Lichting 2010

Awards / Fashion design

The fourth edition of Lichting takes place during Amsterdam International Fashion Week, presenting 14 of the best graduates from the seven fashion academies in The Netherlands.

By Editor Design.nl / 08-07-2010

Bringing together the very best of The Netherlands' fashion academies, 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.

Each academy nominates their two best graduates. Selection at the academies is undertaken by the senior lecturers. A total of fourteen designers will show their collections at Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW). As a result, Lichting is one of the most highly principled fashion events in the Netherlands, both in terms of quality and representation.

Lichting 2010, now in its fourth 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.

As official supporter of Lichting 2010, G-Star presents the G-Star Raw Talent Award; a €10.000 prize and experience trip to New York. The winner will be part of the G-Star Raw backstage team during the upcoming New York Fashion Week show on 14 September.

The winner will be announced during the Lichting show at AIFW on Thursday 15 July. Congratulations and good luck to this year's finalists:

Ingo Binder: Academy of Fine Art, Maastricht
Tony Marcus Sacharias: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Merel de Jong: Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
Marije Hellwich: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Lotte van Schijndel: ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, Arnhem
Floor Kolen: Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
Bianca Herranz van Roeden: ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, Arnhem
Ruby Verhoeven: Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Musa Shah: Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Matthias Louwen: Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht
Mariko Ferrier: Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht
Marije de Haan: Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague
Karolina Nieslony: Academy of Fine Art, Maastricht
Janneke Lemmers: Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague

Image: Lotte van Schijndel, photography: Peter Stigter