Friday 14 November
Centre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50
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Fashion Makes Sense is FASHIONCLASH’s ongoing participatory programme dedicated to social design, inclusion, and education. The initiative connects professionals and non-professionals — especially young people — in collaborative creative processes.
The exhibition on the third floor of Centre Céramique presents results from several participatory projects, including Mensen Dragen Mensen (People Carrying People) developed with Noah Jansen and partners for Heiligdomsvaart Maastricht. Over 100 participants — aged 3 to 70 + — co-created costumes, banners, and objects made from recycled textiles collected viaRd4 Reinigingsdiensten.
Also featured: presentations by Ecopolitan Magazine, Kunstbende Fashion winner Tara Smit, and students from AMFI’s Hypercraft minor, developed in collaboration with FASHIONCLASH. Upcycling workshops will take place throughout the weekend, and on Sunday 16 November the Fashion Makes Sense Talk, moderated by Carmen Hogg, brings together participating designers and artists.
Free accessCentre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50, 6221 JM Maastricht
Bureau Europa
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For this year’s exhibition programme, FASHIONCLASH invited four fashion makers to collaboratively develop the curatorial concept for New Fashion Narratives at Bureau Europa. Earlier this year, they took part in a residency week in Maastricht, which led to the creation of this year’s curatorial framework.
The exhibition, titled Collective Movements, is curated by Jonas Zitter, Paula Dischinger, Rafael Kouto, and Tjerre Lucas Bijker, and explores how fashion can act as a tool for connection, resistance, and collective action — operating at the intersection of fashion design, activism, and communal practice. The curators aim to present works that transcend dominant systems by embracing cultural rituals, shared knowledge, and collaboration.Bureau Europa
Boschstraat 9, 6211 AS Maastricht -
(FASHION) HACK THE BINARY is a workshop that explores queer identity, gender non-conformity and reclamation via the power of self-expression. Bring a clothing item with you to hack using DIY and craft methods – create a wearable piece of art that tells your queer (hi)story.
Additional info:
All supplies provided on site, ticket booking essential. All participants encouraged to bring a clothing item (this can be an accessory too). There will be a small selection of clothes on site to choose from.Completed DIY pieces will be hung up in the space to build a living archive of queer existence for others to explore over the course of FASHIONCLASH festival.
To participate in the workshop, please purchase an expo ticket and register separately via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fashion-hack-the-binary-tickets-1920729155609?aff=oddtdtcreator
Bureau Europa
Boschstraat 9, 6211 AS Maastricht
Boschstraat 9
Juunam
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Juunam will be during the FASHIONCLASH festival accommodating two creatives:
Studio Wievien is a creative collective exploring the space between fashion, art, and personal expression. Our work grows from intuition, humor, and a fascination with imperfection. Through playful concepts and material experimentation, we question conventional ideas of beauty and identity. The collective values collaboration and authenticity, creating projects that feel personal yet universal. Studio Wievien sees clothing and objects not just as design, but as a way to tell stories, evoke emotion, and challenge taboos in a light-hearted way.
RE-GARDE values the creative process and shows how attention to making, looking and collecting can lead to beauty and comfort. Each garment begins with a painting and shows moments, frozen in time, painted by Lin Vermeire herself. By painting memories Lin slows down her pace. This feeling she translates into fashion, garments in which people want to feel at home, comfortable and beautiful. The collection will continue to expand slowly and mindfully. Chapter by Chapter.
Free access
Bredestraat 13
6211 HA Maastricht
Bredestraat 13
Limestone bookstore
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During FASHIONCLASH Festival, immerse yourself in a of independent fashion publications at Limestone Books. Featuring works by FASHIONCLASH participants and community members, this collection showcases critical perspectives on contemporary fashion, sustainability, and queer subjectivity.
Free access
Grote Gracht 63
Maastricht
Grote Gracht 63
The Social Hub - Atrium
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A selection of emerging designers graduating in 2025 from Dutch academies including AMFI, HKU, ArtEZ, Design Academy Eindhoven, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, WDKA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Toneelacademie Maastricht
Free access
Sphinxcour 9A
6211 XZ Maastricht -
The Opening Party of FASHIONCLASH 17th edition.
DJ:
kirakira is a DJ coming from the south of the Netherlands with a love for music. She plays a wide variety of styles, from Brazilian Baile Funk, to UK Grime and Australian Techno. Her sets let you travel the world and explore music you did not even know you liked.Free Access
Petrus Regoutplein 3
Maastricht
Petrus Regoutplein 3
Het Werkgebouw
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Het Werkgebouw is a vibrant creative hub where 35 makers share their craft, space, and inspiration. From weavers to welders, product designers to fashion creators, it’s a place where collaboration sparks innovation and imagination.
This year, during FASHIONCLASH Festival, there doors open to the public. Discover fashion, design, and craftsmanship in all their forms: from sustainable clothing and playful accessories to unique handmade jewelry. Step inside the ateliers, meet the makers, and feel the creative energy that fills the building.Free access
Griend 2, A4
6221 AJ Maastricht
Griend 2A-4
S.A.C. 59
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Esra Çöpür is a fashion designer who moves fluidly between disciplines such as installation art, performance, theatre, music, and film.
'Everything I Touch Turns Into Me’. In this work, installations, garments, and image transfers on wood merge into a visual landscape of identity and culture. Esra explores how intuition and creativity shape her identity through patterns and materials. “Everything I make becomes a part of me; sometimes my hands find answers my mind struggles with.”
Free access
Rechtstraat 80
6221 EL Maastricht
Rechtstraat 59
Jan van Eyck
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Performances by:
EMIRHAKIN × David Siepman
Natálie Kulina × Alyne Li
Merel Van Slobbe × David Paulus.Once again, the Amarte Fund and FASHIONCLASH join forces to offer artists from different disciplines the opportunity to experiment with fashion and present new work. From an open call, three artists were selected and paired with fashion designers to collaboratively develop and present new creations.
Academieplein 1
6211 KM Maastricht
Academieplein 1
Limestone bookstore
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In this workshop, we speculate about the future of protest fashion. Together, we will imagine the future of protests and design for it.
This workshop is organized by Speculative Futures Maastricht, in collaboration with Limestone Bookshop, FASHIONCLASH, and Viewmaster Projects.
Free access
Limestone Bookshop Maastricht
Grote Gracht 63
Maastricht
Grote Gracht 63
Bureau Europa
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Official Opening program of FASHIONCLASH Festival features the performance Ear to Ear by Júlia Galarza Arévalo - a co-creative choral performance rooted in deep listening, where true harmonies arise through connection with oneself, others, and the surrounding environment.
This is an invitation only event. You are welcome to visit the exhibition on Saturday and Sunday and Friday between 12.00 - 16.00
Bureau Europa
Boschstraat 9, 6211 AS Maastricht
Boschstraat 9
Lumière Cinema
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A selection of short fashion films. Fashion (short) film has become an established format in which designers and brands present their ethics and aesthetics. In this multimedia age, fashion film has become a growing way to capture a story and reach a wide audience through online platforms and media.
Some films may contain flashing- or explicit images.
Lumière Cinema
Bassin 88, 6211 AK Maastricht -
On Friday evening, the six finalists will be revealed, followed by the presentation of the FASHIONCLASH Festival 2025 Fashion Film Award and the Kaltblut Magazine Award, judged by Adriano Batista, Marcel Schlutt, Kateřina Hynková, and Elie Inoue.
Two FASHIONCLASH-produced films will also premiere during the festival: The Sneeze and HANGMAN & CO., both developed within the Fashion Film Development Program.
Lumière Cinema
Bassin 88, 6211 AK Maastricht
Bassin 88
The Social Hub - Sphinxcour
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Marlon Claessen curates the ESSENCE Exhibition, featuring international designers whose work embodies FASHIONCLASH’s mission: to foster intercultural dialogue, creative exchange, and socially engaged fashion narratives.
Marlon Claessen cureert de ESSENCE expositie, waarin internationale ontwerpers worden samengebracht rond de missie van FASHIONCLASH: het stimuleren van interculturele dialoog, creatieve uitwisseling en sociaal geëngageerde modeverhalen.
Marlon Claessen cureert de ESSENCE expositie, waarin internationale ontwerpers worden samengebracht rond de missie van FASHIONCLASH: het stimuleren van interculturele dialoog, creatieve uitwisseling en sociaal geëngageerde modeverhalen.Free access
Petrus Regoutplein 3
Maastricht
Sphinxcour 9A
Townhouse Hotel
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During FASHIONCLASH Festival 2025, Townhouse Designhotel Maastricht serves as an inspiring location where innovation, sustainability, and design meet. Here, visitors can explore work by three forward-thinking designers — Jef Montes, KINKLEID, and Studio Wolfs — each exploring the future of fashion through experimental materials, social engagement, and craftsmanship.
Free access
Townhouse Hotel
Sint Maartenslaan 5
6221 AV Maastricht