The main focus of the international mission of Dutch Fashion Foundation is to support Dutch designers in the embedment of their labels in the international market. It will provide a contact point for media and buyers wishing to work with the highest level of Dutch fashion design.

Angelique Westerhof, director of the Dutch Fashion Foundation:

‘The United Kingdom is an important market for the Dutch designers. This is a great opportunity to explore the market and to build a network with press, agents, buyers and manufacturers. Therefore we encourage the mission of the Dutch Embassy in the United Kingdom to support the Dutch Fashion Designers.’

Featured designers:

Bas Kosters - ‘Living too hard’ collection
Bas Kosters (1977) is known as an eclectic artist/designer with a nose for innovation in fashion, art and music. Bas has been working on positioning his studio on a national and international scale since 2003. Bas Kosters will present his first prêt-a-porter Autumn/Winter 2010- 2011 womenswear collection named; ‘Living too hard’. This collection is a reflection on the Rock and Roll lifestyle. Bas was nominated for the Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Awards 2009 and won the Robijn Fashion Award in 2003. The work of Kosters is presented in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam.
baskosters.com


Conny Groenewegen
Conny Groenewegen focuses on the both feminine and androgynous woman. She combines a sumptuousness of black wool and cashmere with silk-chiffon,-satin and leather. With an under layer of knitted wool, the silk and leather is used to create a soft wavy surface. Working and researching the material, Conny is always in search of innovative new possibilities of creating garments. Since 2006 she has been showing women’s fashion collections under her own name with her label CG. Groenewegen has worked for Droog Design and Alexander van Slobbe, among others. She is renowned for her innovative capacity in the field of knitting techniques.
connygroenewegen.nl

EnD by Eva and Delia
‘Dame’ - Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection Eva van Overbeeke and Delia Del debuted with their fashionlabel EnD in January 2007 during Amsterdam International Fashion Week. In November 2009 EnD won the Marie Claire Prix de la Mode for Best
National Designer. Inspired by Hollywood’s stylish black and white crime cinema, EnD shows a chic, feminine and fearlessly dramatic collection. The darkest taste for glamour is shown in their Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection.
evandelia.com

Iris van Herpen
‘Synesthesia’ - Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection Iris Van Herpen graduated from the renowned ARTEZ School of Arts before going on to work under Alexander McQueen in London. She has shown at Tokyo and Amsterdam fashion weeks, and now returns to London for her second season with her uniquely adventurous approach to fashion. Her Spring/Summer 2010 collection ‘Radiation Invation’ received critical acclaim and went on the be featured in the debut season of the exclusive Harrods’ Launches initiative. Iris van Herpen returns for Autumn/Winter 2010 with ‘Synesthesia’, inspired by the multi-sensory phenomena of feeling sound, smelling motion, and hearing colour. Continuing to challenge perceptions of leatherwork, and maintaining her acute attention to detail, Iris van Herpen will toy with your senses this season.
.irisvanherpen.com

NON by KIM
‘Latitude 66 33’ 39’’ south’ - Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection NON by KIM redefines the male wardrobe from a sober, detailed, post-modern perspective. Founded in 2007, the Dutch designer Kim Bakker mutates the archetypes of men’s garments to push and explore the boundaries of menswear. NON by KIM represents a world on it’s own, translated to menswear. The designs are constructed from a combination of Bakker’s fascinations. Fuelled by a love of abstraction, the everyday beauty that lies hidden in details, the listening to structured chaotic sounds and the viewing of slowly unfolding stories, the designer starts to deconstruct patterns.
nonbykim.com


Image: Bas Kosters collection. Copyright: Peter Stigter