Hotel The Exchange is an initiative by Lloyd Hotel and the cultural embassy Amsterdam. Students of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute dressed the rooms like models on the catwalk.

As a visitor you sleep in fashion and wake up in style…

The hotel is located in three buildings. In the same building there is a 230 m2 contemporary department store Options! and a restaurant Stock.

Pretty fabulous don’t you think?

Via April and May

As a conceptual designer, Sophie balances between art and design.

Sophie’s new collection is a wonderful series of scarves, titled “Undiscovered Wonders of the World”.

The scarves are digitally printed on crepe de chine and silk velvet. The project came about with the cooperation of the Dutch Audax Textile Museum, Tilburg and CATDigital in Glasgow, Scotland.

The scarves are beautiful fairytale like landscapes inspired by Celtic, Norwegian, Indian and Greek ancient stories.

I think they are beautiful …

Update:
The scarves are for sale through the designer: sophie@sophieduran.nl  Also from February 20 on at You Are Here Concept store in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

With CULTURE COUTURE, The Tropen Museum in Amsterdam shows how authentic costumes from different cultures can inspire new, contemporary couture.

In this exhibition you’ll see the work of three promising international designers from Antwerp’s renowned Fashion Academy:

Manon Kundig, Teddy Beard Collection

Tabitha Osler, Mount Analogue (Be sure to look at her website!)

Wali Mohammed Barrec, Shoes

More info at Tropen Museum

Finally, a nice text from the site of Tabitha Osler …

Fashion …

Tumbleweed
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies. Spreading its seeds for the following season. 

For more of his work see By Borre.

Although not all of Alaïa clothing appeals to me, this exhibition is absolutely beautiful!

The detail in some of the clothing is just amazing!

I have no idea If we ever going to use it, but recently we happened to play around with this …

Because I forgot to take my camera, the photos above were taken by Joop Kok,
a friend of mine …

The exhibition Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st century in the Groninger Museum in Groningen, The Netherlands, is still going on up to May 6, 2012.

During the process the designers were pleasantly surprised to discover exactly how many natural and plant-based materials could be made into yarns, including potato peelings, peanuts, milk, maize and seaweed.

Jewelry designer Willemijn de Greef made thread and yarn from nettle fibers to created this stunning oversized necklace.

The project also included “One-sheep sweaters” … before …

… and after

PS. Although Saterday is a busy day in our Atelier, I am going to work on my blog again today so … if the following days you might notice some irregularities on my blog, that’s because I am still working to redesign it a bit. So sorry …

These are her amazing sculptures made of human hair.

Adrienne also designs clothing for the label STATE, all these pieces are one of a kind and all made of repurposed fabrics.

Her clothing is for sale at Nube Green.

PS. The following days you might notice some irregularities on my blog, that’s because I am still working to redesign it a bit. So if something looks “funny” or out of place … so sorry …

I think this movie with Fleur’s work so enchantingly beautiful that I use it to send you in the New Year …

Painting Pictures by MLY from robertanderson on Vimeo.

Dear friends and readers, as the year comes to an end and a new one begins…
I like to thank every one of you for reading The Latest Story, for all of your comments, participation and support this year. Thanks!

I wish you a happy, loving and peaceful 2012! See you in the New Year …

Anyway please take a look at their site and blog it is all so very Japanese and beautiful …

Hand hammered copper kettle

Stools

Japanese light

PS
They ship world wide …

Arne Nerjordet from Norway and Carlos Zachrison from Sweden in a video to promote their knitting pattern book and the way they live.

The design duo Arne & Carlos started by knitting sweaters and accessories in traditional Scandinavian knitting patterns.

Forced by the crisis the designers put their thriving Fashion Label on the back burner, moved to the countryside and went knitting Christmas balls.