BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23026@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Maison Avant Après - the latest collection fashion forward literatu re & annual Perdu Party DTSTAMP:20260527T211407Z DTSTART:20260626T180000Z DTEND:20260627T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Maison Avant Après is a new project that opens up a space for l iterature on\nfashion. This evening\, Maison Avant Après presents its debu t collection Haute\nÉcriture. This also marks Perdu’s season finale and co ntinues into the early\nhours.\n\nOn 26 June Maison Avant Après presents t heir first collection Haute Écriture.\nThe écrituriers of service turn the ir fascination for fashion into strange and\ndazzling pieces full of parad oxes. The practitioner of haute écriture spends\nyears gathering enough im pressions and spends hundreds of hours on the tiniest\ndetails. The pieces on show are made using complex techniques and paradoxical\nfeelings. We s ee how fashion dictates strict laws and conceals oppression\, but\nalso of fers possibilities to escape corsets and straightjackets.\n\nDuring the pr esentation\, the Maison proudly shows the result of this labour\,\nhoping to form an artistic avant-garde together with the audience rather than a\n flock of passive fashion victims. There is no doubt that fashion has the p ower\nto mobilise the masses\, but can the continuous metamorphosis on the catwalk\nbring about real\, substantial change?\n\nAfterwards\, the show continues on the dance floor for the festive closure of\nPerdu’s cultural season with music\, drinks\, and aesthetic excess into the night.\n\nHurry to the front row!\n\n***TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON***\n\nA programme by Perdu x Maison Avant Après\nHost: Oliver Taylor\nLanguage: EN/NL (during the Du tch parts\, English translations are shown)\nDress code: Overdressed\n\nDe wi de Nijs Bik relates to the Radical Call for Love collection of fashion\ ndesigner Marine Serre\, who took the fashion world by storm a decade ago in the\naftermath of the attacks in Paris and Brussels. What remains of th is mobilizing\nenergy in 2026? And how do these remnants inscribe themselv es into history? This\nnew poetry work will be presented by literary top m odel Marieke Ornelis\, herself\na writer and dramaturge.\n\nTim Fraanje pr ovides a fashion commentary to Alessandro Michele’s debut-couture\nshow Va lentino Vertigineux (2025)\, of which a rich selection of video fragments\ nis shown. What can this exorbitant parade teach us about abundance and ex cess?\nLuuk Dolfijn joins on the drums.\n\nRomy Day Winkel en Hanka van de r Voet honour Amsterdam’s 19th-century\nseamstresses who formed the first all-female union of the Netherlands\, De\nNaaistersbond. They perform a re ading of poems\, short stories and call-outs from\nthe union’s newspaper D e Naaistersbode\, to highlight the radicality of the\nseamstresses.\n\nrah man QUL presents his new poetry\, turning metropolitan Paris – global fash ion\ncapital – into an echo chamber for post-Soviet experiences and the st ories of\nmarginalized communities that have ended up in Limburg. He shows how people with\nlimited means use fashion to shape their desire for a lu xurious\, post-capitalist\nworld.\n\nRainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spur lock are the writers of the text What does\nit mean to be well-dressed? in which they explore the idea of fashion as a\ncollective dialogue. In thei r absence\, the audience will perform this polyphonic\nconversation.\n\nPa rty line-up:\n\nTim Fraanje and Luuk Dolfijn go on stage for a second time as music duo Big\nHare. They give a demonstration of Solarcore\, a dancea ble method to manifest a\nmagnificent\, solar powered future. The performa nce includes a display of\nfuturistic solarcore costumes made by designer Jonathan Ho.\n\nTonight Dj V von Willendorf\, dj alterego of poet Anne Mar ijn Voorhorst\, crosses\nas many musical regions and genres as possible – from van baile funk\, kuduro and\nlatin core to grime\, dancehall\, acid h ouse and contemporary trance. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/maison-avant-apres-the-latest-collectio n-fashion-forward-literature-and-annual-perdu-party GEO:52.3689174;4.896321 LOCATION:Perdu - Kloveniersburgwal 86\, 1012 CZ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:acid house,amsterdam-centrum,avond,burgwallen,community,dance,dj ,experimental,funk,music,party,perdu programme,performance,poetry,poetry r eading,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Maison Avant Après is a new project tha t opens up a space for literature on fashion. This evening, Maison Avant A près presents its debut collection Haute Écriture. This also marks Perdu’s season finale and continues into the early hours.

On 26 June Maison Avant Après presents their first collection Haute Écriture. The éc rituriers of service turn their fascination for fashion into strange and d azzling pieces full of paradoxes. The practitioner of haute écriture spend s years gathering enough impressions and spends hundreds of hours on the t iniest details. The pieces on show are made using complex techniques and p aradoxical feelings. We see how fashion dictates strict laws and conceals oppression, but also offers possibilities to escape corsets and straightja ckets.

During the presentation, the Maison proudly shows the resul t of this labour, hoping to form an artistic avant-garde together with the audience rather than a flock of passive fashion victims. There is no doub t that fashion has the power to mobilise the masses, but can the continuou s metamorphosis on the catwalk bring about real, substantial change?

Afterwards, the show continues on the dance floor for the festive closu re of Perdu’s cultural season with music, drinks, and aesthetic excess int o the night.

Hurry to the front row!

***TICKETS AVAILABLE SO ON***

A programme by Perdu x Maison Avant Après
Host: Oliver Taylor
Language: EN/NL (during the Dutch parts, English translations are shown)
Dress code: Overdressed

Dewi de Nijs Bik relates to the Radical Call for Love collection of fashion designer Marine Serre, wh o took the fashion world by storm a decade ago in the aftermath of the att acks in Paris and Brussels. What remains of this mobilizing energy in 2026 ? And how do these remnants inscribe themselves into history? This new poe try work will be presented by literary top model Marieke Ornelis, herself a writer and dramaturge.

Tim Fraanje provides a fashion commentary to Alessandro Michele’s debut-couture show Valentino Vertigineux (2025), o f which a rich selection of video fragments is shown. What can this exorbi tant parade teach us about abundance and excess? Luuk Dolfijn joins on the drums.

Romy Day Winkel en Hanka van der Voet honour Amsterdam’s 1 9th-century seamstresses who formed the first all-female union of the Neth erlands, De Naaistersbond. They perform a reading of poems, short stories and call-outs from the union’s newspaper De Naaistersbode, to highlight th e radicality of the seamstresses.

rahman QUL presents his new poetr y, turning metropolitan Paris – global fashion capital – into an echo cham ber for post-Soviet experiences and the stories of marginalized communitie s that have ended up in Limburg. He shows how people with limited means us e fashion to shape their desire for a luxurious, post-capitalist world.

Rainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock are the writers of the text What does it mean to be well-dressed? in which they explore the idea of f ashion as a collective dialogue. In their absence, the audience will perfo rm this polyphonic conversation.

Party line-up:

Tim Fraanje and Luuk Dolfijn go on stage for a second time as music d uo Big Hare. They give a demonstration of Solarcore, a danceable method to manifest a magnificent, solar powered future. The performance includes a display of futuristic solarcore costumes made by designer Jonathan Ho.

Tonight Dj V von Willendorf, dj alterego of poet Anne Marijn Voorhors t, crosses as many musical regions and genres as possible – from van baile funk, kuduro and latin core to grime, dancehall, acid house and contempor ary trance.

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