Guest Editor for a week: Kristina Meert

I was so excited when approached to be guest blogger on the lovely and fabulous Fesjon.com. Being that my married name is Meert, I feel as though I’ve come full circle to be writing for a website that is located in the Netherlands , which is where my husband’s family and the name Meert, originates from.
As I sit here in sunny southern california and think of all of you who are reading this on the other side of the world, I am reminded again how fashion and specifically handbags have united us all. Isn’t it amazing that most everyone in the world carries a bag of some sort? It doesn’t matter the time zone, the weather, the culture, the love of hand held art is truly universal. While Europe of course, is wildly influential in regards to handbag fashion and trend, we are seeing some amazing designs transcend from other countries around the globe.

Istanbul is home of Designer, Cenan Abas Sel who has created Cashhimi, a collection consisting of exotic and organic leathers such as croc, anaconda, python, ostrich and stingray. Known for the their brightly colored clutches, Cashhimi has caught our eye as a major player in the exotic arena. I am dying over Cashhimi’s blue-black ostrich clutch.

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In a remarkable way, designer Janice (known from the tv-show Project Catwalk) showed his new ready-to-wear FW/10 collection at the College Hotel in Amsterdam. The suites 108, 109 and 110 each had their own scene, with their own experience of fragrance, Music and visuals. By which the visitors were extra triggered for an ultimate experience of this new collection. And all of this was; in Jazz-style…

In Janice’s new collection a strong modern women stays central. By using lots of dark tones like black and blue, Janice shows femininity, with some tuff details.

The collection of Janice is available in luxury shops. By this he uses an interesting rule; from every piece of design there are only 100 available. Therefore  the clothing will stay exclusive!

Marloes completed her master year at the Fashion Institute Arnhem in 2009 and presented her collection, ‘Tolinger” during the Paris and Amsterdam International Fashion Week. This gave her the drive and motivation to continue her work as a designer.

As a designer Marloes have always been interested in old an traditional patterns. It always claims a roll in her collections, in shape, material en craft. That is why she is always looking for old tailoring and functionality in clothing.

The collections was made from wool, cotton, leather and silk. We saw knitting and a lot of embroidery. Natural colours like browns, beige, creme and whites where the main colours. Blue was the only colour accent that was used. The collection is based on old patterns patterns.

A collection that brings the past into the present.

Before Amsterdam International Fashion Week started Fesjon got the opportunity to interview Marloes.

Dear readers,

Since a few weeks I can start writing articles for Fesjon.com, witch is an honour for me! Let’s start by introducing myself: My name is Menieke de Ruiter a young fashionable woman at the age of 25. Since I was a little girl I have the untameable urge to write everything down, what I witness, feel or see.
So that’s what I’m about to do for you people. The education that I followed was Art and Culture but I ended up in a businesslike environment and became a manager. However I can’t put all my creativity in there. So that’s why I am very excited about writing about the latest fashion news! I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Love,

Menieke

In no time Fesjon.com is expanding. We will always be searching for fashion volunteers who are willing to contribute by writing an article. Besides that we are also on the look out for stylists who are willing to volunteer by giving styling tips, to give form to the styling guide, ins en outs. In the near future Fesjon.com will go international and we are talking about a national and international market.

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Iedereen kan zich registreren, er is erg veel mogelijk met het forum het gaat verder dan alleen een discussie starten en erop kunnen reageren. Er kunnen bijvoorbeeld groepen gemaakt worden, projectmatig samenwerken enz….