EVENT // AIFW: SUPERTRASH

And here we are, the post on the biggest show of AIFW 2011!

The well-known brand Supertrash (Dutch origin) got to close off with a marvellous show.

Hate her or love her, but designer Olcay Gulsen managed to put an impressive show on stage. The event started with off with footage from the roaring twenties, projected on lifesize screens. The rumbling music got the crowd in the mood, after which the models came in. And they kept coming! The collection was huge, and started with camel tones and floral prints.










On my wishlist: the little floral dress in the picture! The playsuits and longer pants were awesome, but I think that Supertrash often tends to become a little bit trashy at some point. The dresses and skirts were often way too short! Such a pity whenever you look at the quality of the fabrics and tailoring. My favorite leather jacket is from the hand of Supertrash (see the Velour post down below) and it's perfect!

The collection slowly diverged into the partywear. This part of the collection was kind of divided in, let's say 'super' and 'trash'. No pun intended. Some things I really, really wanted to have in my closet, and some dresses didn't even manage to cover the behinds of the petite models.








Nevertheless, Olcay Gulsen closed off with her well-known feel for glamour and said goodbye with a good portion of fireworks.

Like I said, hate it or love it. But you'll have to admit that she does have a feeling for drama, doesn't she?

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RANDOM // FEATURE

Got featured on the website of De Telegraaf, one of the biggest newspapers of the Netherlands! (I don't read it however haha)



The article

EVENT // AIFW: VELOUR

We're finally getting close to the final show of last week's fashion week dearies! And I've saved the best for last.. Let me introduce you to the Swedish brand Velour! The brand showed in association with Volvo and this collaboration worked out great.





The fashion crowd was at it's most stylish this night. The highlight? Stylist Jean-Paul Paula rocking his D-Squared thigh highs with spine heels!

The collection consisted of both menswear and clothing for women. I personally preferred the menswear - Velour has proven that putting young people into an old fisherman's outfit can really look good. I especially loved the stylish colour combinations, the casual knitwear in combination with simple denim and nicely tailored jackets. Although I wouldn't want to see those little knitted hats back into the street, it really worked well on the runway. Laid-back, stylish show.









Isn't that mens clutch just to die for? I got word there is going to be introduced a bag like that at the H&M mens department.. Guess who'll be standing in line?




My fav 'jellyfish' dress // H&M
Suede obi belt // H&M
Leather jacket // Supertrash
Birdskull necklace // my own
Suede booties // ZARA (not shown)

Finally, I'm leaving you with a (partial) picture of my outfit. Nothing special - everybody seemed to have the time to think about their clothing for hours, but I actually had to rush from work to the shows, grab some dinner and fix an outfit within 45 minutes, haha!

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OUTFIT // RED INTERMEZZO.

Decided to change the planning and post some stuff that doesn't involve fashion week.
Just a quick, cute outfit post to show off my red pumps! Decided to go for a softly coloured outfit to make those red colours pop.









Dress // H&M trend
Knitwear // ZARA
Lace tights // H&M
Red pumps // H&M
Shield ring // H&M
Clutch // vintage

The pictures turned out blurry so I gave the result a little bit of a vintage swing.

I'm going to keep it short because I am going to spend some quality time with my loved ones.. My internship is finally over! Going to celebrate it with homemade chocolate cupcakes with some ganache topping. See you soon.

EVENT // AIFW #3

I don't know how they did it, but these fresh new designers kept on surprising me with their collections last week! This is already part three of my report on AIFW and it's still about newbies! Amazing right?

And in my opinion, you're about to see one of the highlights of the fashion graduates collections. The Elise Kim show was my favorite by far, because her view on using fabric is beyond amazing! She didn't design mere clothes with her amazing fabrics.. She created artwork, pure artwork. I love people who think out of the box!






Love the 'woven' jackets and dresses, a piece like that would make the perfect eyecatcher on a party! By combining these extravagant pieces with more toned down, nicely tailored basics, Elise Kim succeeded in creating a collection that would definitely fit into my closet.







..What do you think of it, would you wear Elise Kim's pieces?

Back tomorrow with the last show of that night! Aren't you proud of me for posting this regularly? Haha!

See you soon dearies.

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EVENT // AIFW #2

The first day of Fashion Week was a day full of rookies! I visited an event at a location I personally like really much - I am talking about Crème Fresh, held in an old printer building called 'Trouw'. I've been to several underground parties and concerts there, it's a very industrial setting and perfect to show a collection in.

And so did Lotte van Keulen, the first of three designers to have showed during Crème Fresh. It was her first collection and just like the designers of earlier that day I was surprised by the quality of her collection!










Velvet (you know how I adore that fabric!!), red leather in combination with sheer cream blouses, flowy capes, interesting prints and red eyeshadow. I liked this show. It wasn't extremely refreshing, but it indeed was extremely wearable.
Although I won't be able to pull of that velvet dress look. Worn by anyone else but a skinny model that dress would look lovely in the red light district. Such a shame, haha!

There are still four more shows to show you! With the big Supertrash finale to top it off with..

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EVENT // AIFW #1

Hi dearies, so here's part one of the AIFW report!

At AIFW day 1 I visited the Roya Hesam and ZEM by Samira Algoe shows. The opinions on the shows were divided: especially Roya Hesam received both fantastic and horrible reviews. But I have to say that I thought the clothes were pretty. If you take into consideration that Roya Hesam got her bachelor degree in fashion design less than a year ago, it's quite impressive what she has accomplished already.

See for yourself!








Hesam managed to create a dreamy collection made out of sheer fabric in soft sea blue and creamy colours. The music playing during the show, the little tribal makeup details and the beautiful jewellery (me wanna!) all contributed to create this simple but beautiful world.

I especially loved Hesam's use of colour and fabric, she is well known for her inspiring combinations.






Right before the Roya Hesam show, another young designer called Samira Algoe got to show her ZEM menswear collection. A Hesam girl and ZEM boy would make a perfectly dressed couple, the colours really matched.

In contrast to Roya Hesam however, Samira Algoe showed a more Scandinavian kind of minimalism with fitted jackets and clear lines instead of loosely flowing fabric.

I especially loved the pastel colours on the models, I really hope that tailored pastel will become a mens trend! Love it.

Oh and someone please get me that tan leather duffle bag and baby blue cape.

So pretty.

Coming up: the Lotte van Keulen shows from the first evening, Velour and... SUPERTRASH..

OUTFIT // AIFW DAY 1

I am exhausted. What an incredibly busy week! Not only have I been working my ass off at the hospital internship, I have also tried to attend as many Fashion Week events as possible! There are so many pictures to show, you're going to be spoiled with an excessive amount of posts dearies, haha.

But let's start at the beginning.. Day 1 of AIFW!




Photo credits: Elisah from the digitalistas and Fred N. Lovely and fashionable people ♥

Oversized knitwear // ZARA
Purple blazer // vintage
Pastel blouse // Primark
Grey shorts // ZARA
Wedges // Topshop
Turban // eBayed
Bag // vintage
Hardware bracelet // made it myself
Watches // CASIO and vintage
Golden ring // vintage

This is what I was wearing to the first day of Amsterdam International Fashion Week! I was having my personal papparazzi moment at the time this picture was taken.. There were four photographers and one camera man taking footage of what I was wearing! I am not used to that crazy fashion stuff guys.. Surrealistic!

At day 1 I attended the small shows of several designers:

- Roya Hesam
- ZEM by Samira Algoe
- Lotte van Keulen
- Elise Kim
- Ellis Biemans

The last three on the list were fresh fashion design graduates and I must say that they have impressed me! I'll be showing the pictures to you asap.

Me and my friends went for a little shoot in the underground afterwards, we had so much fun!







To be continued..

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HUGE!

I am too excited for words.

I know I have been away for centuries once again, but this time I had a good reason.. Or wait, I even have two!

1. Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Attended it. Loads and LOADS Of pictures to come.
2. I COMPLETELY CHANGED THE BLOG!

I am so excited that I WANT TO TYPE EVERYTHING OUT LOUD BY USING CAPSLOCK.
But the huge changes that I made are because I felt ready for something new and more mature. So I'll try to hold back on my.. AHRRR.. CAPSLOCK.. TYPING.. URGE!

No seriously, I had been feeling like I had grown out of Stijlkind for quite a while now and I have finally taken the step. The name wasn't internationally oriented and I didn't like the sound of it at all after a while. So I came up with a name that fits the concept I want to carry out (and it sounds cool and intellectual, big plus haha.)

I already tried it out today at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week the moment people asked me about my blog: it felt great to say 'it's called concept of infinity!'

The content of the blog will basically be the same, except for the fact that I will be posting in a more structural way. If you've recently gone through the blog you might have noticed that I have been introducing some subjects that I will be updating on a weekly bases, next to the regular posts. The Wednesday Wannahave topic is a great example.

I'll be working on an extreme increase of quality AND quantity of my posts as well.

So, what do you think of the new name, fresh concept and crispy new layout? I would love to hear from you!

To make up for all the neglect I will be treating you with loads of AMFI pictures asap!

Here's a little preview of what I wore to the events. (Together with the new layout I finally have bigger pictures on the blog, huge improvement!)



See you soon dearies. MWUAH. ♥

PS Some of you might remember that I promised to do a nice giveaway.. Hee hee hee