Event report #1: Models backstage at our S/S 2012 fashion show

What took us so long? Felt like I had to sleep 3 days straight after the whole event and the cleaning up the day after were done. WE HAD A BLAST! Thanks to all of you who, re-posted the event, shared our links, visited the event (!) and made it so incredible worth all of the effort we and our dedicated team put into it. The photo's taken of our visitors at the wall of fame will soon be posted on our Facebook wall. Since we are still waiting to receive some of the pictures, we will be posting multiple photo reports of the entire event. Starting today with a close-up of our models backstage:

Fashion Week in full swing: Modefabriek DAY 2 pics

As we just opened our pop-up shop @ MC Theater Amsterdam about an hour ago, here's a photo report of our previous pop-up party with Trash & Treasures at the Modefabriek last Monday.

Apart from an overall very exciting time with our little boutique at Trash & Treasures, we used the little extra time we had to run around to inhale some inspiration. We stopped quickly at the NEXT /Cutting Edge platform where we hit the spot of A-COUPLE, a label by young designers Laia en Núria from Spain. They presented their collection named '1st trip: Saigon', a collection inspired by the Vietnam war. Well, a damn good looking war we reckon (pics 1, 2 and 3). They start out using very strict geometric shapes, but use flowing materials, which results in a great juxtaposition. Most remarkable in their collection are the loose knits that hug the body contours perfectly.

Later on, we ran into Robin (23) from Eindhoven (pics below). She works as a dancer and wears clothes from her own (!) label 'Prey of London'. Great style Robin and nice to meet you!

Fashion Week in full swing: Modefabriek DAY 1 pics

Serious kick start of Amsterdam Fashion Week with Trash & Treasures at the Modefabriek. It was CRAZY busy and what a fun crowd! In the end we had hardly any time to walk around and get inspired ourselves, here's a concise photo report of day 1 at Trash and Treasures:

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This must be out of space love.....<3

Photo via www.ffffound.com/?offset=500&

photo's heart shaped galaxy via http://teenangster.net/

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Space is the place: goodies and DISCOUNT all around!

If you plan on shopping at our pop-up shop at the MC Theater upcoming Wednesday 25th of January, we want to give you some special attention. Here's a discount voucher, print it, bring it and upon presentation you will receive an additional 10% discount on all tag prices (voucher is only valid in our pop-up shop this Wednesday!).

The purchases you make on this day, you will be able to carry home in one of these limited edition JUTKA & RISKA hand customized space bags. Those who spend €10,- or more will receive a JUTKA & RISKA giveaway and if you spend over €15,- you also get a Club Manhattan goodie...

It's been crazy busy at the Modefabriek TRASH & TREASURES spot today. Time flew by, we did not even have time to walk around and have a look for ourselves! Hopefully we can manage to do a small inspiration stroll past all the talented young designers presenting their new collection at the Modefabriek. If so, we will take some pics to share it with you, we know you love great fashion just like we do ;-) Until tomorrow!

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Peek-a-boo! We have been trying out make-up for the fashion show.... spacy enough?

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Our Amsterdam fashion week schedule:
SUNDAY 22 : 10.00-18.00 TRASH & TREASURES @ MODFABRIEK
MONDAY 23: 10.00-18.00 TRASH & TREASURES @ MODFABRIEK
WEDNESDAY 25: 12.00-01.00 POP-UP SHOP & FASHION SHOWS @ MC Theater

There will be numerous photographers present at all events and we will take pics ourselves, so if you won't be able to come and take a look yourself: we will keep you updated on the blog and via Facebook! 

For those of you who are planning to drop by at the pop-up store/ fashion shows @ MC Theater on Wednesday, we will put a discount voucher online tomorrow, upon presentation it will be valid on all purchases you make at the OUT OF SPACE one day pop-up shop. Keep you posted!

InTown: JUTKA & RISKA @ Trash and Treasures, MODEFABRIEK

It's just two more days of preparations for our first fashion week appearance at the MODEFABRIEK trade fair in the RAI centre, Amsterdam. Sunday and Monday (Jan. 22 and 23, 10.00-18.00) we will join the Trash and Treasures gang to create a place within the trade fair where the visitors of the fair can actually both get inspired AND buy goodies for themselves right on the spot. So if you are planning on visiting the MODEFABRIEK, please stop by our petit boutique and browse our new collection of one-offs, vintage finds and limited edition garments and accessories. We are really excited to spend two days surrounded by a number of other small brands and talented designers. Just come and dig in this deluxe garage sale to discover the treasures......

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Small peak behind the scenes @ the photo shoot for the poster and flyer. More to come soon!
We are getting the last things together for the fashion show on Wednesday night (25th of Jan, 18.30-21.30). Tomorrow we try out the runway make up. I'll do my best to get some pics, so you can have another sneak peak. If you want to see the result in full swing, make sure to be there with us on Wednesday the 25th at the MC Theater, Westergasterrein Amsterdam. The fashion show runs every half hour between 18.30 and 21.30 hrs so you are free to come in and leave at any time you like. Hope to see you there!

InPress: JUTKA & RISKA's OUT OF SPACE in Volkskrant Magazine

Sorry but I could not wait for the whole article to be available on our website, so here it is on our blog:
Apologies for the poor quality. For the non-Dutch: it's a neat little article on the phenomenon of pop-up stores in which they mention our upcoming pop-up store at the MC Theatre in Amsterdam the 25th of January.

All content VK Magazine issue of Saturday Jan 14 2012

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It's been a great weekend getting more stuff sorted out and planned. We feel like the planets are alining more or less at our pace, we could not have asked for more.

This week our upcoming (25th of January!) fashion show and one day pop-up shop was even mentioned in the Volkskrant Magazine (the magazine that comes with the Saturday Volkskrant newspaper). It was referred to as part of a whole story on the pop-up shop phenomenon in which they gave some tips of shops about to pop-up. Big thank you to the VK, we really appreciate that! If you want to read the full article (in Dutch), you can check it out on our site (direct link will follow soon).

To get you in the mood here's a tune from a band from the 70ties called 'SPACE', we would love to get our hands on record sleeves from this band. Their outfits look incredibly promising. Just like the ladies in this b/w photograph rocking another space inspired look from back in the day.

Goodbye SPACE SUNDAY, get ready for an over the moon Monday!

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"We girls can do anything like Barbie..." Check out this crazy 80ties Barbie commercial from YouTube. It certainly made me feel MUCH better. "We can be the first in outer space, fantastic fun in a far out place...." To get it out of your head, you need to listen to the whole song someone once told me... enjoy ;-)

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A great day to escape from gravity if you ask me (ill at home with stomach flu :-S)...

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We even DREAM about it! Only 15 days to go....  it's so strange: on the one hand we cannot wait, on the other we need all time that remains to get the whole event lined up exactly like how we see it in our dreams. Better get back to work now.

 

Photo via http://www.designscouting.com/2011/10/20/stars-in-the-bedroom/

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photo via http://www.lostateminor.com

That's what we call great timing ;-) He's back! E.T. Still wandering around the web with our mind in space, we found the following incredible story on 'Lost at E-minor' :

From the Ripley’s file comes this story from Cosham, UK, where 76 year-old Margaret Wells was recently re-united with her full-size handmade E.T doll after it washed up on the shore off Old Portsmouth, five miles away from her home. The doll, which had earlier been stolen from her home, was mistaken for a drowned human, resulting in a frantic call to the local police who returned the doll to Wells: ‘He has lost a finger and looks a bit roughed up. But he has a smile on his face’.

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In the midst of planning out the decor for our Amsterdam shop windows and deciding on the styling for the models presenting our new collection, we like to Google. And even though it does not surprise us one bit (we love it!), SPACE has been a theme in fashion many times before. We giggled when we stumbled upon this set of pictures of the Space Age Helmet Emilio Pucci designed for Braniff Airlines.

If we had to guess I bet we would not have come up with this brilliant story: Emilio Pucci's Bubble Helmet was designed (in the days prior to the air-bridge) to protect the coiffure from wind and rain on the walk from the terminal to the aircraft.


When we just rode our bikes home through the incredibly stormy streets of Amsterdam we certainly wished we had one of our own. These girls definitely look great and so does their hair!

Images via http://www.moderndesigninterior.com/2010/02/space-age-fashion-by-pucci.html

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Today the invites to our contacts will leave our mailbox. If we don't have your e-mail address, it does not mean that you are not invited (!) ALL of our BLOG READERS are invited to join us for the presentation of our S/S 2012 collection!

Feel free to bring your friends.
There will be 10% discount on the whole new collection, a giveaway and loads of fashion, style and inspiration.

SAVVY 2012: What to do with your party dress after januari 1st

New year inn, glitzy dress out?! NO WAY! Here is our lovely Liene showing off her friend Ans' dressing down tricks. With a casual knit and a backpack you would not even think of party when you see the dress, right? How do you dress down your party wear?

Dress € 49,95

Wool sweater "Selected Femme" € 119,95 

Pumps (size 39) € 25,-

Backpack "Sergio Tacchini" € 95,-

Necklace (also in pink with gold) € 14,95

Liene also has a blog of her own, filled with fashion, art and much more inspiring imagery.  Love it!