“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”.
Loes Wernsen studied Fashion & Branding at AMFI. When she started her Internship at the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam, she found her passion: the combination of fashion and art. That is why she decided to create a fashion exhibition “Beyond the Catwalk” also for her graduation project. The concept taps into the dynamic border between fashion and art, how they inspire each other and how they cause creative thinking.
Daniella Hod is a designer who never sleeps. The story of her collection “Insomnia” is about her life – she never sleeps but always dreams.
Daniella is a recent fashion and design graduate from AMFI. By combining contrasting materials in her graduation collection, she expresses the stages of sleep and the drowsiness of being almost awake. Light fabrics together with heavy knits create a remarkable combination in her designs.
Josefin Hernadi is an amazing designer with a poetic view on fashion.
Josefin studied Fashion & Design at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. Her Graduation Project is about ‘Handicraft and feminism in our contemporary era’. Through her research she became more fascinated by the women’s patience and virtuosity. With her collection she wanted to create a place for women to escape from all the obligations and expectations: Offkilter Wonderland.
2 days ago, in the delightful atmosphere of CBK – one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful exhibition- and project houses – there was a true showcase of which upcoming design talents will graduate next year at AMFI. Backstage the pressure was on and models, make up artist, hair stylists, last minute helpers and the designers themselves were dazzling around in upper concentration.. or was it just blank panic? Making 3 entire outfits in just one semester, after several checks, lots of talk and even more corrections the 3rd year students were ready to show what they were capable of and that was, not surprisingly, a lot. The focus of most collections was on the technique which showed us a wide variety of unique sleeves, collars, closures and complicated patterns in women and in menswear. A few students showed their previous work in Odd magazine so we were there to check out their latest creations. Here are the highlights just selected for you to have a sneak peek in the AMFI scene!
Between the huge piles of paper at the printing office of Robstolk stands Niels, a guy with grey curly hair, bright blue eyes and the friendliest smile, dressed in a red T-shirt with ink stains on it. The first prints of the Yearbook; Odd Fashion Connections are done and Niels has invited us to come and have a peek. He is excited to tell about his craft: printing.
