Happy 2013!

Hey hey hey,

First of all, I want to wish you a HAPPY NEWYEAR! 2013 didn’t started that great for me, but hopefully it gets better. It will if I post more on my blog!

I’ve had a rough time with my school before summer, but it all ended well. I’m on the right track and hopefully I can focus more on my blog again if I won’t focus on the unimportant stuff.

SO starting this year positive, let’s show all of the great highlights of my portfolio, fashion and a little bit of my life in 2012.

January:
The big thing in the Dutch fashion world happened in this month is the fresh and surprising collection of my school’s brand iNDiViDUALS called ‘DUALS’. I went to the show on fashion week and it wow’ed me so hard. It made me proud to study on this talented school.

February:
This highlight is also about my school AMFI. It was the Triptiek Week. Three weeks hard-working on a collection with a team of twenty people! We had the highest grade and we are enormously happy about it. If you want to see our collection, click here to view it again.

March:
Being in a down period I finally had some good news to hear! Lady Gaga, one of my biggest idols and big inspiration for me announced that she came to Amsterdam with her Born This Way Ball tour. Lots of people were interested in what she would wear on September 17 AND 18. She sold out the first day in 15 minutes! That’s my girl!

April:
And we’re back to my portfolio work again. I had another show for my school again. And it was all about handicraft. I focused on smocking and sew on beading by HAND and it all looked very beautiful. It was worth making all that handwork.

May & June:
That was the month my beautiful macbook broke, so I had no special post to show you unfortunately and so it was in the next month.

July:
Fashionweek was all starting again but unlucky me had no time to go to the show. I had to work hard for keep staying at AMFI, and I still do! But I’ve been to the Modefabriek, where they had a special stand for the young Dutch talent of now. Though I missed the area where all the young talented designers all over the world came to show us their work. Here in Holland, we’re kind of minimum (besides Bas Kosters). But for the rest it keeps on growing.

August:
I went to London with my dad for some inspiring views and some good shopping. Though because of health I couldn’t walk that much in the beginning of my trip. But after all, I had an amazing time over there! I also got my Lady Gaga Fame perfume over there; It should’ve been published in the beginning of September, but already purchased it in Harrod’s London!

September:
The week of all good things. Starting my journey at AMFI again and of course Lady Gaga arrived in the Netherlands. I had an amazing time at her show, meeting some great fans and made new friends. I didn’t go backstage, but it was all right. I had a blast that night. But without knowing that I would meet her two days later in front of her hotel! Click here to watch the film of me meeting gaga (skip to 1:28 to see her turn around and walk to me). Yeah I know, a bit obsessed. But hey, that’s me!

October:
Well not sure what to think about this month, but I don’t have anything to say what was good on this month. It was just a good month haha!

November:
Another highlight at my school! We passed our collection book with the highest grade! It was hard working, but so worth it. We are still working on the new season of the street wear brand of Burberry, called Burberry Clash. It’s not official, but we are a reality school so we learn how it’s in real business.

December:
A sweet month. I started that month with a trip to the wonderful Istanbul. I had a great and Inspiring time. Visited some great places and interesting factories. So I really ended this year very well!

And hopefully more Highlights will come in 2013!

See ya!

Fashionista of the Week

Written by: Christian

Talking about extreme!

Hey Guys,

I really want put this girl in the spotlight (even though she's been already in a lot of spotlights), because this girl knows what fashion is. Even if it's not your taste, this is the real meaning of being fashionable. Ladies and Gentlemen this is freelance fashion journalist Aynouk Tan.

This woman loves texture and knows what she is wearing. It is her, and that's fashion. She thinks about every single detail and that's important if you want to call yourself fashionable.

The first time I saw her in real life was at the Amsterdam Fashion Week summer 2011. She was hosting the Vodafone Firestarters talkshow wearing a pink (fake?)fur top and some shorts with rhinestones all over, designed by Marry Me - Jimmy Paul. She had her red hair pulled to the back and on her head she had a necklace on, but now it was meant to be as a headband/tiara. Awesome! But I was wondering if she wears this just to get some attention or to show what fashion is for her. And luckily it was the last one.

Every time I see her in newspapers or on the internet my mind says 'wow'. Last week was the Amserdam Fashion Week summer edition (too bad I couldn't make it there) and she stole the show with her amazing outlandish outfits. That's the reason why she's Capitale F's Fashionista of the Week. People can say it's crazy, but it's the new fashion.

Check out some more of her looks.

Fashionista Of The Week

This guy is (sort of) the Fashionista Of The Week! I said sort of, because I only liked the jacket, for the rest it's not that extreme, but anyway.. This guy, who's probably going on holiday, wears a denim vest and with studs it says: Speed Freak. I hope that he means that he loves to be fast and not that he's addicted to a type of drug...

I can't find it in stores or on google, so he probably made it by himself of let someone fix this. Props to this guy or person who has put the studs on!

Do you have any pics with your favorite outfit? Send me an email to christian.capitalef@hotmail.com and who knows you'll be the Fashionista Of The Week!


Love (fashion),

Christian.

Fashionista of the week/month

Picture by The Sartorialist LINK

Hey guys!
This will be a new topic of my blog here: Fashionista of the week or month. Every month or week (it depends) I am going to walk down the streets of big cities in The Netherlands to find that boy or girl who inspires me the most.

But dont worry to all the people who live outside Holland, I will make some trips to cities like Antwerp or London this year. Or you can e-mail me your stylish picture and maybe you will be chosen to be the Fashionista Of The Week.

Next week will be announced the first Fashionista so if you want, send in your picture to christian.capitalef@hotmail.com (No, it's not my personal e-mail adress ;) )


Good luck!

I'll be back!

Hey guys,

I'm so sorry for my absence the latest time, but I had a hard time at school + my lovely macbook has been broken for the last weeks but now it's repaired and I will focus more on this blog and the goal about it!

For the readers who have no idea what my goal is: I want to Change Fashion. I want to open every person's eyes to see that there's is more than just a t-shirt!

So be prepared for this week for loads of posts!

See you soon!!!

Portfolio: Triptiekshow

BY: CHRISTIAN M. PHOTOS: AYF ER (SHOW) & LEONIE (SHOOT)

A few weeks ago there was a show organized by all the 2nd year students of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute, including me. We started with groups of 20 students and in every group there were managers, branders and designer students.

In my group there were 5 design students and you can see on the photo's our collection we've worked on it. Our inspiration was Friesland and our goal was to reach the youth of this Dutch province by making comfortable, but stylish and special clothing. We did a great job on it, we even had a high note for it! right under this post you can see the pictures of the shoot with me as the model and from the show.

Please send a comment here and give me your opinion about the colection. What would you like to buy from this. I heard alot of compliments about the beautiful sweater made by my group-mate Anouk!

Meet Jonathan Christopher

BY: CHRISTIAN M.

Hey little fashion soldiers,

Yes, It has been a long time ago…. Again! But I will try to post more! But I’m so busy with my school, but I definately don’t want to give up my blog. And I want to post only good work!

So a few months I went to the Modefabriek, a big event at the Amsterdam RAI where you’ll see all the trends coming this season. There was a special places whit stands of different young design talent. And there was one collection that stole my fashionheart. It was the collection of Jonathan Christopher Hofwegen.

Hofwegen graduated at the Willem de Kooning Academie (in Rotterdam). In that study, he did an internship at Dutch designer Francisco van Benthum. After that he did a master at ArtEZ in Arhem, one of the most artistic designschool in The Netherlands. He has been nominated for a few good designer awards.

Jonathan Christopher made the best menswear collection I’ve ever seen in my life! It’s so much different than the ‘average’ menswear collections. Every detail was so good and every clothing piece has it’s extra’s. I’m afraid lot’s of boring dudes won’t wear them, because they are afraid of the ‘new’ things. And that’s why I’m happy with this designer! We all should be happy to be different, or are we proud to be ‘normal’ ? Let’s change the world! But before that, let’s watch pictures of the brand.

Check out other pictures at his website: Click Here



xoxoChris