Fourties glamour @ Hunkemöller

Hunkemöller was inspired by the fourties for the It's a women's world an we love it! show during Amsterdam International Fashion Week.



We saw five different looks on the runway: Hollywood Glamour, Hot Cognac, Excentric Luxury, Mysterious Black and Bronze Beauty - which was a preview of the Christmas collection of 2011.



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Text: Styletoday.nl

Fifth PaP collection by Monique Collignon

Monique Collignon showed this night her fifth PaP collection from MC by Monique Collignon for autumn/winter 2011. She used a lot of satin, leather, cotton and mohair fabrics for the items.



The Dutch designer didn't work with lots of colours; only black, white, grey and deep purple were seen on the catwalk.


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Gomes Esser Design & Musa Shah

Meet Denise Esser and Aleyda Gomes from Gomes Esser Design and Musa Shah. On Thursday-night all three young designers made their first steps in the big world of Dutch fashion on the runway and it won’t be their last steps for sure.

Futuristic meets elegance by Gomes Esser Design and soberness meets luxury by menswear designer Musa Shah.


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Text: Anne Haakmeester

The Green Fashion Competition

Yesterday The Green Fashion Competition came to an end with a spectacular award show. Eight different designers gathered with their two models to present their ideas of sustainable fashion to the jury. A jury that consisted of: Georgette Koning, Tony Tonnaer, Manolo Marquez, Wijnand Broer and Paul Vetter from the Dutch ministery of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.

OpportunityAfter a wonderful show, designers OAT (2nd price) and Elsien Gringhuis (1st price) left a real check which gives the designers the opportunity to set up their actual plans of creating this sustainable fashion line into reality.


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Text: Mirjam de Ruiter - http://www.mirjamderuiter.com/

Photography: Michiel Langbroek / Chelsea Syrett

Individuals A/W 2011; La petite mort

For the upcoming winter season the innovative brand Individuals presented a dark yet inspiring collection; La Petite Mort. A collection adopted from the feeling of breaking borders, adrenaline that rushes through the body, creating an astonishing atmosphere.



Mysterious 

The tenth collection by Individuals includes many contrasts; loose silhouettes made from flowy fabrics link to a certain feeling of freedom, whilst strong shapes, tight leather leg chaps and bronze coloured corsets give a feeling of restriction and control. Also the colour palette for this Autumn/Winter collection is nothing but mysterious; dark red, shades of black, orange and bronze give a rich feeling to the look of the clothing.


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Text: Mirjam de Ruiter www.mirjamderuiter.com

Bravoure: Pocahontas goes chic

Patricia and Kim proved that Indians are not always the most colourful people with their Bravoure show this morning.

Pocahontas goes chic was the credo and it was all black, black, and black only that came down the runway.

All the outfits were styled with coloured beads and buttons. Absolute showpieces were the feather headdresses.

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Text: Simone Lautenbach - modemaniak.blogspot.com

Fur free fashion

A visit to the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam is really worthwhile this week. Not that you can see so many flowers and plants over there around this time of the year. But what you can see is a very nice exhibition. An exhibition with a message. Until the 29th of January you can visit Fur Free.


Jojanneke van der Veer and Femke Dekker are initiators of the exhibition and also the collective brain behind the name Fur Free. Femke tells us that both she and Jojanneke are strongly against the use of fur in the fashion industry. ,,We wanted to make a statement against this, but in a fun and positive way. Protesting is not the way we operate”.



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Text and photography: Simone Lautenbach http://modemaniak.blogspot.com/

The newest fall/winter collections at the Modefabriek 2011

This weekend the 30th edition of the Modefabriek was being organized. Yesterday we visited the grand event where more than 600 stands represented their brand. The brands showed their newest collections for fall/winter 2011/2012 to admire or buy.


High-quality labels
There were lots of different brands: from high-quality labels such as Margit Brandt and Uno Due to sports brands like Helly Hansen and Le Coq Sportif. Besides the many stands we also saw great vintage items at the Trash & Treasures Garage Sale.



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