Love magazines

29 June 2009

No doubt, the recession has hit fashion quite hard. Sales are going down and only high street labels are doing well at the moment. However, the recession also cleans the market and we can focus on what we really want and love… no wonder, that so many new magazines deal with the word “love” in their title. Besides the glossy Love Magazine, Berlin based I love you, that launches this Friday, will be one of my favourites.

I love you magazine just being printed!

Arnhem Mode Biennale

12 June 2009

It was the first time for me at Arnhem and I really enjoyed the exhibition, that paid a lot of attention to detail. In the historical Museum, curators Jessica Helbach, Connie Nijman, Rosell Heijmen also known as Suze May Sho, used the existing exhibition pieces and merged them with fashion design.

Sandra Backlund

Bernhard Willhem

Martin Margiela and Arielle de Pinto (in the boxes)

Austria Fashion Awards

10 June 2009

Austria is very well organised in supporting their local designers with awards.

At the Austria Fashin Awards, Ali Zedtwitz won the Fashion Award of the Ministry (a one-year scholarship abroad, worth 13.200 €). Christina Berger won the Award of the City of Vienna (she can take part in an international tradeshow or festival – worth 10.000 €). Awareness and Consciousness won an international PR representance for a year (worth 15.000 €).

Ali Zedtwitz.

Christina Berger (maybe a little House of Holland inspired).

Awareness and Consciousness. One of the most interesting Austrian collections at the moment.

Swash installation at Hyères

8 May 2009

Swash from London decorated several rooms with drawings from Toshio, featuring their dog Candy.

Festival of Hyères

8 May 2009

All winter long, I am looking forward to go to Provence in spring and to attend the fashion Festival of Hyères.

For the first time in the history of the festival, one single collection won both main awards. The collection from Marite Mastina and Rolands Peterkorps from Lithuania was amazingly well done, with craftmanship and knowledge on details

Anaïs Dougnac’s shoes and detachable feather wings.

Melodoy Deldjou Fard did a very poetic collection and also used the selfmade mannequins for the show.

Kris van Assche did an installation with these “metal orchids”, a dia show was inside.

And that’s me.

Knitted Molotov Cocktails

7 April 2009

Brazilian born Vítor Manuel da Cunha Bastos, who lives in Portugal at the moment, has created these knitted molotov cocktails. I recently met him at the Bless studio, where he works temporarily and very much think, his label Ofilhobastardo is one to watch.

Distressed

25 February 2009

Swedish label Cheap Monday have released a limited line of distressed jeans, that are handmade in only 50 pairs per country. Whilst all of them were immediately sold in Stockholm and Copenhagen, it took us longer in Berlin. Are we ready??

Vibe Harsløf jewellery for Wackerhaus

25 February 2009

Danish designer Vibe Harsløf did these really nice show pieces for Wackerhaus, that were presented on their show in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Fashion Week

9 February 2009

The most magical moment of the last fashion week were truly the delicate girls on swings at Stine Goya.

Henrik Vibskov show Paris

30 January 2009

Henrik showed his menswear line for fall/winter 2009/2010 in the Espace Saint Martin during Mens Fashion Week in Paris.