MOAM COLLECTIVE

After a surprising introduction of MOAM in 2012, there is a new initiative by Martijn Nekoui: MOAM collective. A collective in which eight design alumni combine their vision within one collection with the help of some experts and intellectuals of the Dutch fashion industry.
 
MOAM COLLECTIVE
 

MOAM was founded to transfer the knowledge from the Dutch fashion industry to the new generation. Eight young designers receive practical tools from the top of the industry, which will be useful for the rest of their career. MOAM acts as a platform and incubator in which talent is shaped and developed.

The Dutch coaches are 25 connoisseurs, including couturiers Frans Molenaar and Mart Visser, designer Claes Iversen, men’s fashion designers Sjaak Hullekes and Dieter de Cock, journalists Georgette Koning and Milou van Rossum, entrepreneurs such as James Veenhoff (House of Denim), Caroline Krouwels (departmentstore De Bijenkorf), Remco de Nijs (G-star), magazine editors Martien Mellema (Vogue) and Gert Jonkers (Fantastic Man). These coaches will share their knowledge and specific expertise with the new generation, each and everyone from their own perspective or specialism.

The collective consists of designers selected on talent, knowledge and connecting specialism: Marja Bennenbroek (men’s fashion design), Hoi-Man Cheung (technical design), Brian Geradts (prints), Josine Heuts (textural arts), Nisha Rabiee (styling), Grietje Schelvis (tailoring), Niels Tol (women’s fashion design) and Xiomara van der Zon (collectionair).

MOAM COLLECTIVE

The result of this collaboration will be presented in July, during Amsterdam Fashion Week.

PRESTAGE’S COPENHAGEN

Prestage went to Copenhagen and marveled at this lovely city with all the wonderfull things it has to offer.

Definitely one of the most impressive and beautiful design boutique hotels is ‘First Hotel Skt. Petri’. Originally created as a department store by architect Wilhelm Lauritzen, the building has undergone an extensive renovation by Danish architectural wonder Erik Møller. The hotel projects a design which is clean, modern and graphic, but still gives you a warm and embracing feeling. The colour scheme, chosen by artist Per Arnoldi, is based on the tricolour red, blue and white, while the materials include dark woods and brass. All the furnishing is custom made for this stunning hotel.

Hotel

Hotel

Hotel

First Hotel Skt. Petri takes its name from the neighboring church, Skt. Petri, the oldest preserved church in Copenhagen. Located in the heart of Copenhagen the hotel is in close range to several buildings of architectural interest, great museums, cool shops, lovely galleries, panache restaurants and Nørreport Station. Hotel Skt. Petri is an architectural pleasure where you feel at home with the beautiful designs, paintings and art surrounding you.

We also visited the oh-so-amazing showroom of Acne Studios. We immediately fell in love with the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection, where interesting layering, renewing proportion and strong silhouettes are the key words this season.

ACNE

ACNE

ACNE

To continue our travel on the path of creativity and inspiration we enjoyed a beautiful dinner at restaurant ‘Geist’. This restaurant serves finger licking good food, which is beautifully presented: it’s a true pampering for all your senses. Geist is a great restaurant where you can truly sense the art and passion, of master chef Bo Bech, for a modern twist on the Nordic cuisine.

GEIST

GEIST

GEIST

GEIST

www.firsthotels.dk

www.acnestudios.com

www.restaurantgeist.dk

MOAM & FOAM

moam foam

MOAM IN FOAM, an unique exhibition where fashion design and photography are combined. An interesting collaboration between well-known names and emerging talents from the Dutch design and photography industry.

MOAM is an exhibition where fifteen photographers are collaborating with fifteen fashion designers. They have to give their own interpretation on one of three well known photo’s taken by Inez van Lamsweerde &Vinnoodh Matadin, Anton Corbijn and Erwin Olaf. Inspiring and creative combinations that shine a new light on existing iconical photos.

You can see the results at FOAM from the 10th of January till the 17th of March.

www.facebook.com/FoamAmsterdam Foam, Vijzelstraat 78 te Amsterdam

Moam

Moam

Moam

New androgyny

Saskia de Brauw by Prestage

We all know Andrej Pejic, the Servisch male model often photographed as a woman. But there is a new trend: female models portrayed as males. Confusion is next! Some people see the message of this trend as ‘gender and sexuality is entirely intellectual and hedonistic. Fashion is a discipline dealing in identity and expression that anchor to the spirit of our time.’ 

Androgyny has long been celebrated in the fashion world. Women have modeled as men, and men have modeled as women. But it’s still rare — if not unheard of — for a woman to sign a contract to model men’s clothing exclusively.

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Unseen

UNSEEN by Prestage

Walking towards the entrance immediately gave me a lively sense of festivity. As the backcover of the Unseen first edition book stated “Unseen is a fair with a festival flair”. The festival was the result of a collaboration between Foam, Platform A and Vandejong agency.

This first photography fair took place at the Westergasfabriek, surrounded by a spacious park, creative spaces and restaurants, bars and a cinema. Unseen collected work from more than 50 galleries, most of which has not been exhibited before, both by established and emerging photographers – ranging from fashion to conceptual, experimental to documentary.

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Joeri Bosma

Joeri Bosma by Prestage

If you have seen the third issue of Prestage, Joeri Bosma’s photo must have caught your eye! At least, when we discovered his photo’s, it definitely caught ours. And here we’d like to show you some of his latest work. Because we can’t stop being enthusiastic about him!

Joeri Bosma has set himself the task of taking a photograph of himself every single day, for a period of 365 days.  This budding young photographer lives on Texel, a small island in the north of the Netherlands.

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