Dutch Fashion Design Prizes 2018

Dutch Fashion Design Prizes 2018

It’s that season of the year again! It’s raining (fashion) design prizes in The Netherlands! There are many winners, so we will only mention the fashion designers (just because we can). Bas Kosters was awarded with the annual ‘Fashion Stipend’ by the Prins (Prince) Bernhard Cultuurfonds (Culturefund). Johannes Offerhaus, Maison the Faux, Scheuller de Waal and Lisa Konno were the fashion designers amongst the 24 winners of the ‘Dutch Design Awards 2018’

Congratulations to you all!

(images by Mimi Berlin and via baskosters.com / www.dutchdesignawards.nl)

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds

Thanks to a gift from an anonymous patron, the ‘Cultuurfonds Mode Stipendium
of €50,000 is awarded annually. Continue reading

The Happy Hooker: Now and Then

The Happy Hooker: Now and Then

Image editing by Mimi Berlin.
Left: Illustration for Penthouse’ Happy Hooker column in the 1970s, Right: Ms Hollander wearing Bas Kosters in Volkskrant Magazine in 2016.

Xaviera Hollander, also known as The Happy Hooker, agreed to write a monthly sexual advice column for Penthouse Magazine in the seventies, “Call me Madam”. (read more xavierahollander.com) (Photo on the right by Imke Panhuijsen for De Volkskrant, February 2016.)

 

The Art of Knitting

The Art of Knitting

Knitting! at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden is an exhibition on the art of knitting. On show everything from historical patterns to the latest designs. Traditional Frisian baggy caps, retro fabrics from the 1950s and hooded sweaters from the 1980s, garments by fashion designers (such as Bas Kosters and Stephen West) and knitted installations by international artists.

Knitting! can be seen until 28 August 2016.

(Thahanks Mrs Hartman!)