Friday 14 November

Bureau Europa

  • 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

    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. 

TICKETS

Lumière Cinema

  • 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 - Room 5
    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.

TICKETS

Jan van Eyck

  • 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.

TICKETS

The Social Hub

  • 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

  • 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.

Centre Céramique

  • 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 via Rd4 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 access

    Centre Céramique
    Avenue Ceramique 50, 6221 JM Maastricht

Juunam

Het Werkgebouw

  • 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.

    more information can be found HERE

SAC

  • 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.”

    more information can be found HERE

Limestone bookstore

  • 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.

    Limestone Bookshop Maastricht
    Grote Gracht 63
    Maastricht