Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) and Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) are joining forces via a new partnership that aims to "accelerate sustainable initiatives within the fashion industry, both in the Nordics and the Benelux," a press release has revealed. Summary • Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) and Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) are partnering to...
3 Apr 2025
The first week of September is over and with it Amsterdam Fashion Week 2024. In addition to numerous presentations, which often focused on the topic of upcycling, the program also offered many events open to the public. Some events were particularly memorable. We have summarized them for you here. Martan's opening show despite stormy weather The...
11 Sept 2024
Peter Wertmann is the winner of Lichting 2024, the design competition of the Netherlands’ up-and-coming fashion talent. The announcement was made on Friday evening after the annual Lichting show at Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW), held in an intimate space at De Hallen Studio’s in Amsterdam. During the show, ten emerging fashion designers presented...
9 Sept 2024
Amsterdam Fashion Week is already at its end. The Dutch fashion week ran from Wednesday 30 August to Saturday 2 September. With a full schedule, there was plenty to see and do, but not every event turned out well. As to be expected, there was a lot of waiting for the shows, bombastic music throughout and fashionable visitors everywhere – but...
4 Sept 2023
The new edition of Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) is once again upon us. The Dutch fashion event is becoming an increasingly recognisable face within the industry, traditionally taking place at the end of summer. "We want to grow in individuality," explained creative director Danie Bles of AFW. With several editions in recent years, fashion week...
30 Aug 2023
Anyone who says cheerful, flamboyant and positive says Ruben Jurriën, the Amsterdam-based young fashion designer and AMFI alumnus who won 'Lichting' 2022, an annual prize that rewards the best fashion design graduate in The Netherlands. Jurriën presented "Take my heart!", a collection that made reference to tailoring and to the relief Jurriën...
25 Aug 2023
Last weekend marked an Amsterdam Fashion Week like no other. Planning for the Spring/Summer 2021 edition began all the way back in March in preparation for inevitable corona safety measures that needed to be taken. The result: a Dutch fashion week with time slot appointments, distanced presentations, catwalk shows, films and live streams. Below...
23 Sept 2020
On Friday the 6th of September, Lichting 2019, the debut for up-and-coming fashion talent took place at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam as part of Amsterdam Fashion Week. The fourteen best graduates of the seven Dutch fashion academies presented themselves to an international professional audience. Dylan Westerweel, who graduated from ArtEZ...
18 Sept 2019
Dutch designer Ninamounah presented her SS20 collection during Amsterdam Fashion Week that closed last week. The collection was presented in a dark venue and featured models with large snails on their arms. Source: Amsterdam Fashion Week, YouTube.
9 Sept 2019
Ferry Schiffelers presents the Spring / Summer 2020 collection at Amsterdam Fasion Week last week at the iconic Nieuwe Kerk on Dam Square. Source: Amsterdam Fashion Week, YouTube.
