winterSALON/2013: Marga Weimans

Above: Weimans current installation at Droog. (photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)


Weimans graduated in 2005 at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts. That same year she received the I-D Award for International Talent for her graduation collection Power of my Dreams, and has been nominated for several prestigious awards since.


Marga Weimans is a fashion house which explores and pushes the borders of fashion by incorporating elements form various other creative disciplines, such as architecture, industrial design and fine arts.

In her latest collection, which was the closing show of the Amsterdam Fashion Week, she explores the relationship between her personal DNA and the DNA of her fashion house. The voice-over informed us her fashion house must be related to her own genetic construction.


Magnified parts of a DNA string shaped in cube boxes, some with reminiscent cut-outs were pointing out the connection between Weimans and her fashion house.

winterSALON/2013: Thomas Eurlings

(photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)


Thomas Eurlings (1983) is a Dutch product and interior designer with his own label, Thomas E. After graduating from Eindhoven Design Academy in 2006, he worked for influential names in the fashion and textile industry. In his work, Thomas examines the traditional borders between form and function.

You can see his work installed in a beautiful old Amsterdam canal house, Museum Willet Holthuysen. Find them at Herengracht 605.

www.thomaseurlings.nl

winterSALON/2013: Cherish by Desiree Hammen

Inspired by altars and temples, the artist exhibits everyday belongings next to clothing, created by using crafts. One item is a dress for men as a symbol of shifting traditions. To praise them, all items are decorated with gold embroidery, using Turkish techniques such as Telkari and Dival.

Hammen is participant of the SALON/Workshop.

Desiree Hammen (1976) graduated at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem, 2003. She works as a fashion designer and artist in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. In her work Desiree is combining haute couture techniques with her own DIY skills, exploring the beauty of imperfection.

You can find her installation in the garden house of Museum Het Grachtenhuis. A very impressive and stunning location of WinterSALON/.

www.desireehammen.nl

winterSALON/2013: Elsien Gringhuis

Elsien Gringhuis (1980) graduated cum laude at the academy of visual arts in Arnhem (ArtEZ). In 2009 Elsien presented her first collection during the Amsterdam Fashion Week. 'Maximize the minimum' is the briefest way to describe Elsien Gringhuis' fashion. Her design principal is completely based on sustainability.

This installation of Elsien Gringhuis is demonstrated at Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (Lord in the Attic). One of the amazing locations of this WinterSALON/. Discover the hidden church behind the 17th century old canal house. It was build during the reformation, when Catholics were forbidden to hold public services.

www.elsiengringhuis.com

winterSALON/2013: Aaltje Kramer

Aaltje Kramer is a fashion communicator based in Amsterdam. She graduated from Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU) in 2012, earning a Master's degree in Fashion Communication.

(photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)

Her performance at WinterSALON will leave few unintrigued. If you like to know what her perfomance is about, please have a look at Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis. You'll find her in the weekends. We linked her perfomance/website with our blog: frameworks.aaltjekramer.nl
In the weekends there's a live connection.