BAS KOSTERS The show ran almost an hour late, but it was all worth while: as usual Bas brings a lot of energy and fun to the, usually rather stiff and dull, Amsterdam Fashion Week. The show opened with an
Last monday Iris van Herpen showed her last haute couture collection, ‘Micro’, in Paris. Just as her previous collections, she has worked with unusual materials such as plastic and metal, as well as using 3D printing – and laser techniques.
H&M introduces the ‘H&M Design Award’: a new competition for grad students of renowed fashion schools all over Europe. Students from fourteen institutes in six countries will compete for a price of €50.000 and the possibility to sell a part of
Photo: Team Peter Stigter. Although the Prada show was at the same time as the Golden Globes, Miuccia Prada managed to rope star actors such as Gary Oldman, Andrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, brothers Alex and Victor Carril, Tim Dafoe and
Marika Vera is an Australian lingerie designer who has just started her self-titled lingerie label last year, after having studied in Melbourne and London. With her label she wants to empower women and ‘inspire them to live sensually’.
One of my favorite BLEND\ editorials has been the reinterpretation of postmodern art in food items, such as the ‘Paraphrase of Sol LeWitt’ in different types of coffee pictured above. It was done by Swedish photographer Carl Kleiner, who is
Head-to-toe leather, heavy wool coats and close-fitting suits: Raf Simons definately made a bold statement for Jil Sander F/W 2012. The show was set in an underground parking garage; the runway covered in black rubber and the smell of cars
