Yesterday was absolutely amazing! Really, what an experience to be together with about 50-60 people, all interested in fashion (design)! Wow.
OK, the day itself didn’t start THAT nice. I needed to get up at 06:00, to be at the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam at 11:00. So, at 07:37 I caught the bus, and about an hour later the train. The train arrived too late in Amsterdam, because of a delay. So I couldn’t catch the next train, to Amsterdam-Lelylaan, either.
Still, I walked to the platform, but like expected the train was gone. I saw two girls standing there, packed with overweight bags, which I thought had fabric in them. So I approached them, about the train, and about the workshop too actually. Gladly, they were also too late. Together we figured out which train to catch. So, we ended up at Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), haha. We needed to get out the stop before, but there weren’t any signs we were already at Lelylaan, and there wasn’t a train announcement. At Schiphol, we took the next train back, walked about 10 minutes, and were finally where we needed to be, the World Fashion Center.
It looked better in real actually, the room was so large, this is just a really small part of it.
Most of the girls (and only one boy) were already there, on time, unlike us. We had to choose a sewing machine and all started to work on our designs. Although I have a map of about 30 designs, I picked the one that I came up with when I got up that morning, haha. I never seem to make anything I draw, only designs I suddenly come up with.
This fashion design student immediately caught my eye, gosh she looked wonderful! Too bad you can’t see her hair that well. The first part is white, second part green, and last part purple. You might think “What the hell?!”, but it looked gorgeous on her! The dress really reminded me of one of my own vintage floral dresses. It’s almost exactly the same print, right?
Some fashion design students, of Artez Arnhem, walked around to offer us help. After a few hours, we got the most delicious sandwiches, all with vegetables and cheese or meat. I picked one with cucumber, rucola and brie (French cheese). Although this sounds stupid, I was quite exited about that, cause I expected the normal kind of soft sandwiches with cheese or meat, but they looked really exclusive.
Another part of the space and another student. She actually taped her 15cm heels to her feet.
Then, after another while, we all got to meet Bas Kosters (Dutch couturier) in his studio, and he gave us all sorts of information about his own shows (which are anything but normal) and gave us tips what to think about at our final shows (for the Kunstbende). His studio is really small, but so amazing because of all the colors, and funny stuffed animals (which he makes himself), and even because of the mess. And, it’s on the 13th floor, with the most beautiful view all over Amsterdam! I also took a look in Mada van Gaans‘ studio, which was 6 times larger, and she was even there herself!
After the tour, I went back to Bas Kosters, and asked if I could take a shot of him in his studio. He’s such a nice person by the way. Too bad he took off his great cardigan, just before I asked.
At the end, all the finished designs were shown by some girls, in a some sort of runway show. Together with the girls I met in the morning, I went back home. They are also from Limburg (province), so are my opponents in the qualifying round!
And I need models! Models, models, models! Someone interested in walking the runway in one of my designs on March 30 in Sittard? I will probably walk too, but I will need at least one model for every 2 designs.
You don’t have to be a size 34/XS! A 36/S is great and if you’re tall, a 38 would work too! This is just for the experience and for ones that think it’s fun to do for a day, I’m not searching for paid models, cause I can’t afford that as a normal student.
Please e-mail me at contact@fashionfillers.com!
Leuk!!
Ben benieuwd naar je ontwerpen :)
Je moet even een account maken op http://www.dutchheaven.nl
Dat is the place to be om modellen te vinden!
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Heel erg bedankt voor de tip!
Dit is zooooo gaaaaf! Ben stinkend jaloers op je :P. En beter dat je 2 andere meiden hebt leren kennen die dicht bij je in de buurt wonen. Is wel zo prettig!
En Bas ziet er tres cool uit in die foto! Ik ben benieuwd naar je ontwerpen en veel succes :D!
Ben ook jaloers op mezelf, haha. Ja klopt, maar ’t zijn uiteindelijk wel mijn tegenstanders.
Wel jammer dat hij net zijn vest had uitgedaan, zag er nog 10x beter uit ;) Dankjewel!
Sounds like you had a great day! I wish I could take part in such a workshop, too.
wow sounds like an amazing day! looking forward to seeing your designs
Wow that’s amazing! Good going girl!
Show us some of ur designs..
@Nadine&Skyla: It was one of the greatest days in my life ;)
@Alya: I would love to already show you some designs, but it’s really better for me to wait until the show… It may sound silly but there really is a lot of bitchy idea-stealing/copying going on by these sorts of contests.
Kan niet wachten om je ontwerpen te zien…misschien kom ik wel kijken als ik tijd heb..
Ik zet de foto’s uiteraard op m’n site ;)
Love what that girl is wearing… Must check out more of Bas Kloosters’ work…
Wow, wat een geweldige kans! Ik kan niet wachten om je ontwerpen te zien!
Het meisje met de blonde/groen/paarse haren heeft echt een leuke manier van kleden. Haar kleedje is super!
Her outfit is truly amazing ;)
Susie, it’s Bas Kosters by the way, not Kloosters ;)