Lifu Hsiao, how is born in Taiwan, graduated at the Fashion Institute Arnhem in 2008. After working at Veronique Branquinho in 2009, Hsiao is now launching his own womens label.

For his a/w collection Hsiao was inspired by his favorite pianist Glenn Gould, playing the Goldberg variations from J.S. Bach. He associate his interpretation with the Amish people.

The religious and somewhat restrained dress of the Amish is visible in reversed shoulder pads, which create an oblique shoulder line.The modern and refined collection displays a full range of womenswear, including skirts, dresses coats, blouses, trouser and shirts.

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Fashion designer Hyun Yeu presents “RAIN” the second collection from his menswear label “ADO LES SCENTS”. The Korean designer Hyun Yeu graduated at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2008. In 2009 he won the Frans Molenaar competition and started his own menswear label. With ‘ADO LES SCENTA’ the label aims at young minded men that are not afraid to stand out.

‘Rain’ is a menswear collection based on having fun on a rainy day and about daring to face the rain with a smile. The main character in the collection is the coat. Classic menswear items as suits, shirts and pants are combined with youthful and playful garments, the cape, rain coat and bomber jacket. A lot of attention was paid to the development of form, fit and cut of different garments. This has resulted in beautifully tailored jackets, sharp shirts and comfortable knitwear. The collection is smartly styled with classic black and dark blue brogues by Van Bommel and leather gloves by Gloves by Pia. Read More

Last Saturday January 30th OntFront presented their fifth men collection. This time speed, extra HP, spinning wheels was the theme of this show.
“I always loved the esthetic’s from car design. Spyker, Lamborghini… the lines and aerodynamic shape of the fast cars have been the base for the fifth collection.” says Liza Koifman.

The basic colours were very dark such as ‘asphalt’ anthracite and ‘rubber’ black with eggplant and red as accent colours. The fabrics are from Italy and France. Next to the traditional fabrics they also used water-resistant fabrics.

The collection has 68 pieces; from coats, t-shirts, jeans, shirts till unique blazers all very stylish. Just like the previous Fashion Week we at Fesjon also liked this collection it’s really fashion forward.

After the designers duo returned from Hong Kong Fashion Week we had the opportunity to interview the designers.

Images courtesy of Mariana Davelaar/Fesjon.com

The room is filled with the sound of crunching ice, a model carefully walks on top of  the ice  and walk on to the catwalk. His hair is covered with snow and ice.

For the fourth collection of the label Kim Bakker was inspired by the most southern extremity of Earths axis. In this place of eternal winter, Roald Amundsen accompanied by six travel companions and 16 husky’s was the first man in 1911 how reach the heart of the South pole.
The explorers endured great hardship, in their voyage through a white geometrical landscape that stood in contrast with the rocks. Read More