Admired Colour

Circle skirt especially designed for the exhibition 'Draw the Outline' at 'het Oude Raadhuis' Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. Five young artists presented their new work; Ank Daamen, Nieske Kalkman, Johanneke Lamoraal Wichers, Berber Soepboer & Anne Stooker

'Admired Colour'; each off the 5 exhibitors was asked to choose a person they admire. These 'admired' people all recieved 1 cirkle skirt with a black and white print. They were asked to colour this print the way they like best. At Draw the Outline the 5 different skirts were exhibited.

Ank Daamen: Sachi Miyachi
Nieske Kalkman: Annesas Appel
Johanneke Lamoraal Wichers: Simon de Boer
Berber Soepboer: Marloes Blaas
Anne Stooker: Robert Risteski


credits: concept/design; Berber Soepboer, textile/print design; Michiel Schuurman, photography; Charlott Markus

For Sale Colour-In Dress

The 'Colour-In' Dress is available for 238 Euro.
Textile markers included, porto excluded.

Get a Colour-In Dress and create your own unique design.

Order a dress by sending an email to soepboerschuurman@gmail.com mentioning your name, adress, number and size.

Please check the sizes carefully.

Sizes in cm:
- A: chest 81,6 cm, waist 58,4 cm, base width 164,8 cm
- B: chest 89,6 cm, waist 66,4 cm, base width 172,8 cm
- C: chest 97,6 cm, waist 74,4 cm, base width 180,8 cm
- D: chest 105,6 cm, waist 82,4 cm, base width 188,8 cm
and in inches:
- A: chest 32.1 in., waist 23 in., base width 64.9 in.
- B: chest 35.3 in., waist 26.1 in., base width 68 in.
- C: chest 38.4 in., waist 29.3 in., base width 71.2 in.
- D: chest 41.6 in., waist 32.4 in., base width 74.3 in.

Soepboer & Stooker

Berber Soepboer & Anne Stooker opened the new Shop/Studio/Gallery;

'SOEPBOER & STOOKER'
garments and textiles
at the Overtoom 9 Amsterdam

The concept of the place is based on garments and textile, from start to the final product.

STUDIO: Design & workspace (young) artist in residence and founders. Workshops. Now; Hyun Yeu is artist in residence.
SHOP: Exclusive fashion and designs by young artists, fabrics, accessories, books, clothes & a mini launderette. Now; BLESS, Christian Wijnants, Marloes Blaas, bianca speijk, pieces of Siddh, Tarra-g.
GALLERY: Varying shows/exhibitions by the artist in residence, and young designers. Opening exhibition; collection by Hyun Yeu (winner Frans Molenaar Price) and photography by Blommers/Schumm

tel:+31 (0)20 6128623
www.soepboerstooker.nl

opening celebration 22-10-2009

credits: cirkels by Michiel Schuurman, photography by Charlott Markus

Fragment Textiles

Fragment Textiles is collaboration with Fioen van Balgooi. She did a research on how fashion designers can design eco-effective. She explored the effect of the choices made during the design process on the environment. And tried to think about the consequences of the design when it would be discarded. This information was used during the design process. In this research was a good connection with the concept; clothing which can be worn in different ways, so the owner can make choices in how to wear the cloth. It adds durability, and gives the possibility to a cloth with a second function.

The goal was to design clothes with a second live; cradle to cradle. Completely environmentally friendly. Together they developed two small forms made of special biological wool. Squares and Stars, both can be put together with more of the same kind creating a fabric. Both forms have small slices, which gives them the possibility to click in each other and hold. Two cloths were made with these forms; a square dress and a star skirt. Both completely detachable thus changeable, in colour as in form.

Credits: Photography; Savale, Make-up; Annelies van Oosterum, Model; Marjolein Heij

Colour-In Dress

The Colour-In Dress & The Replacement Dresses; by Berber Soepboer & Michiel Schuurman 2008

This collection is created especially for an exhibition about 'De Ploeg', a famous Dutch textile factory. ‘De Ploeg’ was a great inspiration with their amazing textile prints, fashion designs and their admirable ideology. It resulted in 4 dresses created around 2 concepts, ‘The Colour-In Dress’ and ‘The Replacement Dresses’. In both concepts textile patterns were the essence of the design, these patterns originated in collaborating with graphic designer Michiel Schuurman. He designed some beautiful textile patterns to fit in the concepts and with a touch of ‘de Ploeg’. The concept of the dresses make it possible that the cloth is partly designed by the person who wears it, which hopefully makes them more valuable to the wearer. When clothes are cared for people tend to wear it longer, this makes the dress durable.
The result is a reaction to the rapidly changing fashion, and the massive confection. Your dress will be unique.

'The Colour-In Dress' is a simple dress with a black and white print, which is especially designed to fill with coloured textile markers. Because the print is so flexible you can make many different designs by colouring it. Everybody can interpret the print the way they like it best.

This dress is for sale please check the NEWS section.

credits: Design & Concept: Berber Soepboer, Textile Design/Graphic Design: Michiel Schuurman, Photography: Sander Marsman, Styling: Anne Stooker, Model: Nina Varga, Make-up: Zarah Aharon

Replacement Dresses

By Berber Soepboer & Michiel Schuurman 2008

‘The Replacement Dresses' exists out of three dresses all printed with a multicoloured design. Each dress exists out of several pieces, which are attached to each other by buttons. The pieces can be exchanged between the three dresses. This makes it possible to combine the three different prints in a way the wearer prefers.

credits: Design & Concept: Berber Soepboer, Textile Design/Graphic Design: Michiel Schuurman, Photography: Sander Marsman, Styling: Anne Stooker, Model: Nina Varga, Make-up: Zarah Aharon

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