ROPAROSA: the day after

On Thursday morning the show of her label ROPAROSA was the official kickoff of the First day of Fashion Week. How is Roos van der Kamp, the day after, when the rush and adrenaline of her well-received show are gone? ,,I’m tired but very happy with the result”.

What was the concept of your collection?
,,Come As You Are is about your own strength and power. All lines in the collection came from the middle of the body and formed as it were a shining star. To believe in your own strength and stay truly to who you really are while they outside world wants all kind of things from you was the idea behind it.

Did everything went well?
,,Most worries I had were about the moment of changing. Last year I showed twenty outfits, so I had twenty models. That wasn’t allowed this time, but luckily everything went very smoothly. In addition we planned to show some outfits with bare legs, but that didn’t work. I was very happy to score a pair of tights somewhere.”


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

Addy van den Krommenacker: Jungle Book Deluxe

If there was one show this Amsterdam Fashion Week everybody wanted to see, it was the Addy van den Krommenacker show. Last night he showed in a packed hall his new collection. A Show with a capital S. There seemed to be no end, in positive terms, because every time you thought you had seen the last dress another one came around the corner.

Army, jungle and floral prints, prints of trees, glitter and sequins, but also al lot of gold. Van den Krommenacker sent an innovative new collection on the catwalk. ,,I am well known for my use of pink, red and other bright colours. But this time I came across green. I found this beautiful fabric and my first thought was: ‘this is not my colour’. But then it became a challenge to me just to be inspired by this colour.”

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Text Simone Lautenbach http://modemaniak.blogspot.com
Credits: Peter Stigter

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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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Sage and Ivy @ Felix Meritis

The lovely thing about the Downtown schedule of Aifw is the variation of locations that are chosen by a wide range of designers to show their new collections. Young label Sage and Ivy of Dutch designer Alexia van Engelen showed at Felix Meritis today: a beautifulclassic building on the canals in Amsterdam. The surroundings responded perfectly with the winter 2011/2012 collection of Sage and Ivy that was absolutely gracious and intelligent.

This collection, called My Beating Heart, was inspired by St. Petersburg: a city in which French culture and Russian folklore melt together. Beautiful classy garments in
luxurious fabrics create a feminine, strong and subtle sexy look. Amazing!


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Text and photos: Lisa Goudsmit - lisagoudsmit.blogspot.com

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Marloes Blaas Fall/Winter 2011: A women's merit

Independent and elegant looking women paraded down the catwalk during the show of .MarloesBlaas. this afternoon. With ther Fall/Winter 2011 collection ‘A women’s merit’ Marloes links back to the fifties were women started to stand up for their rights and emancipate.

Soft knits, leather jumpsuits, high waisted skirts and tough boots combined with army green clothes and bags represented the collection of Marloes Blaas.

All pieces you’ll want to adopt for your own wardrobe.

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Text: Mirjam de Ruiter

Crème Fresh: young talent

Fashion Week Thursday can be called the day of the young, upcoming designers. There were shows of Roparosa, Bravoure, The Green Fashion Competition, Individuals by AMFI, Marije de Haan and in Trouw the young talents ended the day. Under the name Crème Fresh designers Lotte van Keulen, Elise Kim and Ellis Biemans gave a show together.



Although the distance between the Trouw building on Wibautstraat and the main area of Fashion Week is many kilometers, people could find their way over there and so the interest was huge. Three rows of seats with behind them three rows of fashion minded people were lined next to the catwalk. About a quarter to eight Lotte van Keulen kicked off the show with her collection Assemblage.

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

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

Lhana Marlet/Marije de Haan LAB show

Young fashion talents Marije de Haan and Lhana Marlet presented their fall/winter collections together for the first time this fashion week. A wonderful combination of comfortable and luxurious garments Flatliners 2.0 by Marije passed the catwalk on both women and man. Every outfit was very wearable and with an androgenic touch. Marije has an eye for great quality fabrics with a reference to twenties work clothes.


Lhana Marlet, on the other hand, used a lot of prints in her collection Eva’s Apple, inspired by her mother, which is also a designer. Different tree and leaf patterns were printed on tight transparent leggings and feminine shaped outfits. As an ex-intern of Alexander McQueen, you can tell that Lhana has a lot of attention to detail.

These two young talents are once to watch in the near future.



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Text: Mirjam de Ruiter - http://www.mirjamderuiter.com/
Photo’s: Chelsea Syrett

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

Bas Kosters suprised with creative show

Bas Kosters Friday surprised the audience of Amsterdam Fashion Week with a striking catwalk show.

The final part of the show consisted of a dance performance of models wearing the clothes of the designer. Bass sang along and accompanied the models on the catwalk.

The show was presented by Grazia

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Samira Algoe & Roya Hesam @ LAB

In LAB, Amsterdam International Fashion Week gives promising young designers a chance to show their collections to a fashion loving crowd. Today a double show by two designers: Samira Algoe and Roya Hesam.

Samira Algoe graduated from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute in 2010 and is now already showing at an official AIFW venue. ZEM by Samira Algoe presents a cool menswear collection with an interesting new silhouette and exciting color combinations. Innovative material combinations like denim, rubber-like fabrics, wool, leather and plastic details in pale and natural nudes with colorful elements, create a minimalist yet futuristic look.


Roya Hesam, also an AMFI-graduate, already won the International Award at London’s Fashion Week in 2010: definitely one of Holland’s most promising designers. Her women collection is absolutely stunning! Like her previous collection, this one also shows beautiful feminine garments in soft colors. Roya uses a lot of satin, silk and transparent fabrics to create a wonderful soft yet powerful look.

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Text: Lisa Goudsmit - lisagoudsmit.blogspot.com

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

Fast ladies at Spijkers en Spijkers

Twin sisters Spijkers en Spijkers showed an exciting and fast collection during the Thursday evening at Amsterdam International Fashion Week. The duo showed their second SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers collection, called Fast Ladies.


The blonde sisters were inspired by ladies in the twenties who’d like to take risks, like women in racecars and in airplanes. One of the major sources of inspiration was Aurelia Earhart, the first women who flew over the Atlantic back in 1932.



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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

Roparosa: Sporty chic

Burgundy, black, nude and turquoise. Those were the colours used at this morning’s Roparosa show. Designer Roos van der Kamp sent models in tight leggings, harem pants, short skirts and dressy blouses on the runway.


The latest collection of Roparosa can be described as sporty chic. Something that’s in line with the expectations because Roos her collections always include sporty details.



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

Jan Taminiau AIFW opens with couture

The fourteenth edition of the Amsterdam Fashion Week was opened by designer Jan Taminiau tonight.

The designer began the evening with the show of his demi-couture show. Then the haute coutureshow, later in the evening followed. Iekeliene Strange, Ymre Stiekema and Fleurance Meijer opened the show.

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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/

Agnès B. @ AIFW Downtown

The beautiful label Agnès B presented the new collection today in the only store in Holland, in the centre of Amsterdam. With real life models standing in the window, the presentation sure drew attention from all people passing by. Everybody inside the store was also delighted by the, as always, wonderful collection of this classic French brand.

Agnès B has been giving her many fans around the world “simple, unique, high quality fashion like only Agnès can create, since 1975”, according to PR lady Eva. Her minimalistic French style is especially popular in Asia, where Agnès is a true superstar.

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Text & photography: Lisa Goudsmit (lisagoudsmit.blogspot.com)