FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011/Review_
FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2011
International and multidisciplinary fashion event_______
fashion-procession
I have to admit i was impressed by the quality of the event that took place at 10, 11 and 12 June. This was the third edition of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht and most probably,the best till the next one!
In the second weekend of June Maastricht was all about FASHIONCLASH event and i cant blame them!
As, dear talented Branko Popovic informed me via the official press release, what began three years ago as a spontaneous dream of initiators to be able to show their own work has now has become an international platform for young talent. SAMdecorfabriek, the new location chosen,ended up being perfect for this edition. Audience and participants responded very surprised yet letting themselves indulge in the new and innovative concept.
The third edition of the international fashion event FASHIONCLASH Maastricht cannot be considered less than successful. Sold out shows, international audience, and plenty of talent in many reactions such as ‘inspiring’ and ‘surprising’.A promising fact for all fashion/art events that showcase innovation mixed with genuine creativity.
The event opened Friday evening with the Fashion Procession project, which one-week in advance already walked through the streets of Maastricht, a direct reference to how fashion can harmonically collaborate with performance arts-and achieve fantastic results! Especially for the opening the Toni and Guy hairstylists created miters plus M.A.C Cosmetics collaborated for another year,creating their usual stunning looks. FASHIONCLASH looks back on three years successful partnership with the wonderful team at MAC Cosmetics and nothing shows that this is about to end nor,us,spectators would like it to,judging for the results!
Again, the Clash Project premiered with some spectacular moments such as the creation of Niek Pulles, Valentin Loellmann and closing “pie” outfit of Sue Doeksen.Note these names,I’m telling you..
More photos from Clash project: : http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2011/06/clash-project-2011.html
This year the exhibition was a strong unit that represented the soul of FASHIONCLASH a clash of different disciplines and concepts that merged in a one unified,solid overall concept.. Apart from the fashion-wise part, this year FASHIONCLASH also collaborated with successful architects Tim Prins and Nora Müller of P-EN-M architects.
Overview of the exhibition: : http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-was-fashionclash-maastricht-2011.html
The main exhibition showed works by Leonneke Derksen, Ellis Biemans, menswear by Musa Shah, Anneloes Ouwehand and a video installation by Ulrik Martin Larsen called “Choreographed garments” . Femke Agema joined the event for the third time, and again with both an object in the exhibition and a show collection.
In the fashion shows, there were collections by MEM Couture, Luciana Teixeira, Anna Dudzinska, Manon Boertien, Annemarije van Harten, beautiful menswear by Angelo van Mol and Lukasz Stepien. aand Luciana Teixeira and many more,names that re[resent the actual avant-garde in fashion wear and fashion creation.
Founders of FASHIONCLASH, Nawie Kuiper and Banko Popovic, also showed their new collections.
On the program at the opening night there was also a show of the collective from Berlin, The Offer Berlin, which included Tata Christiane and Von Bardonitz.
http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2011/06/offer-berlin-show-at-fashionclash.html
The last day of the event was mostly based on showcasing the fashion textile department of the Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht, culminating with the graduation collectors of Anne-Kathrin Bannier, Jenny Kloszynski and Rebecca Fuchs presenting excellent projects.
May i add that one of the highlights of the FASHIONCLASH Maastricht was the performance 'Rash' of Karel van Laere, a student from Theatre Academy in Maastricht that made an big impact.
http://fashionclash-maastricht.blogspot.com/2011/06/rash-by-karel-van-laere.html
FASHIONCLASH Maastricht was a stage for more than 100 international designers and artists. Artistic directors, Branko Popovic, Nawie Kuiper and Laurens Hamacher are looking back with great pride on a very diverse and high quality program and me waiting impatiently for the forthcoming FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 , seriously thinking to be present if my schedule allows me to.
Anna Dudzinska
Annemarije Vanharten
Moga E Mago
Leonneke Derksen
Franko Popovic finale
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