Amsterdam - In forecasting the trends for summer 2020, Lidewij Edelkoort follows the script of her previously published Anti-fashion manifest. Slowing down, connecting, humanity and equality; these subjects were all covered in ‘Li’s’ biannual Appletizer trend seminar in Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw on the IJ river. The fashion guru was unwavering on...
Nov 15, 2018
Indian summer, brighter colors and the impact of technology in our daily lives: these are some of themes that will mark Autumn/Winter in 2019-2010, according to Dutch trendwatcher Lidewij Edelkoort. She led a trendwatching seminar in Holland this week, organized by international forecaster, Appletizer. FashionUnited attended the event and shares...
Jun 19, 2018
Lidewij Edelkoort presented her new art gallery to the industry on Thursday 18 January at 30 Boulevard de Saint Jacques in Paris. The inaugurating exhibition in the new gallery, named "The Gift To Be Simple”, highlighted five young designers developing in the area between the vintage and the modern. Although the concept is new, the address...
Jan 25, 2018
Trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort will open a public design gallery from Jan. 18 at her headquarters in Paris. The space at 30 Boulevard Saint-Jacques will show design as well as arts and crafts: “everything that in my eyes deserves to be shown, collected and cherished at this moment in time, illustrating and reflecting our culture,” said a...
Jan 12, 2018
Amsterdam - The role of women in our modern day society is shifting, as numerous high-profile sexual harassment scandals, continue to make the headlines. Women are joining forces and taking a stand together against society’s gendered prejudices, which is set to impact how we dress, according to Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort. "Since...
Dec 8, 2017
Amsterdam - "We always reach for something new, when actually it's old. We should stop that, as trends last a long time," says Lidewij Edelkoort, trend forecaster. A remarkable statement for anyone to make, let alone during a trend seminar, especially when it comes from the speaker herself. Even though we are used to the bold statements made by...
Jun 14, 2017
"Chaos is prevailing in the world and that means that there is chaos in fashion, because fashion reflects the time. No one knows anymore what to deliver or when. The long, warm Indian summer is a fact and I cannot understand why fashion suppliers and retailers hold onto to old delivers under the motto 'the earlier you deliver items to store, the...
Nov 24, 2016
“After ‘Anti-Fashion’ and the ‘Emancipation of Everything’ it comes down to the clothes. And it is all just about the clothes, then it has to be the starting point of us finding new ideas within clothing,” said trend forecaster and futurist Lidewij Edelkoort in her new trend presentation ‘Labour of Love’, in which the clothing of the working man...
Apr 7, 2016
Transparent skirts, digital fitting rooms and Whatsapp becoming the newest social medium for sharing fashion advice: FashionUnited lists the top ten fashion and retail trends for 2016. #1 Slow Fashion Raf Simons departure from Dior in October sparked a ferocious debate within the industry surrounding the increasing fast pace the fashion world...
Dec 30, 2015
First, fashion was dead. Then fashion was free. All within the span of six months. I know fashion is fast-moving, but can it go from stone-cold deceased to––not only resuscitated––but making a soaring bid for liberty in the time it took for me to get my winter sweaters out of storage? Death is quite the bondage. What happened? Was it kissed by a...
Dec 23, 2015