Ruché

French manufacturer Ligne Roset is meeting the general trend square on, and with innovations. Sofa Ruché brings together the unusual and the traditional. The unusual being the solid wood structure, combined with the great traditional element: quilting, the very heart of its savoir-faire. Slender and fine, soft and welcoming. Beautiful!

AIFW

Some more eye-candy. A selection of some of my personal favorites as shown during this Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW).

Some other designers (also amongst my favorites!) that were definitely mentioned in 'the talk of the town' were Marloes Blaas and Matthijs van Bergen. We'll be hearing from both of them in the future, I'm sure!

1 - Shirt & skirt by EnD; 2 - Dress by Elsien Gringhuis
3 - Blouse & skirt by Claes Iversen; 4 - Dress by Claes Iversen
5 - Dress by Jan Taminiau; 6 - Dress by Mada van Gaans

Étranger

Some of you may know that this past week was Amsterdam’s International Fashion Week. An event that always leaves it’s marks in the city, and makes us all curious to see the best, most creative and inspiring autumn/winter 2010 collections.

This year Taiwanese designer Lifu Hsiao presented, in a 17th century cellar underneath a monumental bridge, his simple but oh so perfectly tailored debut collection for winter 2010.

Lifu Hsiao graduated at the Fashion Institute Arnhem, the Netherlands, in 2008. After gaining working experience at Veronique Branquinho in 2009, he launched his own womens label Étranger. With his label, he strives to help women reaching “humanity and emotions” through his designs. Lifu Hsiao works and lives in Amsterdam.

Human since 1982

Studio 'Humans Since 1982', founded by Bastian Bischoff and Per Emanuelson, created the Clock Clock. The Clock Clock is constructed of 24 analogue clocks that use traditional clock hands to digitally display the time, and was awarded for the Best Graduation Work by their university, the School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg.

Paris

Dream a little dream. Love the work of Emilie, hope you do too.