Sunday 16 November
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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 -
On Sunday, 16 November, the Fashion Makes Sense Talk, moderated by Carmen Hogg, brings together participating designers and artists to reflect on the festival’s participatory and co-creative projects.
Yala Claessens, director of the fashion film The Sneeze, will share insights into the creative process behind this project — developed during the FASHIONCLASH bootcamp in collaboration with Vera van Nuenen and Bent Lochtenberg. Together, they transformed a refreshingly humorous concept into a visually striking short film, blending fashion, performance, and cinematic storytelling.
Arva Bustin will discuss her newest collection Après Nous, exploring how her studio ULTRA ORA uses craft and co-creation to address social and political issues. For this project, she organised collaborative silkscreen workshops as part of a broader exploration of collective making.
Laisy de Andrade Rodrigues will reflect on the Afterparty workshops and the shared creative energy that shaped this interdisciplinary celebration.
Wievien Alberts, coordinator of the Pop-Up Atelier workshops for People Carry People (part of the Heiligdomsvaart Maastricht project), will discuss her experience on this community-based creation and collaboration.
Together, the speakers offer a multifaceted perspective on how creativity, participation, and social dialogue come together within Fashion Makes Sense — the heart of FASHIONCLASH’s socially engaged programme.
Free access
Centre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50, 6221 JM Maastricht
Centre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50
Juunam
Bredestraat 13
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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
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
The Social Hub - Sprinxcour
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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
Sprinxcour 9A
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 80
The Social Hub - Atrium
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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
Petrus Regoutplein 3
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