Posts

Posts uit 2017 tonen

Tentoonstelling Fashion Cities Africa

Afbeelding
Entree van de tentoonstelling Gisteren bezocht ik de tentoonstelling 'Fashion Cities Africa' in het Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Deze tentoonstelling laat de veelzijdige modescene zien in vier verschillende grote Afrikaanse steden: Casablanca (Marokko), Johannesburg (Zuid-Afrika), Nairobi (Kenia) en Lagos (Nigeria). Wie nog steeds denkt dat Afrikaanse mode voornamelijk traditioneel is moet zeker naar de tentoonstelling gaan om een totaal ander beeld voorgeschoteld te krijgen.Het was een feest om door de tentoonstelling te lopen.Te kijken naar de kledingstukken en video's en te luisteren naar de interviews en muziek.  Te zien zijn mooie ontwerpen en vernieuwende manieren van omgaan met textiel. Van experimenteel tot het gebruik van traditionele stoffen en/of technieken op een moderne manier. Veelal kledingstukken die draagbaar zijn en waar je je heel goed in kunt voelen. Ontwerpen uit de vrolijke en bijzondere lente zomercollectie 2015/2016 van Marianne Fassle

Book: Out of Fashion/ The new Fashion

Afbeelding
For my birthday I got the book ' Out of fashion /The new fashion' by Birgitta de Vos .    A book about the world of textiles. The world I love so much. Beautiful photography combined with texts. All done by Birgitta herself. Birgitta de Vos writes in her book the followings quotes: It is a picture poetry book embracing time as a treasure. Away from the fast lane of fashion it takes us on an inspirational world tour meeting forgotten textile makers and methods. It is in love with the proces of creation and embraces time as a treasure. Silent branding, mending, contemplative clothing and unplugged crafting reminding us again who we really are: creative beings. The beauty of this book starts with the cover. A little strip of unbleeched cotton is wrapped around the page. A fabric which we all know and is used in many garments we wear on a daily basis. The book is filled with visual poetry from all over the world. Starting with 'Tim

Kimono's by the House of Matsuzakaya

Afbeelding
Women dressed in kimono's in front of the shop by Matsuzakaya Triptyk 1813-1814 by Elzan Kikuwara (1787-1867) Last May we visited Paris for a few days.  Paris for us means next to enjoying every moment that we stay there visiting exhibitions. This time we have visited some unexpected exciting musuems. As was Musée Guimet : The National museum for Asiatic art. One of the exhibitions shown there was: 'Kimono: Au bonheur des dames'. The exhibition is nog longer on view, but this article will show you what you have missed. The exhibition showed about 100 kimono's and other artisanal products from the house  'Matsuzakaya' . This Japanese firm, founded in 1611 in Nagoya by Sukemichi "Ranmaru" Itö was originally a modest manufactory of silk kimono and Japanese laquerware.  Interior of the shop by Maison Matsuzakaya round 1772 In 1736 the company expaneded its business to the retail sale of cotton and linen kimono's. Logo Matsuzakaya T