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AMSTERDAM-BASED FASHION DESIGNER, ILJA VISSER, DESIGNS WEARABLE PIECES OF ART, TO ENCOURAGE SELF-EXPRESSION, FOR MODERN, SOPHISTICATED WOMEN WITH A STRONG POINT-OF-VIEW. ILJA EMBARKED ON HER CAREER IN FASHION BY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL OF ARTS IN ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS. STUDYING FASHION DESIGN LED HER TO NEW YORK FOR INTERNSHIPS AT DONNA KARAN AND MARIA CORNEJO WHERE SHE ACQUIRED HER FINE SKILLS OF TAILORING. UPON GRADUATION IN 2001, SHE MOVED TO MILAN TO FURTHER DISCOVER THE FOUNDATION OF FASHION, TEXTILES, AND DESIGN. HER NAMESAKE LINE, ILJA, FOUNDED IN 2005, AROSE FROM HER DREAM TO EXPRESS HER INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTUAL VISION AND ARTISTIC APPROACH TO FASHION. WITH HIGH REGARD TO IMPECCABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP IN TAILORING, FABRIC MANIPULATION AND INFLUENCE OF MODERN INNOVATIONS, THE COLLECTION EXHIBITS AN ORGANIC AND SCULPTURAL DISTINCTION. HONORING THIS INNOVATION AND TALENT, ILJA BECAME THE FIRST DUTCH FASHION DESIGNER TO RECEIVE THE CULTUUR MODE STIPENDIUM AWARD FROM THE PRINS BERNHARD CULTUURFONDS (PRINCE BERNHARD CULTURAL FOUNDATION) IN 2011. ILJA COMBINES INSPIRATIONS OF THE ARTS AND THE DUALITY OF STRENGTH AND FEMININITY IN WOMEN INTO OUTSPOKEN GARMENT AND SHOE DESIGNS. THE CONTRADICTORY ELEMENTS OF HARD/SOFT AND STRONG/ FRAGILE ARE CONCEPTUALIZED THROUGH THE USE OF ORGANIC SHAPES BY INCORPORATING TRADITIONAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES WITH CONTEMPORARY AND INNOVATIONAL APPROACHES. THE SKILLFUL CONTROL OF MATERIALS PRODUCES DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY A STRUCTURED FLUIDITY OF THE GARMENTS. THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THESE TECHNIQUES IN FLATTERING, FEMININE SILHOUETTES, ILJA’S VISION, TO CREATE A WARDROBE THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO EXPRESS BOTH THEIR STRENGTH AND SENSITIVITY IS FULFILLED.
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POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL, ARTISTIC, CHARACTERIZES THE ILJA AESTHETIC. LAUNCHED IN 2005, ILJA VISSER INTRODUCED HER LINE, EXPRESSING HER CONCEPTUAL VISION AND ARTISTIC APPROACH ON FASHION. COMBINING HER INSPIRATIONS, THE ARTS AND THE DUALITY OF STRENGTH AND FEMININITY IN WOMEN, SHE CREATES OUTSPOKEN DESIGNS. THE SOPHISTICATED ARTISTRY OF ILJA IS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH IMPECCABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP, FABRIC MANIPULATION AND CONTEMPORARY INNOVATIONS. HER COLLECTIONS EXHIBIT AN ORGANIC AND SCULPTURAL DISTINCTION IN FLATTERING, FEMININE SILHOUETTES. IT IS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THESE CORE VALUES THAT ILJA’S VISION, TO CREATE WEARABLE ART IN ORDER TO ALLOW WOMEN TO EXPRESS FRAGILITY AND COMPASSION, REVEALING HER SENSITIVE SIDE, WHILE REMAINING AUTHORITATIVE AND RESPECTED FOR BOTH HER BEAUTY AND STRENGTH, IS ACHIEVED.
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A DANCE IS ABOUT PURE EXPRESSION AND GRACE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOVEMENTS A HUMAN BEING CAN CREATE WITH HIS BODY. THE ILJA COLLECTION OF THIS SEASON IS ENTIRELY STANDING IN THE NAME OF BEAUTY AND MOVEMENT. IT REPRESENTS A BLEND OF MODERN EXPRESSIONAL DANCE WITH CLASSICAL BALLET INFLUENCES. BOTH STYLES FIND ITS BALANCE IN SYMMETRICAL, ORGANIC SHAPES UNDERLINED WITH VOLUMINOUS SKIRTS AND DRESSES PRODUCING AN EDGY BUT INNOCENT LOOK. LIGHTWEIGHT VISCOSE BATIST IS PAIRED WITH HEAVY WEIGHT WASHED SILKS. PALE SKIN TONES ARE COMBINED WITH RAW STONE COLOURS, SUCH AS CONCRETE GREY AND BLACK MELANGE. A POETRY OF CONTRASTS FIND A BALANCE. SKIN\\\FONIE IS THE FUSION OF INSTINCTIVE MOVEMENT, SOUND AND THE ART OF DANCE. FOR THIS COLLECTION HANDCRAFTED GRAPHICS WERE DIGITALLY PRINTED ON FABRIC, CREATING THE ILLUSION OF SOUND FREQUENCIES MOVING ALONG THE LINES OF THE ELABORATE SILHOUETTES. EACH SILHOUETTE REPRESENTS A SOUND THAT STANDS FOR ITSELF, TOGETHER THEY ASSEMBLE A SYMPHONY. EACH SEASON ILJA VISSER REPRESENTS A STRONG CONCEPT WHICH IS EXPRESSED IN A BLEND OF WEARABLE EVENING GARMENTS, EXTRAVAGANT SHOWPIECES AND AN OUTSPOKEN SHOE DESIGN. THE GARMENTS ARE HAND-CRAFTED IN THE ATELIER HEADQUARTER OF THE ILJA VISSER GROUP IN AMSTERDAM. LUXURIOUS FABRICS COME TO LIFE IN MODERN AND TIMELESS DESIGNS CREATING A UNIQUE AURA AROUND EACH ILJA GARMENT.
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