Shanghai Gesture
Students of the Textile department (TxT) designed woven fabrics for wintercoats. The samples are made on handlooms in the weaving workshop and the final fabrics are made in the TextileLab in Tilburg. The theme is the relationship between the Netherlands and China in the golden century and since. During a one week workshop in collaboration with Alexander van Slobbe, eight fashion designers made wintercoats out of them.
The collection will be on show from july 8th till november 13th 2011 in museum Willet-Holthuysen, Herengracht 605.
In the Dutch paper NRC: Mode en textiel gaan eigen weg in grachtenmuseum.pdf
exhibition in museum Willet-Holthuijsen (coat by Tessa Koops, fabric by Caroline Lindo).
exhibition in museum Willet-Holthuijsen (coat by Kunji Baerwald, fabric by Ellie Duinker).
exhibition in museum Willet-Holthuijsen (dress by Thera Hillenaar and fabric by Ellie Duinker).
introduction of the fabrics to the fashion dsigners
industrially woven samples and inspiration by Ellie Duinker
handwoven samples and inspiration, Elisabeth Leerssen