About
The concept of ‘Lichting’ is simple: the best academy graduates of one year in 1 central catwalk show. In the audience are the 700 most important people for the next step in their careers: fashion journalists and influential stylists, ready to spot the next big thing; CEO’s and design managers on the look-out for talent; and the all-important players-behind-the-scenes, all eager to see what the nation’s academies have brought forth this year.
Lichting was founded in 2007 to bridge the gap between the academies and students on the one side and the talent-hungry fashion industry on the other. Lichting brings together the very best of each of Holland’s 7 fashion academies. Selection at the academies is undertaken by the senior lecturers. Each academy sends their two best or most striking graduates. A total of fourteen designers will show their outfits. As a result, Lichting is one of the most highly principled fashion events in the Netherlands, both in terms of quality and representation.
Lichting 2011, the fifth edition, is a project of HTNK Fashion Recruitment & Consultancy, Amsterdam International Fashion Week and Premsela - Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, in collaboration with G-Star Raw, and AMFI Amsterdam Fashion Institute, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Koninklijke Academie Kunsten Den Haag, Hogeschool Zuyd Maastricht, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam and Willem de Kooning Academie Hogeschool Rotterdam. Consultation with the senior lecturers is taken care of by the HTNK team. The Lichting 2011 show is produced by AIFW and is by invitation only.
PANEL
For the 2011 edition of Lichting, an international panel of experts joined the show for a review. They represented 50% of the votes for the winner.
Panelmembers were:
Catherine Baba, Paris (FR): stylist Vogue US, Ungaro, Givenchy, Dazed & Confused, Cartier & Balmain.
Michael van der Ham, London (UK): Dutch fashion designer who lives and works in London. Was nominated for the Emerging Talent Award (British Fashion Council) in 2010 for the Ready-to-wear category. Van der Ham is sold at Liberty's, Browns Focus and Luisa Via Roma.
Shelley Fox, New York (USA): Donna Karan Professor of Fashion Design; Director MFA Fashion Design & Society (in development). Fox was awarded several prizes as a fashion designer through her innovative and experimental designs. The past three years she has dedicated herself to important research programmes. Fox has worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and as the Course Diretor of the Masters of Art in Fashion Design and Enterprise at Westminster University.
Romain Brau and Anna Kushenroca, Antwerp (BE): Founders and buyers for Ra13. Brau and Kushnerova graduated from the prestigious Antwerp Fashion Academy before opening Ra13.
ACADEMIES
AMFI Amsterdam Fashion Institute
ArtEZ, Institute of the Arts Arnhem
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Utrecht School of the Arts
The Royal Academy of Art
The Willem de Kooning Academy
Zuyd University
Please visit www.lichting.nl for more information
