'On the 11th of October 2019 in Vancouver, Canada, Dutch fashion designer Myrthe van der Leden presented her graduate collection at VFW Vancouver Fashion Week for the S/S 2020 Season. Myrthe van der Leden, who graduated with Honours from the Amsterdam Fashion Academy in the Bachelor’s degree Fashion with Textiles Design in 2019, was the only Dutch fashion designer who has been offered a sponsorship to attend VFW. The sponsorship was offered by Jamal Abdourahman, founder of Vancouver Fashion Week. The collection TOPE is inspired by the North Korean Culture and visually represented trough a Western point of view. “For my collection and my dissertation, I took inspiration from the dictatorship of North Korea: researching this country has proved very interesting and enriching. Furthermore, the visual inspiration for the collection derives from South Korean rapper G-Dragon, specifically from his music video Coup d\'état. I used fabrics like fake leather and thick wool felt to resemble the feel of the dictatorship and to make a modern version of the ‘military chic’ look”, says Myrthe van der Leden. Vancouver Fashion Week is one of the fastest growing fashion weeks in the world, and since 2001, it has acted as a stepping-stone for emerging designers to launch their creations into the fashion industry in hopes of one day appearing on the stages of London, Paris, Milan, and New York. Vancouver Fashion Week represented an important stepping stone for renowned Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen in 2011. The Amsterdam Fashion Academy is a private international fashion school situated in the heart of Amsterdam; this state-of the-art academy has become a hub of student-centred learning with a high level of personal attention while also focusing on graduate employability. The Amsterdam Fashion Academy prides itself on being a, small and personal fashion academy putting quality before quantity. In 2017 it moved to its current location in an elegant townhouse in the heart of Amsterdam, which helps create a more friendly and informal atmosphere where students can get to know each other better and inspire each other. Video by: https://www.instagram.com/_tris.brandt_/'
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