Full Description
Contemporary fashion in the Netherlands shows a unique mix of playful individualism, conceptual strength, and organisational innovation. Delft Blue to Denim Blue maps the landscape of Dutch fashion in all its rich variety and complexity.Luxuriously illustrated in colour, the book uncovers the cultural roots of Dutch fashion in a globalized context. The authors debunk myths surrounding Dutch fashion, dig up new facts and stories, and explore the creative relation of fashion design to cultural heritage. Written by experts in the field, Delft Blue to Denim Blue gives a rich overview of designers, ranging from G-Star jeans, and affordable retailer C&A, to a savvy brand like Vanilia, and from the famous designer duo Viktor&Rolf to a futuristic designer like Iris van Herpen. The book assesses the diversity of Dutch fashion designers, firms and brands in their historical and cultural contexts.
Contents
Anneke Smelik
Introduction: The Paradoxes of Dutch Fashion
[box: G-star]
Part 1: Dutch Fashion Culture
2. José Teunissen
Clogs on High Heels: Dutch Cultural Heritage and Fashion
[box: Max Heijmans]
3. Michiel Scheffer
Contours of the Dutch Fashion Industry
[box: Hollandia-Kattenburg]
4. Maaike Feitsma
Don't Dress to Impress: Fashion Discourse in Dutch Journals
[box: Frans Molenaar]
5. Anneke Smelik, Daniëlle Bruggeman and Maaike Feitsma
Vivid Colours: From the Local to the Global and Back Again:
Oilily, Mac&Maggie and ¯CoraKemperman
[box: Jan Taminiau]
6. Maaike Feitsma
Denim Goes Dutch: A Myth-in-the-Making
[box: Francisco van Benthum]
Part 2: Dutch Firms and Designers
7. Anja Köppchen
Van Gils: Between Designing a Lifestyle and Making Suits
[box: C&A]
8. Anja Köppchen
Mexx: A Dutch Brand with Global Reach
[box: Claudia Sträter]
9. Anneke Smelik, Anja Köppchen and Constantin Von Maltzahn
From Mac&Maggie to ¯CoraKemperman: Successful Co-Creation in Production and Consumption
[box: People of the Labyrinths]
10. Constantin Von Maltzahn
Vanilia: High-Street the Dutch Way
[box: Marlies Dekkers]
11. Constantin Von Maltzahn
Spijkers en Spijkers: A Cut Above
[box: Alexander van Slobbe]
Part 3: Novel Perspectives
12. Daniëlle Bruggeman
Dutch Fashion Photography: Liquid Bodies and Fluid Faces
[box: Studio JUX]
13. Daniëlle Bruggeman
Fashion as a New Materialist Aesthetics: The Case of Viktor&Rolf
[box: Bas Kosters]
14. Anneke Smelik
Cybercouture: The Fashionable Technology of Pauline Van Dongen, Iris Van Herpen and Bart Hess
[box: Anouk Wipprecht]
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
On the Contributors
Index
