Frans Molenaar Fashion Competition 2017

Posted on 05/11/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Frans Molenaar Fashion Competition 2017

The annual Frans Molenaar Fashion competition show was held at The Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam on friday November the 3rd, 2017. This was already the 22th edition, and Mimi Blogger Team attended this lovely, intimate show. Collections were shown by Ninamounah Langestraat, Boris Kollar, and Chelsea Peterson, who graduated this year at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Victor Klijsen and Leroy van Halen graduated at ArtEZ Arnhem and Lotte van Dijk, who became a Master in fashion ArtEZ Arnhem.

Backstage prepping

Showtime; Chelsea Peterson

Showtime; Victor Klijsen

Showtime; Victor Klijsen

Showtime; Ninamounah Langestraat

Showtime; Leroy van Halen

Showtime; Boris Kollar

Showtime; Lotte van Dijk

Ninamounah Langestraat and Boris Kollar

Winning Collection by Boris Kollar backstage

Ninamounah Langestraat and Boris Kollar

Winning Collection by Ninamounah Langestraat backstage

This is Frans Molenaar

Chelsea Peterson backstage

Lotte van Dijk backstage

Leroy van Halen backstage

Viktor Klijssen backstage

And the winners are: Ninamounah Langestraat and Boris Kollar! A shared first place for these youngsters from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie! (They both won €7500,-) Gongratulations!

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Lichting 2017 Fashion Design Award goes to Lizzy Stuyfzand

Posted on 15/07/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Lichting 2017 Fashion Design Award goes to Lizzy Stuyfzand

Yesterday (7/14/2017), on the second day of Amsterdam Fashionweek (MBFWA) Mini Berlin Blogger Team went to see the Lichting show (the annual contest for 14 graduating Dutch fashion design students) Lizzy Stuyfzand was the winner of the Lichting Award, for most promising talent, which is €10,000! Congratulations!! Ms Stuyfzand graduated last month at ArtEZ Arnhem with her menswear collection “Call me magpie” (see more about that here on this blog)

Lizzy Stuyfzand and her models. Congratulations!

Finale at the Lichting show

Participants/voting at lichting show (image via mini berlin’s insta)

CATWALK AMSTERDAM FASHIONWEEK SS18 (credits:team peter stigter)

LICHTING 2017 LIZZY STUYFZAND CATWALK AMSTERDAM (credits:team peter stigter)FASHIONWEEK SS18

LICHTING 2017 SARAH BRUYLAND CATWALK (credits:team peter stigter)AMSTERDAM FASHIONWEEK SS18

The second award, €3000; is ‘The Audience’s Favorite’ went to Sarah Bruylant of AMFI. The students participated to this lovely show were: Roos Boshart, Rachael Cheong, Annebel de Kok, Miro Hämäläinen, Karlijn Krijger and Ninamounah Langestraat (read more about them here lichting.nl) The winners truly deserved the prices they got, but we also rooted for Ninamounah Langestraat (Gerrit Rietveld Academy) her part of the Lichting show really stood out to us because of it’s very strong personality. Congratulations to all students; we wish you the best in your careers! xoxo Mimi

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ArtEZ Arnhem Finals 2017 Faces on exhibit at Dudok

Posted on 25/05/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

ArtEZ Arnhem Finals 2017 Faces on exhibit at Dudok

Just like last year JW Kaldenbach & Mimi Berlin got commissioned to portray the graduate bachelor students of ArtEZ Arnhem (University of Fine Arts situated in Arnhem, The Netherlands) and create an exhibition out of these portraits. The result of that collaboration will be on show at Dudok in June and July 2017. ArtEZ Arnhem Finals 2017 Faces on exhibit at Dudok

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FashionWeek NL: Collectie Arnhem 2017

Posted on 28/01/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

FashionWeek NL: Collectie Arnhem 2017

On Thursday Jan. 26 Mimi Blogger Team went to see the presentation of Collectie Arnhem 2017: Freedom! Inconvenience! Madness! And a hard-boiled egg.

The third year students of Artez Arnhem Fashion Design came up with a surprisingly divers collection and presentation. In the color of a hard boiled egg: yellow, they indeed showed freedom and inconvenience. Models obiviously felt free in ‘sweatshirt’ tops and couldn’t walk at all in monumental trousers (just naming the extremes here). The latter is sheer madness od course!

Reports on Fashion shows

Collectie Arnhem2017 at the NewWerktheater (image courtesy of CollectieArnhem2017)

Collectie Arnhem2017 at the NewWerktheater

Collectie Arnhem 2017 Campaign shot (Meinke Klein) Make-up by Ace Dia Hair by @Danine Zwets

Collectie Arnhem 2017

The fact that our fashion-imagination instantly started translating the more ‘inconvenient’ designs into wearable clothes isn’t ‘madness’ at all! No, au contraire; it is exactly what you need if you own a fashion label: intelligent ideas, authenticity and crafstmanship (needless to say that includes pattern making etc.) seamlessly applyable to more wearable fashion design.
We would hire a student with those abilities right away. Leider/Unfortunately/Helaas/Malheuresement we don’t own a fashion label.

Lookbook Images were photographed by the designers, as part of the annual ‘Collectie Arnhem’ study project. So for the best images made of this collection visit Collectie Arnhem’s Facebook, Instagram or site.

Each year again the ‘Collectie Arnhem’ production team manages to invite us to an unexpected place which we’ve never seen before! This year the fashion presentation was held at the newly opened NewWerktheater in Amsterdam, a build from the sixties which used to be a theater. A rather perfect location which will soon be opened for food and drinks (and more)

See more posts on Collectie Arnhem HErE on this blog

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Dutch Award Show: Frans Molenaar Prize 2015

Posted on 15/07/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Dutch Award Show: Frans Molenaar Prize 2015

Yesterday we went to see the Award show brought to life by Dutch couturier Frans Molenaar. It was the 20th edition and it was the first time without the couturier himself being present. Mr Molenaar sadly and unexpectactly passed away in the Winter of last year, but he made sure his award-show can continue for years to come. Host and member of the jury Jhim Lamoree asked the audience to stand up and remember Frans Molenaar before the show.

remembering Frans Molenaar

Jhim Lamoree, host and jury member

Mirjam Bax, assistant and right hand to Frans Molenaar for 21 years

Karin Vlug

Simeon Morris

Lilian Admiraal

Josephine Goverts

Maartje Janse

Tung Trinh

Max Zara Sterck

Sunanda Koning

Josephine Goverts

The show was held at the house/studio of Mr Molenaar in Amsterdam, it was opened by Karin Vlug‘s collection, made with the prize money she won last year. Her collection has a tight, thoroughly researched (with José Theunisen) concept. This strict concept remains visible in the garments, but at the same time the concept doesn’t overrule the wearability of Karin’s couture capsule collection. Karin’s work becomes more wearable every year. (read about that concept HERE)

Participants Frans Molenaar Prize 2015; Tung Trinh, Josephine Goverts, Max Zara Sterck, Maartje Janse, Lilian Admiraal (all BA graduates’15 <click link for more info on these designers) and Sunanda Koning (MA ’15) All graduated this year at ArtEZ fashion design, Arnhem. Simeon Morris finished his fashion masters at ArtEZ in 2013. Simeon is the most experienced designer of the group his “experience includes working for a number of renowned designers, including Alexander McQueen in the late 90’s and Hussein Chalayan, amongst others.” (quoted)

After the longest deliberation ever in “Frans-Molenaar-Prize-History” the jury named Josephine Goverts the winner of the Frans Molenaar Prize 2015. She got a well deserved big fat check (see picturesabove) of €10.000. Next year, same time, at an other place, we will get to see what she accomplished with her reward! Continue reading →

ArtEZ Fashion Show Finals 2015

Posted on 06/06/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

ArtEZ Fashion Show Finals 2015

Lilian Admiraal

Josephine Goverts, detail of dress

Josephine Goverts

Zena Ankersmith

Katarina Dubbick

Colet Eshuis

Tim Becx, detail of dress

Marieke van de Ven

Josephine Dulmers

Kristan Kuijf

Max Zara Sterck

Isabelle Tellié

Eline Keuchenius

Diek Pothoven

Tung Trinh

Tung Trinh, detail of coat

Madelene van Ulden, detail of sweater

Arjen Kesteloot

Maartje Janse

Yvette Peek

Yvette Peek, detail

Joanne Vosloo, backstage

Joanne Vosloo, detail of coat

Joanne Vosloo, print

Yesterday we went to Arhem to see the annual fashion show with work of 21 graduating BA fashion design students. (see photo’s above)
The show started with 2 films: “A New Kind of Water” with designs from first year students, “Fashion and the sea” by the second year students, followed by Collection Arnhem 2015, designed by third year students. (see that show, previously held in Amsterdam, HERE)

If you didn’t have a chance to visit; enjoy the photo’s above (visit the site of Peter Stigter for professional catwalk photography) or go to the two award shows including students from ArtEZ fashion dept. Five students are nominated for the Frans Molenaar prize 2015: Lilian Admiraal, Josephine Goverts, Max Zara Sterck, Tung Trinh & Maartje Janse. Isabelle Tellié and Yvette Peek will be showing at Lichting 2015, supported by V&D, during Amsterdam Fashion Week. The final exams will be on exhibit at the former ABN/Amro buiding in Arnhem from July 1>5 2015.