The fashion week bonanza is already busy rocking Amsterdam with shows, exhibitions, events en presentations. So I am all thrilled and excited. I won't be going to too many shows because there are just a few exciting talents. But, I will run in and out the Westergas area and check some pop-up stores, galleries and presentations here and there.
Yesterday I attended the opening at
suikerdepôt/nuzyn, where
fORS presented their second collection for A/W 2011. Inspired by the image of men, they came up with a multilayered collection for men and women that plays with the current ambiguous state of masculinity. The clothes presented in an installation mixing video, photography and the collection's garments. Huh? Yeah, just go there and see for yourself. It’s really cool!
The exhibition runs from the 25th until the 30th January. Location : Prinsengracht 463.
http://www.the-fors.com/
"..So come on, escape with me. To a world where magic can be.." In the MC theatre, Ilja Visser showed her ‘Escapism’ collection, that was inspired by Cirque de Burlesque. A world of illusion, fantasy and theatrical parody. Even in the foyer was a cirqisch atmosphere, where we got some cocktails, scroppino’s, cotton candy and popcorn. The models were showing Ilja’s AW 11/12 collection at trampolines, ladders, swings in a décor of lights that illustrated a circus tent. Personally I totally loved this show, because it was very playful, surprising and renewing. But I love Ilja anyway... Whatever.
Internationally known designer Tony Cohen showed his Fall/Winter collection of 2011 at Saturday the 29th of January at AIFW. Tony is a regular at New York Fashion Week, but came back to his hometown Amsterdam to show for the first time at AIFW. We saw lots of black, gold, copper, elegance and wearable cloths. Worn by a couple of famous models like Kim Noorda – who appeared earlier in shows for 
