week.
Inspired by an old photo of herself dressed as a fisher girl in Enkhuizen and her interest in the Dutch and Flemish painters of the Golden Age she showed an amazing collection full of details.
Using the colours of the national flags of The Netherlands and Belgium, Red, White, Blue, Black, and Yellow, the flowers of Golden Age paintings, gold, silver and lace, she showed her creativity and craftsmanship.
In this collection her love for print and pleats was seen in many looks.
Her use of silver, gold and black fabric was also a wink to the knights of the golden age.
Jan Davidsz. de Heem's still-life of flowers was used in one the designs of Maaike van den Abbeele making the dress not only a must-have for a fashionista but also a collector's item for a museum.
The lion, the king of the animal kingdom and represented in the national coats of arms in The Netherlands and Belgium played a prominent role in her collection.
About Maaike van den Abbeele
Maaike is a young Belgium designer, aspiring to share her stories in the form of clothing and accessories. Fashion is her medium of choice to give form to her ideas. Although she also ventures outside the format of fashion to give rise to her ideas.
As a designer she wants to learn about others and be inspired by them. She will continue to make limited edition clothing, made with precious time and thought, to be cherished and used for a long time.
Maaike graduated in 2016 at KASK Ghent.
She uses prints, pleats, simple symmetrical shapes and classical patterns. Attempting to give her clothing a life of their own, she hopes new stories are created while they are being worn, forming lasting memories in the mind of their owner.
Lotte van Dijk founded this year her womenswear label Atelier and she presented her collection "Inside Atelier" at the 27th Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam.
In her collection she explores the relationship between painting and fashion design.
Expressive, feminine pieces are emphasised by elementary silhouettes. Illustrative prints and intricate materials are used in this collection. The intelligent construction of her creations are designed for ease of wearing.
I always start by creating illustrations, almost without thinking - as a result they have a certain freedom. The images often surprise me. I seek to translate the atmosphere of my illustrations into something wearable.
Atelier develops made-to-measure prints and textiles per garment rather than on the roll. The development of the silhouette, material and print are interconnected processes; one does not exist without the other. Making each garment unique.
By painting on fabric and draping with the result, you keep the strength of the illustration and immediately see the impact of the painting on the silhouette - the relationship is clear, as opposed to a to dimensional print, developed independently.
Textiles and garments are built up layer by layer, re-worked and transformed utilising artisanal and industrial techniques. From hand painted prints to custom-woven jacquards: each piece reveals the designer's hand.
The collective RECONSTRUCT showed their second collection on the 27th
edition of the Amsterdam Fashion Week for spring-summer 2018. The collection was inspired by
strengths and powers based on Anime. The collection can be traced back
into three stages: Couture, Culture and Division Wear. These stages were
also embedded into the catwalk.
Couture Wear is all about showstoppers, one-of-a-kind designs with
extraordinary fabric manipulations. Reconstruct designed a corset body
piece in which they implemented the classic Chuck Taylor, while
remaining the unique features.
Culture Wear is all about the now, what is buzzing on the streets, what
does the contemporary youth want and what are they wearing. While
focusing on sports- and leisurewear the designers created garments with a
more commercial approach. Creating a reconstructed new silhouette of the
iconic Chuck Taylor.
Division wear is based on incorporating work wear alongside functional
clothing. Clothing with multiple stages and functions, pieces that can be
worn in multiple ways, with multiple layers and reversible sides. As an
example this can be seen in the different styles life vests and the
reconstructed iconic Chuck Taylors that are transformed into feminine army
boots.
The show started by reconstructing the entire stage as well as incorporating a
black-hooded army, entirely designed by the collective, who later joined as a
part of the catwalk choreography. The strikingly disruptive visuals alongside
an industrial soundscape paved the way for the models to showcase the
collection.
RECONSTRUCT believes it’s crucial to show the youth of today and the
youth in the upcoming future that being an unique individual is a good thing
and that they should always strive for greatness. RECONSTRUCT is
consistently involving youth into their creative process and are continuously
looking for new challenges by observing their surroundings.
By recreating
sub cultures in each collection RECONSTRUCT puts themselves on the
frontline but most importantly the current youth.
Klaudia Stavreva presented her collection at the 27th edition of Amsterdam Fashion Week called 'BOSSTVRVA Teil II'. It was all about Boss Ladies, inspired by the Sworn Virgins of Albania (burrnesha or virgjnesha), women who assume the life and rights of a man, vowing not to marry or to have children
Stavreva recalled cross-dressing with
her sister as teenagers, wearing the ‘Boss’ suits, their Macedonian father wore in the nineties.
Thrilled by this concept of 'power dressing Inverté' she created her latest collection.
The designs are rough, raw and with embellished layers and she used traditional techniques as decoration. High-waisted trousers, broad shoulders, uniform pieces and eccentric material combinations are just a few words to describe Stavreva's collection.
Klaudia Stavreva is founder and Kreator of STAVREVA. She works as an artist, designer, storyteller and researcher of cultural and historical phenomena that transcend the classic
boundaries of sexuality, gender, age and religion.
Strongly rooted in her Macedonian
ancestry, she is born and raised in Germany. Holding a diploma in Multi-Media-Design, educated at
ArtEZ Fashion Design BA and MA, Arnhem, the Netherlands. In 2016 she was nominated for the Frans
Molenaar Couture Award.
Tony Cohen presented his spring-summer 2018 collection 'First there was dark then there was light' during Amsterdam Fashion Week.
Inspired by the biblical phrase from the old testament Genesis "Let there be light!" Tony Cohen created his latest collection with many contrasts. Not only the contrast between dark and light, from black to an outburst of colours but also in shape, from skin tight to free flowing.
Women are in a fast mode today, socially, at work and in their free time so the dutch designer anticipated in his collection on all these moments.
Forest colours and sunlight filtering between the leaves were in his mind while he was selecting the colours of his collection and during the show it was like the models were walking in a bamboo forest.
Cohen's collection is versatile and for every moment of the day. Here a glimpse of his show, for more photos visit Patricia Reports.
Kim Feenstra opened the show in black lace dress with a black jacket on top of it.
Loiza Lamers showed a camel overcoat over her casual look.
Sophia Bentoh presented her collection 'Ibileye' during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam. Not only the looks but also the prints of the fabrics were designed by this talented designer.
For her collection Ibileye she was inspired by her African roots and by the punk of the eighties.
With bold combinations of expressive ethnic drawings, geometric forms and rhythmic color use. The prints are dynamic, it's like watching a kaleidoscope.
Personal memories and cultures are apparently interwoven in Ibileye's designs. It already begins with the African name Sophia Bentoh received from her grandparents in Africa: Ibileye. It means a precious and beautiful piece of fabric.
Each creation is divided into patches with different designs, in complementary or contrasting colors. Faded figurative prints of African origin coincide with the Western pop and punk culture of the 1980s.
Her inspiration is translated in her use of fabrics, looks and styling. Typical punk symbols such as safety pins, spikes, lightning blades and Mohican haircuts are combined with the symbol of the Peace sign.
In African fabric designs, the use of symbolism is very important, different meanings for different issues. Ibileye presents prints and garments for both women and men; For self-conscious city nomads that are not afraid to combine different colors and motifs.
About Sophia Bentoh
Print- and fashion designer Sophia Bentoh was born in 1979 in Lomé, Togo (West Africa). In the Eighties she moved to the Netherlands with her African father, Dutch mother and little sister. With a father who creates art and a mother who is a doctor and sewing clothes, Bentoh is since her childhood surrounded by special arts and crafts, bright colours and fabrics with showy drawings, like the characteristic African wax prints. This was very stimulating for her own creativity and later on defines the signature of her collection Ibileye. All the drawings for the silk-screen prints are made by hand and on the computer. Her passion for this artisan process existed during her fashion design studies at Artez Arnhem (1998 – 2002).
Sophia Bentoh is since 2001 active in different fields of the fashion industry. The first years as a designer for Stijl Instituut and from 2004 as a freelance stylist for Little Thing Magazine (China), in advertising for brands like Nike and Adidas or as a styling assistant for L’Officiel NL amongst others. Her passion for silk-screen prints emerged again and in 2010 she starts to draw and develop her own prints. Some of those prints were bought and produced on fabric by different clients, used in fashion and interior, and internationally sold. Bentoh also creates her own exclusive series printed on fabric, shirts and bags. She sold those special pieces in shops such as Jutka & Riska Amsterdam or at design markets. On those markets the response was so positive that she got encouraged to bring it to a new level; a complete clothing collection that combines her different prints. In 2014 she founded ‘Ibileye’.
Merel van Glabbeek presented her 'Flame' collection during the 27th Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam. A collection full of detail, surprising combination of materials and craftsmanship, making each piece unique and exclusive.
Merel van Glabbeek is always looking for a balance between structure and chaos, 'Flame' is about masking all chaos in the world with beauty. This collection is a mix of feminine silhouettes with urban elements and Mexican influences.
Black and red are the main colours in 'Flame', combined with flower and shadow prints. Beads and sequins are used as decoration in belts, arm sleeves and in a mask.
Her trip to Mexico is been a big inspiration for her Flame collection. A country where an overload of decoration is used to hide the mess. Her silhouettes are strong, dark and feminine. She used fabrics like denim, jersey and bamboo to compliment the shapes and silhouettes.
Here a glimpse of her collection, more photos on Patricia Reports!
Barbara Langedijk and Noon Passama gave an amazing presentation during Mercedes-Benz Amsterdam Fashion Week, inspired by the people who used to wear a smocked garment, called the ‘smock frock’. Historically they were actually a group of tough men and shepherds.
The setting in the old gas factory was a great place for the presentation. The fashion crowd and press were put in a circle, fenced like sheep in a small meadow. Around them five models were waiting in the dark until the crowd was gathered and the spot lights turned on. See for yourself in the short video below!
Together with interdisciplinary arts company House of Makers, Barbara Langendijk and Noon Passamawe developed this scene.
Theatrical performance by Barbara Langendijk ft. Noon Passama
There.
The flock has settled.
Letting go of the day outside, shifting slowly, nudging each other, remembering that they have been here before.
This is familiar.
This is safe.
They breathe, murmur, they’re being friendly and at ease.
Patiently waiting for what will be shown to them next.
They will gobble it up.
They’re hungry for it.
About Barbara Langendijk and Noon Passama
Barbara Langendijk and Noon Passama met during their study at the ArtEZ Fashion Masters.
Barbara is a fashion designer who focuses on different ways of constructing a garment. She worked with jewellery-inspired accessories in her collection and discovered endless possibilities to continue intertwining jewellery and fashion design further.
Noon is specialized in jewellery design. She is interested in jewellery and its roles in different contexts including fashion.
Barbara Langendijk graduated in 2013 from the ArtEZ Fashion Masters (ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands). During her studies she did internships at Walter van Beirendonck in Antwerp and Proenza Schouler in New York.
Her graduation collection called ‘CLOTH’ was featured by *Wallpaper in the Graduate Directory 2014. In September 2014 she received a grant from the Talent Development program of the Creative Industries Fund NL.
In fall 2015 Langendijk got nominated for the Young Designer Award of the Dutch Design Awards 2015. She presented her latest collection #3 through a showroom in Paris.
Noon Passama is born in Bangkok and moved to the Netherlands in 2007, where she graduated as a jewellery designer from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2010. Since then, her works have been exhibited in respected institutions and platforms, such as Design Museum in London, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Design Miami. She works and collaborates across different genres of jewellery and artistic fields. Her main interest is based on existing jewellery types in connection to broader subjects, for example, identity and language.
Credits:
Fashion & Jewellery design: Barbara Langendijk & Noon Passama
Design assistant: Gerian Kavische
Text: Sterre van Rosseum (House of Makers)
Music: Nicholas Robert Thayer (House of Makers)
Movement coaching: Peter Leung (House of Makers)
Styling: Mark Stadman
Shoes with traditional Dutch woodcutting: Ed Geuze
Graphic design: Branco Rinquelme
Team: Mieke, Claire and Sarah
Photos and video: Patricia Munster
