Madeleine goes Amsterdam

Hello! I've been away for quite a while now, my bad. The good thing is though, I have moved to Amsterdam in the meantime. The best place for Dutch fashion! Recently, I got complimented on my Tory Burch shoes by somebody from Hermès. How not to love Amsterdam then! 

Amsterdam. My hood, the Jordaan area, is certainly inspiring. I made this picture with my BB, I am quite impressed it actually. 

I started writing for the Welikefashion.com blog. Welikefashion.com is a cool and edgy online fashion store for celeb inspired fashion and the blog.. the blog is even cooler ;) Check out my blog entry on Vogue legends Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington's tranny counterparts here.

Check out Welikefashion.com for celeb inspired fashion. Image via Welikefashion.com

So what else is coming up:


- Interview with Dutch designers Iris van Herpen, Claes Iversen and Marcha Hüskes, and celeb-stylisto Bastiaan van Schaik. Will have to wait till Spring for official publication...


- This month Amsterdam is hosting the Modefabriek ("Fashion Factory") the largest and coolest fashion fair in the country! Modefabriek is not just exhibitioners and stands (*yawn*), but also a platform for emerging international fashion talents, shows, events, etc. Very exciting! I will be attending Cutting Edge, the show for international avant-garde talent! (A big thanks for PR agency Press Only for that!)

Modefabriek, fashion fair and international platform for emerging designers. Image via Modefabriek.nl

- To top it off, Amsterdam International Fashion Week will take place from January 26th till January 30th. Personal favorites: Jan Taminiau's demi couture, AMFI's Individuals and SIS by Spijkers & Spijkers. I am praying for a seat, front row, final row, some row.

AIFW. Image via Amsterdamfashionweek.com

- Man & Mode ("Man & Fashion") at the Amsterdam Historical Museum on January 22nd. A fashion exhibition focussing solely on men this time! The relationship between fashion and Dutch men is a pretty awkward one, so I am excited to see what the story this exhibition will be telling (fashion exhibition got me my MA degree after all). Day will include lectures on "The Ideal Man" (interesting..), and ties and made-to-measure suits (hot, men's fashion is a whole different world, often drenched in tradition, I love it)

Man & Mode at the Amsterdam Historical Museum

- My very own website... will keep you posted.


- New glasses. I have stepped, sat on, fell on my Dior glasses about three million times. I was so ashamed, I just kept on wearing them all brokend and bent (indoors that is). I need a stronger frame and have my eyes set on a pair by Spijkers & Spijkers. 


Talk soon!


x


- Gabrielle Lucille

Remember the nice lady from the September Issue?

Memo Pad: Coddington Memoir... TV Camera Ready... - Fashion Memopad - WWD.com

That is how I remember Grace Coddington, as the nice lady from the September Issue. Grace was romantic, poetic, endlessly creative, in contrast to austere Anna who slashed her editorial with ice-cold precision. Though I am not an avid believer of fashion stereotypes, I did fall for Grace.

Grace on her move to Vogue US - Courtesy of www.icuinparis.com/blog/

Now, Grace is reported to be working on her memoir that will cover her modeling career in 1960s London and her rise to the upper echelons of the world of Vogue. Visions of Grace in the swinging sixties will serve as a nostalgic read and I expect her career path to be nothing less than deeply inspirational for all those aspiring.

What I personally love about her project is that Grace told Women's Wear Daily that she is “hoping it’s going to be very rich in fashion history. It’s more than just about me.”  Not only is she angelically modest, she also has a great point.

Grace's memoirs have the potential to be a more accessible way into fashion history, a more fresh and fun approach. Oral history is a legitimate research method for both historians and dress historians, so what better way than to learn fashion history through biography? Go Grace!

Grace Coddington on the cover of Vogue 1962 - Courtesy of www.beautyconfessional.net

- Gabriëlle Lucille