Fashionclash Maastricht celebrates its fifth edition and therefore the fashion event will last for nine days this year. Besides the regular program including fashion shows, exhibition and performances, an extensive side program will take place with pop-up shops, workshops and presentations held on several locations in Maastricht. Moreover, you have the opportunity to see the film program of Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2012.

From the moment Fashionclash started (2009) it has increasingly grown. By means of projects such as the event Fashionclash Maastricht, Fashionclash Market, various pop-up stores, Fashion Across Borders and numerous presentations within the Netherlands and abroad, Fashionclash possesses a unique position within the international fashion industry. Fashionclash Maastricht is accessible for everybody and offers something for everyone!

Fashionclash Maastricht is an international and interdisciplinary fashion event mainly focusing on ‘young’ designers and artists, active within a broad range of disciplines. The event gives them the opportunity to show their work. The work shown, are related through a clear link with fashion: fashion collections, textile, photography, video, jewelry, accessories etc. The event includes work by over a hundred talents from all over the world! Admission for the exhibition and the side program in Maastricht is free. To attend the fashion shows, one can buy a ticket. Fashionclash Maastricht is a unique opportunity to discover new talents and get inspired by fashion in the widest sense of the word.

Fashionclash is founded in 2009 by a couple of friends and designers passionate about creating a fashion platform for young ‘fashion’ talents. The aim of Fashionclash, is to create a clash with fashion as a starting point. ‘Clash’ stands for an inspiring encounter of different designers, disciplines, cultures and audiences. The company aims to present fashion in relation to a broad range of disciplines linked to fashion. With this concept as a starting point, Fashionclash initiates and organizes interdisciplinary projects and events. One of the projects is the international fashion event Fashionclash Maastricht’. The event has become a unique platform for upcoming national and international talents. Since 2006 over 600 talents coming from 30 different countries have joined the event.

Text by Branko Popovic

For more information:
info@fashionclash.nl
www.fashionclash.nl

Photo credits by Peter Stigter:
1. Clash Project
2. de l'eefstijl 1
3. Atelier MILADA
4. Glenda LAGOMARSINO
5. Pierre-Antoine Vettorello
6. Femke Agema