MBFWA Lichting 2016

Danial Aitouganov, AMFI.(photocredits; team peter stigter)

Ailene van Elmpt, ArtEZ, institute of the arts, Arnhem

Laure Meyers, Utrecht School of the Arts

Marianna Ladreyt, Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Alissa van Duijn, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

Maarten van Mulken, MAFAD

Suzanne Barten, Utrecht School of the Arts

Kim Kivits, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

Woody ‘s Gravemade, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Domino Vugtd, MAFAD

Nadie Borggreve, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Marlou Breuls, Amfi

Johanna Bas Backer, ArtEZ, institute of the arts, Arnhem Arnhem

Yoko Maja Hilfling Rahbek Hansen, Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Danial Aitouganovwinner of the Lichting Award and Marlou Breuls winner according to the audience (photocredits; team peter stigter)

We, at Mimi Berlin, still have the voting card for Marlou Breuls, we obviously rooted for an other student….

MBFWA (Mercedes-Benz-Fashion-Week-Amsterdam) opened yesterday evening (July 7, 2016) with the annual, national fashion-awardshow (Mercedes-Benz presents) Lichting 2016. It is Lichting’s 10th anniversary this year so the festive opening, including an exhibition, was in place!

Winners were Danial Aitouganov, he won the Lichting Award of €10.000,- and Marlou Breuls, she won The Audience Favorite Award, which is €3.000,-. They both graduated at AMFI (Amsterdam Fashion Institute) Congratulations to them both!

The jury members this year were; Bram van Diepen (men’s wear designer at Louis Vuitton, participant of Lichting 2011), Rem D. Koolhaas (creative director & co-founder of United Nude Shoes), Michael Kampe (head of creative management Denim BOSS Orange & Green & BOSS Woman) and Ferry “Promostyl” Schoew (fashion forecaster)

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