Erwin Olaf is one of the greatest Dutch photographers known for his mastery of light and overflowing imagination. His is photography as Art, or very close, indeed. It is really not surprising that this year Olaf was awarded the Vermeer prize, the highest award of distinction to artists in the Netherlands.
Continue reading →Christian Louboutin of the Kingdom of the Red Sole celebrates 20 years in business with a a beautiful art book published by Rizolli international with photographs by Philippe Garcia. In the book we find great photography that recreates the … Continue reading →
The Hague fashion city?
It certainly has the ambition to become one.
For the month of November for sure.
Continue reading →Under this grabbing title the hip Russian online magazine Look at me published an extensive interview with the Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkort who was in Moscow for the local Design Week and the launch of her exhibition curated for the occasion called Organic Dwelling where she explores how designers and architects of today fuse the organic and the modern in their work.
Li Edelkort is the trend oracle unrivalled in the business of fashion and design. Named one of the 25 most influential persons in fashion by the Time magazine she devines the future providing answers to the basic questions we ask ourselves again and again. What will our lives be? What will we wear? Want? Eat? All based primarily on her intuition. “I don’t discover anything new,” she is quick to point out . “I observe and interpret peoples’ behavior and moods and note down what I see.”
Continue reading →Life has been good to Michael Barnaart van Bergen, the choucou of the Hague fashion scene. He is young, talented, good looking and very successful. Named The Hague fashion ambassador 2010 he has had an impressive rise through the fashion ranks in the Netherlands scoring participation in the Millionaires Fair, museum exhibitions, celebrity dressing, TV appearances.
A self-confessed admirer of elegance and femininity he keeps his focus is on the dress, making knits his speciality. For the exhibition exploring the relationship between art and fashion currently on show at the Hague Gemeente Museum Michael has created a special collection inspired by works of art from great masters such as Mondrian and Ingres among others.
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