Saturday 15 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
Workshops will take place throughout the weekend, and on Sunday 15 November the Fashion Makes Sense Talk brings together participating designers and artists.
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Centre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50
Bureau Europa
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New Fashion Narratives takes place at Bureau Europa and presents an exhibition curated by Jamal Nxedlana, Karmen Samson, Welmoed Bosch and Agatha Prieto Jeanty. Under the title ‘Fleshy, slimy, wobbly’, the exhibition brings together fashion practices that resist easy categorisation and move between forms, materials and disciplines.
The curatorial concept is developed during a Residency Week in April 2026, where the four fashion practitioners explore ways to challenge dominant systems within the fashion industry and create space for shapeshifting practices that escape fixed labels. The exhibition looks at fashion from a more fluid and unruly perspective, bringing together work that leaks, mutates and refuses to stay within familiar boundaries.
At Bureau Europa, visitors encounter a collection of practices that question what fashion can be, where it belongs and how it can take shape. New Fashion Narratives offers a tangible and unconventional exploration of fashion that is difficult to pin down — and all the more fascinating because of it.
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The curators of New Fashion Narratives speak with fashion designer and artist Marga Weimans about her work and practice. Moving between fashion, art, architecture, and digital technology, her work explores identity and draws on her Surinamese heritage and Afrofuturism.
After the Q&A, the curators lead a guided tour of the exhibition, engaging in conversation with several of its participants.
Boschstraat 9
de Bijenkorf
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What happens when Maastricht’s history gets a new outfit?
For ‘Sterren van de stad’ (Stars of the City), local heroes from Maastricht were paired with local designers, who translated their stories, character and significance into contemporary designs. From historical figures and artists to inventors and local icons. These are not historical reconstructions, but personal interpretations that show how fashion can offer a new way of looking at a city and its history.
This project was part of Maastrichtjaar 2026
Free access
Achter het Vleeshuis 26
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
Boekhandel Dominicanen
Dominicanerkerkstraat 1
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What happens when Maastricht’s history gets a new outfit?
For ‘Sterren van de stad’ (Stars of the City), local heroes from Maastricht were paired with local designers, who translated their stories, character and significance into contemporary designs. From historical figures and artists to inventors and local icons. These are not historical reconstructions, but personal interpretations that show how fashion can offer a new way of looking at a city and its history.
This project was part of Maastrichtjaar 2026
Free access
The Social Hub - Atrium
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A selection of emerging designers graduating in 2026
Free access
Petrus Regoutplein 3
The Social Hub - Lobby
Sphinxcour 9A
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In the lobby of The Social Hub, an exhibition brings together the work of five makers, offering visitors another perspective on contemporary fashion and emerging creative practices.
Free access
S.A.C.59
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S.A.C.59
This year, FASHIONCLASH returns to S.A.C.59 with a group exhibition featuring Seeing Black, Piet Paris and the work of Dré Devens.
Seeing Black is a South Limburg-based interdisciplinary platform centring Afro-diasporic stories through art, literature and dialogue, creating space for Black artists and artists of colour. Piet Paris is a renowned Dutch fashion illustrator, recognised for his distinctive, colourful and expressive visual language and his long-standing contribution to the fashion industry. Dré Devens was a Maastricht-based visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice explored space, form and perception through drawing, sculpture and spatial interventions.
On Saturday 14 November, 12:00–14:00, Seeing Black presents a special programme featuring a conversation around Jenn Nkiru’s Black Star: Rebirth Is Necessary, a performance by dance crew D&D, and a Dutch-language interview with Nsimba Valene Lontanga, author of ‘Meer dan Modemeisjes’
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On Saturday 14 November, 12:00–14:00, Seeing Black presents a special programme featuring a conversation around Jenn Nkiru’s Black Star: Rebirth Is Necessary, a performance by dance crew D&D, and a Dutch-language interview with Nsimba Valene Lontanga, author of ‘Meer dan Modemeisjes’
Rechtstraat 59
Jan van Eyck
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Once again, the Amarte Fund and FASHIONCLASH join forces to give artists from different disciplines the opportunity to experiment with fashion and develop new work. Following an open call, artists are paired with fashion designers to create new collaborations that bring together different artistic practices.This year’s collaborations are presented through live performances and installations, bringing fashion into dialogue with other disciplines and forms of expression. The programme features Hsin Min Chan× Pauline Blind, Arian Soltan × Peishan Xu and Anto López Espinosa × Berend Brus, with Mira Verhoeve also joining the location with a performance.
Discover how these collaborations explore new connections between fashion and other artistic disciplines, presented as part of the FASHIONCLASH Festival programme.
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Once again, the Amarte Fund and FASHIONCLASH join forces to give artists from different disciplines the opportunity to experiment with fashion and develop new work. Following an open call, artists are paired with fashion designers to create new collaborations that bring together different artistic practices.This year’s collaborations are presented through live performances and installations, bringing fashion into dialogue with other disciplines and forms of expression. The programme features Hsin Min Chan× Pauline Blind, Arian Soltan × Peishan Xu and Anto López Espinosa × Berend Brus, with Mira Verhoeve also joining the location with a performance.
Discover how these collaborations explore new connections between fashion and other artistic disciplines, presented as part of the FASHIONCLASH Festival programme.
Academieplein 1
Galerie Post + García
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Located in Maastricht’s Céramique district, Galerie Post + García is a gallery for international contemporary art, presenting a diverse range of established and emerging artists. During FASHIONCLASH Festival, the gallery opens its space to the distinctive world of Amsterdam-based fashion studio Teigetje&Woelrat.
With a practice spanning more than 50 years, Teigetje&Woelrat moves between tradition and experimentation. Knitwear lies at the heart of their work, combined with leather, bold colours, geometric patterns and expressive shapes. Working from thread to finished garment, the studio creates every piece themselves, with craftsmanship and hands-on making at the core.
For FASHIONCLASH, Teigetje&Woelrat Collection explores the space between contemporary fashion and the playful, extravagant spirit of carnival. A colourful and tactile collection where knitwear, leather and bold gestures come together.
Free access
Avenue Ceramique 17
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.
Bassin 88
Townhouse Hotel
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At Townhouse Hotel, FASHIONCLASH presents the work of Dutch fashion designer Ruben Jurriën. His practice explores fashion as a space for play, freedom and connection, inspired by the perspective and imagination of the inner child.
His work also challenges conventional ideas of sizing. Ruben develops size adjustable garments, designing fashion that adapts to different bodies rather than asking bodies to adapt to fixed sizes.
His exhibition, Maak Nederland weer Gezellig!, reimagines traditional Dutch dress through a contemporary and playful lens. It celebrates gezelligheid as an act of kindness, empathy and connection, imagining a world where it belongs to everyone.
On Saturday 14 November, 15:00–16:00, Ruben will talk about his work, his approach to fashion and the ideas behind his innovative approach to sizing.
Free access
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Ruben will talk about his work, his approach to fashion and the ideas behind his innovative approach to sizing.
Sint Maartenslaan 5
ENCI Maastricht
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The CLASH House is FASHIONCLASH Festival’s fashion performance programme and takes place on Saturday 14 November in the Peutz Hall at ENCI Maastricht. Ten emerging makers present their collections through live performance.
The programme is the culmination of a creative coaching trajectory exploring new ways of creating and presenting fashion. One participant will receive a €2,500 grant from the Meester Koetsier Foundation. The FASHIONCLASH Festival 2026 TIM Award, supported by Textile Innovation Maastricht, offers a development prize of up to €1,500 excl. VAT, including access to facilities, materials and expert guidance at Qeske Maastricht.
CLASHLAB
As a pre-programme to The CLASH House, CLASHLAB brings fashion, dance and music together as equal creative disciplines. During a two-week residency, fashion designer Teun Seuren, choreographer Daniëlle Huyghe and musician Nader Adabnejad develop a new short performance through experimentation and exchange.
CLASHLAB creates space for artistic experimentation, talent development and cross-disciplinary collaboration, in partnership with FASHIONCLASH and several cultural organisations in the region.
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Childhood Fantasies, Surreal Realities
For the closing night of FASHIONCLASH Festival, Childhood Fantasies, Surreal Realities transforms the dance floor into a surreal world of childhood memories, fantasy and self-expression.
Expect DJs, spoken word performances by Puss' Poetry, and a special performance by Feliz La Monroy, celebrating cultural heritage, childhood, memory and identity through costume and performance. The Walker of the Giant adds another playful and mysterious presence to the night.
Come dressed as the person, creature, fantasy or memory you always dreamed of becoming. Think glamour, nostalgia, chaos and imagination. Bring your favourite plushy or blanket and leave the usual club outfit at home.