Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) is a

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event that takes place in

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biannually. Both established brands and starting designers show their collections. The AFW used to be held at the

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location, but after takeover by fashion entrepreneur Danie Bles the fashion week switches locations ever season. In addition to the

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s, which were open to invited guests and public with purchased tickets, the event also had a program open to the public called AIFW Downtown. The Downtown event consisted exhibitions, parties, store openings and other events in the field of fashion, spread throughout the city of Amsterdam. Since the takeover in 2018 everything has been placed under one coherent official program. An annual show on the program is Lichting since 2007. The show aims to present the best Dutch academy fashion students of one year, all together in one show to present themselves. Afterwards a jury will determine the best graduation collection, this student will win a sum of 10,000 euros.

History

From 1947, until the end of the 1950s, a biannually fashion week was held in the Netherlands as Amsterdam Fashion Week. It was organized by the Dutch Women's Clothing Industry."Amsterdam Fashion Week since 1947, Gem. Amsterdam"
/ref> with the collapse of the Dutch clothing industry, the event was stopped. The first edition of its current form was created in 2004, the event consisted three catwalk shows. At the start the emphasis has not been on ready-made clothing but on the promotion of Dutch fashion designers. The current focus is back on both sides.

Well-known (former) participants

* Bas Kosters *

Camiel Fortgens Camiel Fortgens (born 1992, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Dutch fashion designer, he founded his eponymous fashion label in 2014. Background Camiel Fortgens graduated at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2014. With his first clothing collecti ...

* Claes Iversen * David Laport * Duran Lantink * Elsien Gringhuis *

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Iris van Herpen Iris van Herpen (born June 5, 1984) is a Dutch fashion designer known for fusing technology with traditional haute couture craftsmanship. Van Herpen opened her own label ''Iris van Herpen'' in 2007. In 2011, the Dutch designer became a guest-mem ...

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* Liselore Frowijn * Maison the Faux * Mattijs van Bergen * Ninamounah *

Ronald van der Kemp Ronald van der Kemp (born 24 September 1964 in Wijchen, Netherlands) is a Dutch fashion designer and founder of demi-couture fashion house RVDK Ronald van der Kemp, his namesake label. Early career Van der Kemp graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld ...

* Rushemy Botter * Schepers Bosman * Sophie Hardeman * Spijkers en Spijkers * Vanilia

References

External links

* {{Fashion weeks Dutch fashion Fashion weeks Events in Amsterdam