Shoes by Victoria Spruce

Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. More » (via Dezeen)

Dutch Award Shows/ Aifw

Fashion graduates 2011 are competing.

Sanne Schepers won the G-Star Raw Talent Award. She made her collection completely by hand. This couture collection was awarded by a jeans-label, interesting..... (more)

The Frans Molenaar Prijs was won by Magnus Dekker. Magnus's collection is machinemade. Mr Molenaar is a Couturier, hmm, an intricate switch? Or just a case of plain randomness? Both Sanne and Magnus graduated from Artez, Arnhem's fashion department. Congrats!!

 Frans Molenaar is a dutch couturier, who donates €10.000 taken from his AOW (State Old Age Pensions Act), so he says.(runway photo's by Peter Stigter)

He's has not yet retired, but he did design a safety roller for the elderly.

Finale Frans Molenaar Prijs
Click HERE Finale Lichting 2011

Lichting 2011/Aifw

Lichting 2011, an Award show, with the best graduates from Art/fashion schools from all over the Netherlands.

 

The winner gets €10.000, provided by the Dutch denim brand "G-Star". Winner of this edition is Sanne Schepers from ArtEz Arnhem.

This year Lichting celebrates their fifth anniversary with a larger than life (news)paper.

Powered by Premsela.org/, G-Star, HTNK and AIFW

"In the audience are the 700 most important people for the next step in their careers: fashion journalists and influential stylists, ready to spot the next big thing; CEO’s and design managers on the look-out for talent; and the all-important players-behind-the-scenes, all eager to see what the nation’s academies have brought forth this year."

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