CAMPAIGN ’18 SHOT BY STEVE TAYLOR
Campaign shot and styled by Steve Taylor
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CAMPAIGN ’18 SHOT BY STEVE TAYLOR
Campaign shot and styled by Steve Taylor
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CAMPAIGN ’18 BY STEVE TAYLOR
Campaign shot and styled by Steve Taylor
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CAMPAIGN ’18 BY STEVE TAYLOR
Campaign shot and styled by Steve Taylor
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POPPY ‘BLEACH BLOND BABY’ performance at TRL
POPPY wearing Steven VandeRyt (complete look)
Performance for TRL
Styling: Samantha Burkhart
MUA: Ashley Kucich
Source: Getty Images
POPPY ‘BLEACH BLOND BABY’ PERFORMANCE AT TRL
POPPY wearing Steven VandeRyt (complete look)
Performance for TRL
Styling: Samantha Burkhart
MUA: Ashley Kucich
JUTE MAGAZINE – EDITORIAL SPREAD
Editorial spread in JUTE MAGAZINE January 2018 issue.
Photographer: Ben Duggan
Stylist: Douglas VanLaningham
Hair: Dustin Baker
MUA: Garret Gervais
Model: Alba Luna
Boots by Scottacus Anthony
JUTE MAGAZINE – EDITORIAL SPREAD
Editorial spread in JUTE MAGAZINE January 2018 issue.
Photographer: Ben Duggan
Stylist: Douglas VanLaningham
Hair: Dustin Baker
MUA: Garret Gervais
Model: Alba Luna
Boots by Scottacus Anthony
LAWRENCE ROTHMAN – STAND BY | MUSIC VIDEO
Music video for Lawrence Rothman’s song Stand By.
Director: Lawrence Rothman
Models/dancers: Tyy Wells, Jasmine Neal Buquerque
Stylist: Douglas VanLaningham
MUA: Mynxii White
Special Effects: Allison McGillicuddy
Production: MAAVEN
Wearing: Steven VandeRyt
LAWRENCE ROTHMAN – STAND BY | MUSIC VIDEO
Music video for Lawrence Rothman’s song Stand By.
Director: Lawrence Rothman
Models/dancers: Tyy Wells, Jasmine Neal Buquerque
Stylist: Douglas VanLaningham
MUA: Mynxii White
Special Effects: Allison McGillicuddy
Production: MAAVEN
Wearing: Steven VandeRyt
POPPY X STEVEN VANDERYT for NYLON JAPAN
A interview and photoreport about singer, songwritter and YouTube sensation Poppy done for NYLON Japan Nov Issue 2017.
Photography: Daniela Vesco
Styling: Samantha Burkhart
MUA: Ashley Kucich
Wearing: Steven VandeRyt
www.NYLON.jp
POPPY X STEVEN VANDERYT for NYLON JAPAN
A interview and photoreport about singer, songwritter and YouTube sensation Poppy done for NYLON Japan Nov Issue 2017.
Photography: Daniela Vesco
Styling: Samantha Burkhart
MUA: Ashley Kucich
Wearing: Steven VandeRyt
www.NYLON.jp
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 1 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: MICHELLE PENNINGS
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 2 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: CHARLEAN DOBBE
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 3 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: GIEL VAN ASTEN
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 4 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: ELLIE ELIZUR
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 5 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: SOPHIE DE SCHEPPER
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 6 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: NAVARONE COLE
PHOTGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 7 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: LISSE OOMEN
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 LOOK 8 FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODEL: CLAUDIA DE WILDE
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 BACKSTAGE SHOT FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODELS: ELLIE ELIZUR AND CLAUDIA DE WILDE
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2017 BACKSTAGE SHOT FROM THE NEW COLLECTION – OGERETLA
MODELS: MICHELLE PENNINGS AND CHARLEAN DOBBE
PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM PETER STIGTER
GRADUATION EXHIBITION – NEW LOOK?
NEW LOOK?
THE GRADUATION EXHIBITION
BY PUTTING A LOT OFF PRESSURE ON HIS GRADUATION, STEVEN STARTED TO WONDER WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE THE EXPOSE HIMSELF. HE WANTED TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD AND NOT FOLLOW THE REGULAR GRADUATION SYSTEM. ALSO THERE WAS THE BURNING QUESTION WHO STEVEN IS AS AN DESIGNER. A QUESTION THAT NEEDED SOME TIME TO ANSWER. SO MUCH TIME THAT THE CONCEPT FOR THE COLLECTION STARTED WITH THIS QUESTION.
STEVEN STARTED WITH A RESEARCH GOING BACK INTO HIS OWN HISTORY TO LOOK FOR DEFINING MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE THAT SHAPED HIM AS A DESIGNER. FROM LITTLE MOMENTS AS A CHILD LEARNING ABOUT STYLE FROM HIS MOTHER, TO MAKING HIS OWN COMPLETE COLLECTIONS WITH VISUAL STORIES.
AFTER REVIEWING ALL ASPECTS FROM THEN UNTILL NOW AND HAVING MADE A RESEARCH REPORT ABOUT STEVEN’S POINT OF VIEW ON HIS DESIGN ESTHETIC, THERE WAS A CLEAR VIEW ON WHO STEVEN WAS AS A DESIGNER AND WHAT HIS VIEW ON FASHION IS.
THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND PLACE HIM IN THE MODERN FASHION WORLD. WHAT WOULD HE DO? WHAT WOULD HE BE KNOWN FOR? ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION, IN A FASHION WORLD THAT IS RUN BY FUNCTIONALITY AND COMMERCIALISM AT THE MOMENT AND WITH STEVEN BEING A SCULPTURAL DESIGNER THAT IS NOT BUSY WITH WEARABILITY AND SALES.
THE FIRST THING THAT STOOD OUT WHEN RESEARCHING DESIGNERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE TO STEVEN IS THAT LOTS OFF THEM ARE GIVING INTO THE FAST FASHION SYSTEM AND ARE STARTING TO MAKE THERE EXCLUSIVE COUTURE COLLECTIONS MORE WEARABLE EVERY SEASON. ALSO THE GROWING QUANTITY WITHIN THESE COLLECTIONS IS A NOTIBLE FACT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2006 COUTURE COLLECTIONS FROM THE HIGH END COUTUREHOUSES, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS WAS AROUND 50 TO 60. LIKE THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, NOWADAYS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS IS AROUND 90 TO 120. REMEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COUTURE COLLECTIONS. THE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS THAT REALLY SHOWS THE DESIGNERS HANDWRITING, IT SEEMS AMAZING THAT YOU NEED AROUND 100 LOOKS FOR THAT, EVERY SEASON.
IRRITATED BY THIS GIVING INTO THE SYSTEM BY ROLEMODELS TO STEVEN, HE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AGAINST THIS SYSTEM. LET COUTURE BE ART, NOT FASHION. HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE IDEA TO MAKE SCULPTURES WITHOUT SOMEBODY WEARING THE PIECE. TO MAKE HIS OWN MODELS AND MAKE THE GARMENT AROUND THE MODEL, SO THE MODEL WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE GARMENT.
THEN THERE WAS THE DESSIRE TO PUT THE MODELS WITH GARMENTS IN ABSURD POSES TO MAKE THE WHOLE LOOK MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.
STATEMENT:
IT’S TIME FOR A NEW LOOK ON COUTURE. COUTURE, WITCH IS STUCK IN FAST FASHION, IS GIVING INTO COMMERCIALISM AND TRENDS WITH THE EFFECT THAT NEW DESIGNERS DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE JIONING THIS FAST FASHION SYSTEM.
NOW ME AS A NEW DESIGNER IS GOING TO DISCOVER A NEW WAY OF MAKING COUTURE ART AGAIN. I’M GOING TO SHOW MY WAY OF MAKING WHAT I THINK IS ART WITH THE AMBITION TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO SEE A NEW WAY OF SLOWING DOWN FASHION AND STARTING TO SEE CRAFTMANSHIP AND LOVE IN GARMENTS AGAIN.
TO UPPER THE STATEMENT STEVEN DICIDED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE NORMAL FASHIONSHOW THE ACADEMY PROVIDES FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND MADE THE DECISION TO PRESENT THE WORK IN A EXHIBITION. HE WANTED TO PRESENT A MOMENT CAUGHT IN TIME. A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHERE 4 LOOKS WOULD BE PRESENTED AS 4 SCULPTURES FALLING FROM THE SKY BUT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY DOWN, REPRESENTING THE FALLEN GLORY OF COUTURE AND IT BEING STUCK IN THE CURRENT FASHION SYSTEM.
ALSO BY OVERWORKING EVERY LOOK WHERE IT WOULD LEAN TO BEING KITSCH OR JUST TO MUCH, STEVEN WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE QAULITY AND DEPTH THAT EVERY SINGLE LOOK OR GARMENT SHOULD HAVE.
GRADUATION EXHIBITION – NEW LOOK?
NEW LOOK?
THE GRADUATION EXHIBITION
BY PUTTING A LOT OFF PRESSURE ON HIS GRADUATION, STEVEN STARTED TO WONDER WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE THE EXPOSE HIMSELF. HE WANTED TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD AND NOT FOLLOW THE REGULAR GRADUATION SYSTEM. ALSO THERE WAS THE BURNING QUESTION WHO STEVEN IS AS AN DESIGNER. A QUESTION THAT NEEDED SOME TIME TO ANSWER. SO MUCH TIME THAT THE CONCEPT FOR THE COLLECTION STARTED WITH THIS QUESTION.
STEVEN STARTED WITH A RESEARCH GOING BACK INTO HIS OWN HISTORY TO LOOK FOR DEFINING MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE THAT SHAPED HIM AS A DESIGNER. FROM LITTLE MOMENTS AS A CHILD LEARNING ABOUT STYLE FROM HIS MOTHER, TO MAKING HIS OWN COMPLETE COLLECTIONS WITH VISUAL STORIES.
AFTER REVIEWING ALL ASPECTS FROM THEN UNTILL NOW AND HAVING MADE A RESEARCH REPORT ABOUT STEVEN’S POINT OF VIEW ON HIS DESIGN ESTHETIC, THERE WAS A CLEAR VIEW ON WHO STEVEN WAS AS A DESIGNER AND WHAT HIS VIEW ON FASHION IS.
THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND PLACE HIM IN THE MODERN FASHION WORLD. WHAT WOULD HE DO? WHAT WOULD HE BE KNOWN FOR? ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION, IN A FASHION WORLD THAT IS RUN BY FUNCTIONALITY AND COMMERCIALISM AT THE MOMENT AND WITH STEVEN BEING A SCULPTURAL DESIGNER THAT IS NOT BUSY WITH WEARABILITY AND SALES.
THE FIRST THING THAT STOOD OUT WHEN RESEARCHING DESIGNERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE TO STEVEN IS THAT LOTS OFF THEM ARE GIVING INTO THE FAST FASHION SYSTEM AND ARE STARTING TO MAKE THERE EXCLUSIVE COUTURE COLLECTIONS MORE WEARABLE EVERY SEASON. ALSO THE GROWING QUANTITY WITHIN THESE COLLECTIONS IS A NOTIBLE FACT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2006 COUTURE COLLECTIONS FROM THE HIGH END COUTUREHOUSES, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS WAS AROUND 50 TO 60. LIKE THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, NOWADAYS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS IS AROUND 90 TO 120. REMEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COUTURE COLLECTIONS. THE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS THAT REALLY SHOWS THE DESIGNERS HANDWRITING, IT SEEMS AMAZING THAT YOU NEED AROUND 100 LOOKS FOR THAT, EVERY SEASON.
IRRITATED BY THIS GIVING INTO THE SYSTEM BY ROLEMODELS TO STEVEN, HE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AGAINST THIS SYSTEM. LET COUTURE BE ART, NOT FASHION. HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE IDEA TO MAKE SCULPTURES WITHOUT SOMEBODY WEARING THE PIECE. TO MAKE HIS OWN MODELS AND MAKE THE GARMENT AROUND THE MODEL, SO THE MODEL WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE GARMENT.
THEN THERE WAS THE DESSIRE TO PUT THE MODELS WITH GARMENTS IN ABSURD POSES TO MAKE THE WHOLE LOOK MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.
STATEMENT:
IT’S TIME FOR A NEW LOOK ON COUTURE. COUTURE, WITCH IS STUCK IN FAST FASHION, IS GIVING INTO COMMERCIALISM AND TRENDS WITH THE EFFECT THAT NEW DESIGNERS DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE JIONING THIS FAST FASHION SYSTEM.
NOW ME AS A NEW DESIGNER IS GOING TO DISCOVER A NEW WAY OF MAKING COUTURE ART AGAIN. I’M GOING TO SHOW MY WAY OF MAKING WHAT I THINK IS ART WITH THE AMBITION TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO SEE A NEW WAY OF SLOWING DOWN FASHION AND STARTING TO SEE CRAFTMANSHIP AND LOVE IN GARMENTS AGAIN.
TO UPPER THE STATEMENT STEVEN DICIDED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE NORMAL FASHIONSHOW THE ACADEMY PROVIDES FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND MADE THE DECISION TO PRESENT THE WORK IN A EXHIBITION. HE WANTED TO PRESENT A MOMENT CAUGHT IN TIME. A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHERE 4 LOOKS WOULD BE PRESENTED AS 4 SCULPTURES FALLING FROM THE SKY BUT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY DOWN, REPRESENTING THE FALLEN GLORY OF COUTURE AND IT BEING STUCK IN THE CURRENT FASHION SYSTEM.
ALSO BY OVERWORKING EVERY LOOK WHERE IT WOULD LEAN TO BEING KITSCH OR JUST TO MUCH, STEVEN WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE QAULITY AND DEPTH THAT EVERY SINGLE LOOK OR GARMENT SHOULD HAVE.
GRADUATION EXHIBITION – NEW LOOK?
NEW LOOK?
THE GRADUATION EXHIBITION
BY PUTTING A LOT OFF PRESSURE ON HIS GRADUATION, STEVEN STARTED TO WONDER WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE THE EXPOSE HIMSELF. HE WANTED TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD AND NOT FOLLOW THE REGULAR GRADUATION SYSTEM. ALSO THERE WAS THE BURNING QUESTION WHO STEVEN IS AS AN DESIGNER. A QUESTION THAT NEEDED SOME TIME TO ANSWER. SO MUCH TIME THAT THE CONCEPT FOR THE COLLECTION STARTED WITH THIS QUESTION.
STEVEN STARTED WITH A RESEARCH GOING BACK INTO HIS OWN HISTORY TO LOOK FOR DEFINING MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE THAT SHAPED HIM AS A DESIGNER. FROM LITTLE MOMENTS AS A CHILD LEARNING ABOUT STYLE FROM HIS MOTHER, TO MAKING HIS OWN COMPLETE COLLECTIONS WITH VISUAL STORIES.
AFTER REVIEWING ALL ASPECTS FROM THEN UNTILL NOW AND HAVING MADE A RESEARCH REPORT ABOUT STEVEN’S POINT OF VIEW ON HIS DESIGN ESTHETIC, THERE WAS A CLEAR VIEW ON WHO STEVEN WAS AS A DESIGNER AND WHAT HIS VIEW ON FASHION IS.
THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND PLACE HIM IN THE MODERN FASHION WORLD. WHAT WOULD HE DO? WHAT WOULD HE BE KNOWN FOR? ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION, IN A FASHION WORLD THAT IS RUN BY FUNCTIONALITY AND COMMERCIALISM AT THE MOMENT AND WITH STEVEN BEING A SCULPTURAL DESIGNER THAT IS NOT BUSY WITH WEARABILITY AND SALES.
THE FIRST THING THAT STOOD OUT WHEN RESEARCHING DESIGNERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE TO STEVEN IS THAT LOTS OFF THEM ARE GIVING INTO THE FAST FASHION SYSTEM AND ARE STARTING TO MAKE THERE EXCLUSIVE COUTURE COLLECTIONS MORE WEARABLE EVERY SEASON. ALSO THE GROWING QUANTITY WITHIN THESE COLLECTIONS IS A NOTIBLE FACT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2006 COUTURE COLLECTIONS FROM THE HIGH END COUTUREHOUSES, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS WAS AROUND 50 TO 60. LIKE THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, NOWADAYS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS IS AROUND 90 TO 120. REMEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COUTURE COLLECTIONS. THE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS THAT REALLY SHOWS THE DESIGNERS HANDWRITING, IT SEEMS AMAZING THAT YOU NEED AROUND 100 LOOKS FOR THAT, EVERY SEASON.
IRRITATED BY THIS GIVING INTO THE SYSTEM BY ROLEMODELS TO STEVEN, HE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AGAINST THIS SYSTEM. LET COUTURE BE ART, NOT FASHION. HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE IDEA TO MAKE SCULPTURES WITHOUT SOMEBODY WEARING THE PIECE. TO MAKE HIS OWN MODELS AND MAKE THE GARMENT AROUND THE MODEL, SO THE MODEL WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE GARMENT.
THEN THERE WAS THE DESSIRE TO PUT THE MODELS WITH GARMENTS IN ABSURD POSES TO MAKE THE WHOLE LOOK MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.
STATEMENT:
IT’S TIME FOR A NEW LOOK ON COUTURE. COUTURE, WITCH IS STUCK IN FAST FASHION, IS GIVING INTO COMMERCIALISM AND TRENDS WITH THE EFFECT THAT NEW DESIGNERS DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE JIONING THIS FAST FASHION SYSTEM.
NOW ME AS A NEW DESIGNER IS GOING TO DISCOVER A NEW WAY OF MAKING COUTURE ART AGAIN. I’M GOING TO SHOW MY WAY OF MAKING WHAT I THINK IS ART WITH THE AMBITION TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO SEE A NEW WAY OF SLOWING DOWN FASHION AND STARTING TO SEE CRAFTMANSHIP AND LOVE IN GARMENTS AGAIN.
TO UPPER THE STATEMENT STEVEN DICIDED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE NORMAL FASHIONSHOW THE ACADEMY PROVIDES FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND MADE THE DECISION TO PRESENT THE WORK IN A EXHIBITION. HE WANTED TO PRESENT A MOMENT CAUGHT IN TIME. A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHERE 4 LOOKS WOULD BE PRESENTED AS 4 SCULPTURES FALLING FROM THE SKY BUT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY DOWN, REPRESENTING THE FALLEN GLORY OF COUTURE AND IT BEING STUCK IN THE CURRENT FASHION SYSTEM.
ALSO BY OVERWORKING EVERY LOOK WHERE IT WOULD LEAN TO BEING KITSCH OR JUST TO MUCH, STEVEN WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE QAULITY AND DEPTH THAT EVERY SINGLE LOOK OR GARMENT SHOULD HAVE.
GRADUATION EXHIBITION – NEW LOOK?
NEW LOOK?
THE GRADUATION EXHIBITION
BY PUTTING A LOT OFF PRESSURE ON HIS GRADUATION, STEVEN STARTED TO WONDER WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE THE EXPOSE HIMSELF. HE WANTED TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD AND NOT FOLLOW THE REGULAR GRADUATION SYSTEM. ALSO THERE WAS THE BURNING QUESTION WHO STEVEN IS AS AN DESIGNER. A QUESTION THAT NEEDED SOME TIME TO ANSWER. SO MUCH TIME THAT THE CONCEPT FOR THE COLLECTION STARTED WITH THIS QUESTION.
STEVEN STARTED WITH A RESEARCH GOING BACK INTO HIS OWN HISTORY TO LOOK FOR DEFINING MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE THAT SHAPED HIM AS A DESIGNER. FROM LITTLE MOMENTS AS A CHILD LEARNING ABOUT STYLE FROM HIS MOTHER, TO MAKING HIS OWN COMPLETE COLLECTIONS WITH VISUAL STORIES.
AFTER REVIEWING ALL ASPECTS FROM THEN UNTILL NOW AND HAVING MADE A RESEARCH REPORT ABOUT STEVEN’S POINT OF VIEW ON HIS DESIGN ESTHETIC, THERE WAS A CLEAR VIEW ON WHO STEVEN WAS AS A DESIGNER AND WHAT HIS VIEW ON FASHION IS.
THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND PLACE HIM IN THE MODERN FASHION WORLD. WHAT WOULD HE DO? WHAT WOULD HE BE KNOWN FOR? ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION, IN A FASHION WORLD THAT IS RUN BY FUNCTIONALITY AND COMMERCIALISM AT THE MOMENT AND WITH STEVEN BEING A SCULPTURAL DESIGNER THAT IS NOT BUSY WITH WEARABILITY AND SALES.
THE FIRST THING THAT STOOD OUT WHEN RESEARCHING DESIGNERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE TO STEVEN IS THAT LOTS OFF THEM ARE GIVING INTO THE FAST FASHION SYSTEM AND ARE STARTING TO MAKE THERE EXCLUSIVE COUTURE COLLECTIONS MORE WEARABLE EVERY SEASON. ALSO THE GROWING QUANTITY WITHIN THESE COLLECTIONS IS A NOTIBLE FACT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2006 COUTURE COLLECTIONS FROM THE HIGH END COUTUREHOUSES, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS WAS AROUND 50 TO 60. LIKE THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, NOWADAYS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LOOKS IS AROUND 90 TO 120. REMEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COUTURE COLLECTIONS. THE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS THAT REALLY SHOWS THE DESIGNERS HANDWRITING, IT SEEMS AMAZING THAT YOU NEED AROUND 100 LOOKS FOR THAT, EVERY SEASON.
IRRITATED BY THIS GIVING INTO THE SYSTEM BY ROLEMODELS TO STEVEN, HE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AGAINST THIS SYSTEM. LET COUTURE BE ART, NOT FASHION. HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE IDEA TO MAKE SCULPTURES WITHOUT SOMEBODY WEARING THE PIECE. TO MAKE HIS OWN MODELS AND MAKE THE GARMENT AROUND THE MODEL, SO THE MODEL WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE GARMENT.
THEN THERE WAS THE DESSIRE TO PUT THE MODELS WITH GARMENTS IN ABSURD POSES TO MAKE THE WHOLE LOOK MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.
STATEMENT:
IT’S TIME FOR A NEW LOOK ON COUTURE. COUTURE, WITCH IS STUCK IN FAST FASHION, IS GIVING INTO COMMERCIALISM AND TRENDS WITH THE EFFECT THAT NEW DESIGNERS DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE JIONING THIS FAST FASHION SYSTEM.
NOW ME AS A NEW DESIGNER IS GOING TO DISCOVER A NEW WAY OF MAKING COUTURE ART AGAIN. I’M GOING TO SHOW MY WAY OF MAKING WHAT I THINK IS ART WITH THE AMBITION TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO SEE A NEW WAY OF SLOWING DOWN FASHION AND STARTING TO SEE CRAFTMANSHIP AND LOVE IN GARMENTS AGAIN.
TO UPPER THE STATEMENT STEVEN DICIDED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE NORMAL FASHIONSHOW THE ACADEMY PROVIDES FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND MADE THE DECISION TO PRESENT THE WORK IN A EXHIBITION. HE WANTED TO PRESENT A MOMENT CAUGHT IN TIME. A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHERE 4 LOOKS WOULD BE PRESENTED AS 4 SCULPTURES FALLING FROM THE SKY BUT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY DOWN, REPRESENTING THE FALLEN GLORY OF COUTURE AND IT BEING STUCK IN THE CURRENT FASHION SYSTEM.
ALSO BY OVERWORKING EVERY LOOK WHERE IT WOULD LEAN TO BEING KITSCH OR JUST TO MUCH, STEVEN WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE QAULITY AND DEPTH THAT EVERY SINGLE LOOK OR GARMENT SHOULD HAVE.
CRYSTAL NOVA
NOMINATED FOR THE FOEDERER TALENT AWARD 2016
EXHIBITION AT:
GLOW EINDHOVEN
LAC STUDIOS
CRYSTAL NOVA
EXPOSITION AT:
LAC STUDIOS
LICHTPLEIN
12 – 19 NOVEMBER
SATURDAY
18:30 – 24:00
SUNDAY – THURSDAY
18:30 – 23:00
FRIDAY – SATURDAY
18:30 – 24:00
CIRQUE DU COUTURE ’10
BECAUSE OF THE FAST TIME WE LIVE IN THERE ARE MULTIBLE BIG CHANCES TAKING PLACE. ONE OF THESE CHANGES IS IN ENTERTAMENT. THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR NEW WAYS OF ENTERTAMENT AND WE AS HUMANS REALLY WANT TO BE AMUSED. BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE A LOT OF OLD ENTERTAMENT RESOURCES ARE DRYING OUT. FOR INSTANCE THE NOSTALGIC CIRCUS.
FOR YEARS AND YEARS PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE CIRCUS. FOR A LONG TIME THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS GOING DOWN AND A LOT OF CIRCUSES RUN OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF NO INCOMING FONDS AND HAVE TO SHUT THE CIRCUS DOWN.
THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE CIRCUS, MOST OFF THE TIME, DONT KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING ELSE THEN WORK IN THE CIRCUS. THEY ARE TRAINED FOR THIS AND THEY HAVE LIVED LIKE A CLOSE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS.
BECAUSE THE CIRCUS WORLD BEING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WORLDS THEY REALLY TRY TO STAY IN THE CIRCUS OR TRY TO FIND ANOTHER TYPE OF JOB CONCERNING THE CIRCUS. PROCLAIMING A CERTAIN KIND OFF SAFETY ASWELL AS GLORY OR PRIDE.
THIS COLLECTION IS FOR THEM, THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THIS GLORY AND HOLD ON TO THEIR PRIDE. THEIR LAST OMAGE TO THE CIRCUS, THE FINAL SHOW. BEFORE THEY BECOME THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, THEY WILL SHOW THEIR ARTS ONE MORE TIME. IN BEAUTIFUL IMBRODERIED LACE BODYSUIT WITH AN OVERLOAD OFF PEARLS WITH BIG VOLUME GARMENTS.
AUTUMN/WINTER’14
INFINITY
FASCINATED BY THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE NEVER ENDING, SEVERAL DIFFERENT SECTORS SEEM TO BE INVOLVING BUT THEY STAY PRODUCING ENDLESS CYCLES OF PRODUCTS WE NEED. THE END POINT OF THESE CYCLES IS THE CONSUMER. YOU CAN SEE THIS AS A CENTRE, FOCUS POINT. MULTIBLE DISCIPLINES(LINES) COME TOGETHER TO ONE CENTRAL POINT.
THIS FOCUS POINT IS THE BASE OF THE RESEARCH. WORKING WITH ENDLES LINES THAT HOLD TOGETHER BY A FOCUS POINT.
IN A VISUAL RESEARCH WORKING WITH LINE PATTERNS IN DIFFERENT ANGLES PLACED ON THE BODY IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE ENDLESS ASCEPT WOULD BE MOST INTRESTING IF EXPRESSED IN MATERIALS. LIKE A LINAIR DRAWING OF A WOVEN FABRIC, ITS AN LINE THAT NEVER STOPS BUT CREATES SOMETHING FROM ONE LINE WITH FOCUS POINTS THAT MAKES ONE SOLID PIECE.
LOOKING FOR THE BEST WAY TO USE THIS WOVEN PATTERN KNITTED PIECES CAN AFLOAD. IN KNITWEAR YOU REALLY SEE THE PATTERN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MADE FROM ONE THREAD. ALSO THERE WAS THIS IDEA TO MAKE AN SCULPTURE PIECE THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE LINES HOLD TOGETHER BY FOCUS POINTS. AFTER EXPERIMENTING WITH RUFFS THE PIECE HAD TO EXCIST FROM ONLY RUFFS HOLDING THE PIECE TOGETHER. ANOTHER THING WAS TO MAKE THE PIECE PARTLY TRANSPARANT SO THE TEXTURE WOULD REALLY COME THROUGH AND THE PIECE WOULD SEEM TO BE FLYING AROUND THE BODY.
THIS INVOLVED INTO A SCULPTURE PIECE THAT’S AN ABSTRACT COAT EXCISTING OUT OFF RUFFS CONNECTED AT CERTAIN POINTS TO FORM THIS SHAPE. WORKING OUT OFF HUMAN PORPORTION MAKES THE PIECE FLY, ALSO BECAUSE ITS PARTLY TRANSPARANT.
A COME TOGETHER OF LINES AND ENDLES THREADS CONNECTED WITH FOCUS POINTS . ALL THESE POINTS CONNECTED MAKE ONE SCULPTURE PIECE. A REFLECTION OF INFINITY.
CIRQUE DU COUTURE
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PHOTO MADE FOR MAKE-UP SHOOT.
PHOTO BY: …
BECAUSE OF THE FAST TIME WE LIVE IN THERE ARE MULTIBLE BIG CHANCES TAKING PLACE. ONE OF THESE CHANGES IS IN ENTERTAMENT. THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR NEW WAYS OF ENTERTAMENT AND WE AS HUMANS REALLY WANT TO BE AMUSED. BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE A LOT OF OLD ENTERTAMENT RESOURCES ARE DRYING OUT. FOR INSTANCE THE NOSTALGIC CIRCUS.
FOR YEARS AND YEARS PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE CIRCUS. FOR A LONG TIME THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS GOING DOWN AND A LOT OF CIRCUSES RUN OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF NO INCOMING FONDS AND HAVE TO SHUT THE CIRCUS DOWN.
THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE CIRCUS, MOST OFF THE TIME, DONT KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING ELSE THEN WORK IN THE CIRCUS. THEY ARE TRAINED FOR THIS AND THEY HAVE LIVED LIKE A CLOSE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS.
BECAUSE THE CIRCUS WORLD BEING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WORLDS THEY REALLY TRY TO STAY IN THE CIRCUS OR TRY TO FIND ANOTHER TYPE OF JOB CONCERNING THE CIRCUS. PROCLAIMING A CERTAIN KIND OFF SAFETY ASWELL AS GLORY OR PRIDE.
THIS COLLECTION IS FOR THEM, THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THIS GLORY AND HOLD ON TO THEIR PRIDE. THEIR LAST OMAGE TO THE CIRCUS, THE FINAL SHOW. BEFORE THEY BECOME THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, THEY WILL SHOW THEIR ARTS ONE MORE TIME.
IN BEAUTIFUL IMBRODERIED LACE BODYSUIT WITH AN OVERLOAD OFF PEARLS WITH BIG VOLUME GARMENTS.
AUTUMN/WINTER’15
2DIE4
A SHOUT OUT TO TAO JING.
WHEN REASEARCHING CHINESE DEATH RITUALS, THERE WAS THE STORY OF TAO JING, AN 18 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR SMOGGELING DRUGS FOR HER BOYFRIEND AND GOT SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF IT. THE STORY GOT A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION BECAUSE OF HER YOUNG AGE, SHE WAS THE FIRST 18 YEAR OLD WOMAN EXECUTED IN 50 YEARS. BUT ALSO THE MEDIA WAS FASCINATED BY HER BEAUTY. WHEN SHE APPEARD IN COURT WITH A ROPE AROUND HER NECK SHE STILL HAD THIS KIND OFF ANGELIC LOOK ABOUT HER, COMPLETE SERENITY AND ACCEPTANCE. BUT LOOKING IN HER EYES YOU CAN SEE THIS FEELING OF BEING LOST AND SCARED. EVEN WITH ALL THIS ATTENTION SHE COULDN’T ESCAPE HER FATE AND GOT EXECUTED BY A SHOT THROUGH THE BACK OF HER HEAD.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHINESE FUNERAL RITUALS YOU’LL GET A WARM FEELING INSIDE BECAUSE OF ALL THE LOVE THAT THE PUT INTO THERE LOSTONES. THERE ARE SO MANY RITUALS TO PREFORM FOR FAMILY BUT ALSO EVERYBODY THAT KNEW THE DECEASED. EVEN WITHIN FAMILY EVERYONE AS A JOB TO DO AND EVEN EVERY FAMILY MEMBER DRESSES IN THE COLOR THAT IS ASSIGNENT BY THE TYPE OF RELATION YOU HAD WITH THE DECISED, FOR EXAMPLE THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF THE DECEASED WAIR DIFFERENT COLOURS THE BROTHERS, SISTERS. THIS GONES FOR EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY. DURING THE FUNERAL THEY COVER UP ALL MIRROS SO THAT THE DECEASED CAN MOVE ON TO HEAVEN AND NOT GET TRAPPED IN THE MIRROR AND HAUNT THE HOUSE. IN CHNA THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A NEW LIFE IN HEAVEN AND WHEN YOU ARE ON YOU’RE WAY TO HEAVEN YOU HAVE TO BUY OFF THE DEVIL WITH SO CALLED; HEAVEN BANK NOTES (DEATHMONEY). THIS MONEY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BUY TO BURN AFTER THE FUNERAL SO THAT THE DECEASED CAN TAKE THIS WITH HIM TO BUY OF THE DEVIL AND BUILD A LIFE IN HEAVEN.
HEAVEN BANK NOTES IS NOT THE ONLY THING THE BURN AFTER THE FUNERAL. THEY ALSO BURN A WHOLE RANGE OF PAPER OBJECTS. FROM PAPER PLANES, HOUSES, LAPTOPS AND CARS TO CLOTHING, JEWELLRY, GOLD BARS, LUXURY ITEMS AND IPHONES. EVEN ALCOHOL AND SIGARETTES ARE AVAILABLE.
ALL THESE RITUALS ARE PERFORMANT FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT WHEN YOU ARE CONVICTED AND SENTICED TO DEATH THE FAMILY WILL BE ASHAMED OF YOU AND WONT TREAD YOU LIKE FAMILY ANYMORE AND WILL NOT GET ANY OF THE RITUALS NORMALY PERFORMED. THEY GET EXECUTED AND THAT’S THAT.
WHAT IF THESE CONVITED WOULD PERFORM THESE RITUALS FOR THEIR SELF’S RIGHT BEFORE THE WILL BE EXECUTED. THEY WILL COME TO THEIR EXECUTION LOADED WITH PAPER ITEMS, CLOTHES WITH PRINTED ITEMS AND BAGS WITH HEAVEN BANK NOTES READY TO GET BURNED, SO THEY CAN START THEIR NEW LIFE IN HEAVEN. WHEN WE SEE THEM THEY ARE COMPLETELY ANYNOMOUS LOADED WITH MONEY AND WITH THEIR PRINTED ITEMS. THEY KNOW WHATS COMING AND ACCEPTED IT AND ARE READY FOR THE SHOOT OUT. WHAT’S WAITING IS A NEW LIFE FULL OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEMS OF THIS WORLD WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE FOREVER. QUITE SOMETHING TO DIE FOR.
SPRING/SUMMER’15
IM|PERFECTION
THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. WHAT IS PERFECTION? DOES IT EXIST OR IS BEING PERFECT BEING IMPERFECT? SOCIETY PRAISES IMPERFECTIONS BUT LOVES PERFECTION, ITS WHAT WE ADMIRE IN HUMAN, DESIGN AND OVERALL LIFE. THIS IS A FASCINATING FACT BECAUSE BEING PERFECT IS SOMETHING CREATED BY HUMAN. NATURE DOESN’T CREATE PERFECTION, FOR EXAMPLE YOU WOULD NEVER FIND TWO COMPLETELY THE SAME ROSES. WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS TWO OF THE EXACT SAME SWEATERS. YOU CAN SEE PERFECTION AS A STANDARD HUMANITY WANTS TO LIVE UP TO.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT BEAUTY YOU CAN APPLY THIS THEORY TO. NOT ONE HUMAN IN THE WORLD IS THE SAME, NOT EVEN IDENTICAL TWINS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. EVER SINCE THE BEGINING OF HUMANITY WE STARTED TO CREATE PERFECT FEATURES WITHIN BEAUTY. IN THE BEGINING THEY USED CLOTHING, JEWELLERY AND ACCESOIRES TO SEPERATE THEM FROM OTHERS TO GIVE THEM STATUS ASWELL AS REACHING A LEVEL OF PERFECTION. IN THE 19TH CENTURY HUMAN STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH COSMETIC SURGERY. IN THE WESTERN WORLD THEY STARTED REMOVING RIBBS TO GET THE PERFECT TINY WAIST (PERFECT WAS REACHED WHEN YOU COULD WRAP YOUR HANDS AROUND HER WAIST TOUCHING THUMBS AND PINCKFINGERS). IN THE EASTERN WORLD WOMAN WOULD TAPE UP THERE FEET TO FIT THE MOST SMALLEST SHOES.
NOWADAYS WE ARE GOING TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO REACH PERFECTION. THINK OF ALL THE TIME SPENT IN THE GYM, GETTING OUR HAIR DONE, SHAVING, PUTTING ON MAKE UP, GETTING FAKE NAILS, HAIR AND EVEN EYELASHES, SHOPPING AND EXPRESSING OURSELVES AS INDIVUALS. NOT TO MENTION THE NUMBERS OF COSMETIC SURGERY HUMANS GO THROUGH TO REACH STANDARDS THAT WE ALL SET AS A SOCIETY. FOR A LONG TIME, ESSPECIALLY SINCE THE 1930’S WE STARTED TO ADMIRE CELEBRITIES. WHAT WE ADMIRE THE MOST IS THERE BEAUTY. THIS IS OUR PERFECT PRODUCT(LIKE THE SWEATER) AND WE AS HUMANITY WILL START TO COPY THERE FEATURES AND SHAPES TO REACH THAT STATE OF BEING THE PERFECT PRODUCT. THEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 19TH CENTURY AND NOW IS THAT WE’VE GOT A BIG STORE FULL OFF PRODUCTS WERE WE CAN CHOOSE FROM TO MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE ARE INDIVIDUALS BUT STILL WANT TO REACH THAT STATE OF PERFECTION.
LETS BE KIND TO HUMANITY FOR ONES AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. LINES THAT COMPLIMENT AND CREATE SHAPES, A LINIAR SKETCH OF THE HUMAN BODY WITH A COLOR THAT GIVES A FEELING OF SERENATY AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKES YOU GET NOTICED. GARMENTS WITH A DEVOREE PRINT THAT COMPLIMENTS THE HUMAN BODY AND CREATE PERFECT ANGLES AND LINES. A LITTLE HELPER ALONG THE WAY OF REACHING YOUR PERFECTION.