FASHIONCLASH x Balaton Sound

FASHIONCLASH teamed up with Balaton Sound festival, that will take place June 29 - July 2 in Zamárdi - Lake Balaton (Hungary).

Within the context of their fashion show programme Belgian fashion designer Sander Bos will showcase work from his Miss Bos brand.

Especially for FASHIONCLASH community, there is a 15% discount Promo code which can be used until 14 June. Promo code ‘FASHIONCLASH’ is valid for passes and tickets only. Discount code will get you 15 % off your purchase when applied at online checkout and only can be redeemed for 1 pass or 1 ticket at once.

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Balaton Sound, one of the largest and most colourful open-air electronic beach festivals in Europe, set in the sunny and scenic Lake Balaton in Hungary, is returning for 2022 offering an unrivalled luxury VIP experience featuring some of the biggest global electronic music artists, such as Alesso, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, as well as the award winning Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Fisher, Paul Kalkbrenner, Robin Schulz and many more.

https://balatonsound.com

Miss Bos is the brand and brain child of designer Sander Bos. Sander was born and raised in Hasselt Belgium. After studying Art is high school, he decided to take his love for art and take it to fashion. He completed his Master of fashion design from the Royal academy of fine arts in Antwerp. Swiftly after that he started his own brand which would "become a Belgian fashion house that projects impressions from modern art".
Not much after that Sande Bos entered Making the cut, a tv-program which focuses on a fashion competition, where he landed in the finals. The Miss Bos line is a subline of the Sander Bos brand. Keeping the essence of Sander Bos, the line stays a reflection of modern art, but adding a layer of wearability. The clothing comes from the same inspiration, but a different perspective.

www.missbos.be

Outsiderwear

OUTSIDERWEAR
Streetwear by Outsider and Insider Artists

Outsider artists tend to be a little bit different. They often sidestep a conventional arts education, and operate outside of the mainstream art world. Sometimes they face mental or physical disabilities, homelessness and vulnerability. 

Outsiderwear is a new collaborative project combining talented outsider artists with a range of fashion designers and creatives, both emerging and established.

For the first edition of Outsiderwear, some 40 out- and insider artists join forces: sometimes in pairs, as well as in other, larger compositions. In the coming months, these teams will undertake a diverse range of creative projects: from performances and exhibitions to a series of band shirts and an underwear line. The result of these experimental collaborations will be shown and sold during the multidisciplinary Outsiderwear Festival, running from 12 March to 25 April 2021 in Amsterdam.

Outsiderwear is an initiative of artist Jan Hoek and Foundation Captain Hoek, in collaboration with Foundation M-ODE and Outsider Art Galerie.

Outsiderwear Festival
Lasting six weeks, the first Outsiderwear Festival seeks to celebrate creativity in all its forms, combining the worlds of outsider and insider artists in stimulating ways. Multiple locations in Amsterdam will host surprising exhibitions, shop-in-shops, an activist photo campaign, and a number of tours and talks.
Confirmed festival locations include Outsider Art Galerie, Hermitage Amsterdam, Patta Store, Galerie Vriend van Bavink and Zeedijk60.

The participants come from a range of varied backgrounds, from niche artists and big streetwear labels to independent designers and visual artists. During the Outsiderwear Festival, the following collaborations will be presented:

Theatergroep LeBelle X Duran Lantink 


Daniël Jos Eerenberg X Wobbewear


Ben Augustus X Piet Parra


Bruin Parry X Jan Hoek 


Antoine Monod de Froideville X Bonne Suits


Nielsjan Tavernier X Tom van de Borght


Rudy de Gruyl X Benedikt Fischer 


Stichting ArtBRUUT / Makom inloophuis X Tenant of Culture


Joey Bocciardo X Fenna Miedema X Lionel Plak X Nancy X MULAS HYBRID HAUS X SUMIBU X Tirino Yspol


Aadesokan X Maxivive (Lagos)


Ayse Somunchu X Bas Kosters


Regillio Benjamin X Desmond Tjon A Koy X Patta 


Mark Bossink X Sophie Hardeman


Sijtse Keur X Norbert de Jong X Alexxx X Hans Klastat X Minke de Fonkert X Bonne Suits 

Outsiderwear Bandshirts van o.a. Cengiz Imamdi 

Outsiderwear X Tattoo-project


Speech performance by Ulrike Möntmann


Various solo presentations, including Johan Vanderscheldenen and Naomi Schupper

Despite increasing attention for outsider art – now with its own museums, biennials and galleries – this world rarely experiences close contact with the creative industry at large. Outsiderwear wants to break this dichotomy, because many outsiders deserve wider recognition, whilst many insider makers feel a deep affinity with unconventional outsider practices.

Jan Hoek: "The first collaborations of Outsiderwear are beginning to take shape. It’s so special to see how logically the collaboration between outsiders and insiders works. I look forward to a future in which the boundaries between these two worlds fade away.”
Outsiderwear is supported by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, VSB Fonds, Rabobank Amsterdam, StimuleringsfondsCreatieve Industrie, Stichting DOEN, Prins Bernhard Cultuurf onds and Stichting Cordaan and works together with Outsider Art Galerie, Herenplaats, De Volksbond (GJ Scheurleerweg), Stichting ArtBRUUT / Makom inloophuis, De Witte Olifant, Bijzonder Amsterdams, TheatergroepLeBelle and De Meijboom.

www.outsiderwear.nl  
instagram.com/outsiderwear_official

AGENDA
OUTSIDERWEAR FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM
12 March – 25 April
Presentation out- and insider collaborations. Collection sales begin. Webshop launch. Opening party. Exhibitions, tours and talks. Locations: Outsider Art Galerie, Hermitage Amsterdam, Super SEXYLAND World, Vriend van Bavink, Patta Store, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, ABCND Store and Zeedijk60.

OUTSIDERWEAR ON TOUR
March – August 2021 Expansion of collection. Exhibitions.
Shop-in-shops. Biennial presentation.

Esrah van Rooij - Theater LeBelle X Duran Lantink

Fashion Makes Sense Award 2019 winner GARCIABELLO wins REDRESS DESIGN AWARD 2020

Environmental charity Redress concluded the Redress Design Award 2020 Grand Final of the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition with menswear designer Le Ngoc Ha Thu (Vietnam) and womenswear designer Juliana Garcia Bello (Argentina) winning significant sustainable design collaboration prizes with global leaders, respectively VF Corporation’s Timberland and award-winning upcycled brand, The R Collective.

Redress’ 10th anniversary competition cycle, with lead sponsorship from Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, catapults bold new sustainable fashion talent into the spotlight as fashion’s waste crisis mounts due to Covid-19.

The Redress Design Award 2020 prize winners are:

• The Redress Design Award 2020 Womenswear Prize with The R Collective: Juliana Garcia Bello, Argentina

• The Redress Design Award 2020 Menswear Prize with VF Corporation and Timberland: Le Ngoc Ha Thu, Vietnam

• The Redress Design Award 2020 Runner-up Prize with Orsola de Castro: Ruth Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka

• The Redress Design Award 2020 Hong Kong Best Prize Winner: Grace Lant, Hong Kong

“Fashion’s waste crisis can’t be swept under the carpet any longer,” says Christina Dean, Founder of Redress and The R Collective. “Covid-19’s retail and supply chain disruptions have stranded materials in warehouses, factories and stores globally. Now is the time to catalyse the circular economy - and this is Redress’ focus. The Redress Design Award has for 10 years educated designers about circular design. The industry must not waste the opportunities that Covid-19’s crisis is offering.”

The two winners out-designed hundreds of applicants from 48 countries. Menswear winner Le Ngoc Ha Thu shared, “These last few weeks with the Redress Design Award has been such a nourishing and beneficial experience and joining the Timberland and VF teams is going to be an honour. They are such an amazing brand when it comes to sustainability - I am ready to learn everything I can from them.”

“I have learned so much during my participation in the Redress Design Award and have definitely come out of this with a reinforced feeling that collaboration is the key. We designers need to share our strengths and be inspired by each other to keep finding solutions to the mounting levels of textile waste,” womenswear winner Juliana Garcia Bello added.

Victor Tsang, Head of CreateHK, shared his congratulations to the awardees of the competition, “The Redress Design Award has established as a recognised brand in the sustainable fashion design community over the past years by educating emerging fashion designers in order to drive growth towards a circular fashion system”.

In the two weeks leading up to the live Grand Final, the 10 finalists, from 10 regions, successfully completed a gruelling series of virtual design and business challenges, which focused on real life sustainability business cases

with a spotlight on Covid-19 impacted waste, supported by VF Corporation and TAL Group, makers of one in six dress shirts in the US. The ‘Digital Up-cycling Challenge’ saw the finalists using Browzwear digital design and sampling software to create up-cycled concepts to turn TAL’s Covid-19-impacted deadstock garment waste into new products for retail. The ‘Made for Change Timberland Challenge’ saw the finalists develop sustainable and scalable business concepts, focusing on responsible design and re-manufacturing fabric deadstock.

“Our collaboration with Redress, now in its second year, connects us to talented, emerging designers who are passionate about creating fashionable, compelling designs with environmental responsibility in mind,” said competition judge Kevin Bailey, VF’s Executive Vice President and Group President, Asia Pacific Region and Emerging Brands. “We are constantly inspired by their commitment to circular design and creativity. These are the future leaders who are going to help drive lasting and positive change throughout our global industry and we are proud to be part of their journey.”

Education forms the Redress Design Award’s core with sustainable and circular design content delivered to more than 50,000 designers since the inaugural cycle through in-person lectures and academies, and online materials available in a combination of English, Chinese, and French. The competition has the support of 140+ universities worldwide.

Celebrating a decade of impact

To mark Redress’ decade of impact, the Grand Final also celebrated the Redress Design Award 2020 Alumni All Stars. This accolade was awarded to highest-achieving competition alumni, who were shortlisted from over 200 designers from 37 regions. Pat Guzik (Poland) and Annaiss Yukra (Peru) were awarded the All Star Prize, each receiving a retail partnership for their brands with sustainable marketplace, Staiy, and all seven All Star Alumni were awarded a significant showcase at Galeries Lafayette Shanghai forming part of the ‘Fashioning Change, Today and Tomorrow’ campaign and gaining brand promotion within China’s fast-growing fashion market.

Urgent need to find solutions for worsening waste crisis

Fashion’s waste is a significant challenge. The industry is estimated to generate 92 million tons of textile waste annually worldwide . Covid-19 is set to increase this; 60% of textile and clothing companies expect their sales to drop by half in the short term2 and with this deadstock and cancelled orders. The Redress Design Award 2020 finalists’ collections demonstrate numerous solutions to reduce waste throughout the entire fashion supply chain and also across industries. The appetite for change and collaboration has never been greater.