Margiela, The Hermès Years

Posted on 22/05/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Martin Margiela

Martin Margiela was the creative director for Hermès from 1997 to 2003: at the Fashion Museum in Antwerp they made a complete exhibition out of this fact! Mimi Berlin Blogger Team visited. We were especially stunned by the beauty of the showcase below. It wasn’t allowed to take photo’s at the museum but we simply had to make this one.The skirt and the upper part of the boots are made in the same fabric, a traditional Hermès cloth. The leather parts are in Navy (that’s dark blue)

What would you wear with this set? We decided upon a Navy, fitted twinset……. Continue reading →

Rik Wouters & The Private Utopia

Posted on 28/12/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Rik Wouters & The Private Utopia

Mr & Mrs J. went to see this exhibition at the MoMu in Antwerp.

Thank you Mr & Mrs J. for this visual report it is much appreciated.

“This exhibition is a partnership between MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (kmska) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of painter Rik Wouters in 2016. The exhibition brings together work by Rik Wouters from the KMSKA collection and pieces by contemporary artists and fashion designers.” (read more www.momu.be)

Suzy Menkes on tour in Belgium and The Netherlands

Posted on 15/06/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Suzy Menkes on tour in Belgium and The Netherlands

Suzy M & Wim Pijbes, Dutch museum director, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Suzy M & Edwin Oudshoorn, Dutch couturier, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Suzy M & Milou van Rossum, Dutch fashion journalist, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Suzy M & “MCPolly”, PR agent, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Suzy M &, Desiree Kleinen and friends, Dutch fashion proffessinals, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Suzy M & Marriette Hoitink, Dutch fashion consultant, , at Denim City, Amsterdam

Suzy M & Marijn Obertop, Dutch fashion designer, at Denim City, Amsterdam

Suzy M & Dries van Noten, Belgium fashion designer, at Momu in Antwerp

Suzy M & Walter van Beirendonck, Belgium fashion designer

Suzy M & Diana vov Furstenberg, american fashion designer, at Bozar in Brussels

Suzy Menkes is a world-renowned, British, fashion journalist, at the moment she works for Vogue (international). Last week she came to visit Belgium and The Netherlands. Her tour started in Brussels for the fashion exhibition “The Belgians” at Bozar, followed by a visit to Antwerp’s Momu with Dries Van Noten, and a meeting with Walter van Beirendonck. In The Netherlands she opened the fashion exhibition “New for Now” at the Rijksmuseum and she visited Denim City, both in Amsterdam. Ms Menkes also visited the exhibition “Everything but Clothes” at the Arnhem Museum.
Yes, we can read your mind; this is also a tour for us fashion lovers. We can visit 4 new exhibitions on fashion, just like Suzy M.

Suzy Menkes will be writing a fashion column for the Dutch (cheap, glossy) magazine Beau Monde. Her first story will be published in the October issue 2015 of the magazine. Hard to believe that’s true: this magazine is not about fashion but about (Dutch) celebrities…..Wir sind gespannt.

(all images from instagram credited on images)

Rupert von Rom Dries van Noten Inspirations on exhibit in Antwerp

Posted on 28/04/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Dries van Noten Inspirations on exhibit in Antwerp

Inspiration Orientalsm; Art; Madame Jasmy Alvin, 1925, Kees van Dongen/Gladys, 1999, Jacky Nickerson. Dries van Noten

Inspiration Orientalsm, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Orientalsm; Montana for Gibo

Inspiration Nureyev; Wallpaper; reproduction of fabric design from manufacturer Prelle , 1924 by Maurice Dufrene for the house of Truchot.

Inspiration Mexico, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Spain. Painting by Picasso, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Butterflies, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Butterflies; Damien Hirst/dress; Schiapparelli S1937

Inspiration Graphic; on the left; Dresses; Balenciaga/Grés 1980/Cortina 1966. Art; Tauri-R, Victor Vasarely, 1966

Inspiration Graphic, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Gold, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Gold; dress 1952, Pierre Balmain

Inspiration Gold; Mugler; W1978/Piripiri, women’s coat, 1919, Greece.

Inspiration Gold, Dries van Noten

Dries van Noten

Installation; Moving Portraits by David Michalek

Inspiration Marble women; curtain i chains “Odalisque” by Philip Bradshaw

Inspiration Marble men, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Jimi Hendrix, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Grunge;Vase de Fleur by Ignace-Henri Fantin Latour, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Uniform; Rohtko

Inspiration The Piano

Inspiration The Piano; Collar by Worth, 1895

Inspiration The Piano: 1920s booties and a movieclip of Visconti’s “Le Guepard”

Inspiration A midsummer’s night dream, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Camouflage/Sport Couture

Inspiration Sport Couture, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Sport Couture; Afternoon dress, Vilmorin by Christian Dior/Nicla’s Iris, 1990, Cy Twombly

Inspiration Camouflage, Dries van Noten

Inspiration Camouflage

Inspiration Summer Flower

Inspiration Summer Flower; Nick Cave, 2008

Inspiration Summer Flower; Balenciaga/Patrick de Barentzen/Yves Saint Laurent W1980/

Inspiration Summer Flower, Dries van Noten

The other day we, Mimi Berlin, visited the exhibition “Inspirations” by Dries van Noten, in the couturier’s home town of Antwerp, Belgium.
What a great exibithion! And SO marvelously well designed!

Usually in fashion you have to make do with inspirational images on paper, but Dries van Noten shows us the real thing; On show, next to his designs, are Picasso, Damien Hirst, Balenciaga, Balmain, Worth, and many others …….all in the flesh!
Many inspirational movies and fashion shows are beautifully incorporated throughout the transformed fashion museum. Also the sense of smell is an important factor; a scent to accompany your vision can be smelled by touching different walls.
If you haven’t already; make sure you go and see the Inspirations of Dries van Noten. The exhibition was initiated and realized by Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris (01/03-02/11/14), we were told it’s a bit different and smaller in Antwerp. But the new version in Antwerp stays true to its original incarnation in Paris, highlighting the sources of Dries Van Noten’s inspiration by juxtaposing his creations with emblematic past and present works of art and fashion, again curated by Pamela Golbin (chief curator of 20^th-century and contemporary fashion and textiles at Les Arts Décoratifs.) and adapted for the MoMu by Arter, the agency that designed the original exhibition for Les Arts Décoratifs.

Dries van Noten Inspirations, MoMu, February 13 – July 19, 2015.

Our must-see expert Rüpert von Rom posted earlier on “Inspiration” including a video of Dries van Noten talking about the exhibition. Continue reading →

Antwerp Icons

Posted on 07/09/2013 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Happy Birthday Dear Academie! – 12 renowned designers, all graduates of the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, chose an iconic piece from their archive. The Fashion Museum of Antwerp invited photographer Ronald Stoops, make-up artist Inge Grognard and designer Dirk Van Saene to interpret these garments in a styling with printed bodysuits which refer to the signature of the designers.

Antwerp Icons,. Photo: Ronald Stoops

Featuring: Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Dirk Van Saene, Walter Van Beirendonck, Marina Yee, Dirk Bikkembergs, Maison Martin Margiela, Christian Wijnants, Veronique Branquinho, Peter Pilotto, Bernhard Willhelm and A.F. Vandevorst (Photography by Ronald Stoops)

From September 8 2013 till February 16 2014 MoMu will present the exhibition ’50 Years Antwerp Fashion Department’. The exhibition is one of the many projects of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp celebrating its 350th anniversary.

Linda Lazer

Posted on 18/04/2013 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Linda Lazer

Hi, I am Linda Lazer,

I am a stay at home mom. I have special powers which I only use to make my children happy.

Mom is cutting vegetables and bread (via ntwicr)
Yoda Lunch by cookiecutterlunch (via molempire)
Translation: Thank you Mummy, for this delightful lunch!
(glikr.com via a-lisha)

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