bas kosters showed his fall winter 12/13 collection called ‘1-2-tree’ at the opening night of amsterdam fashion week. the collection was inspired by the human dependence on technology (specially telephones) and the longing for the simplicity of nature. the enfant terrible of the dutch fashion scene delivered big time.
bas kosters’ colorful shows are known to be crossing all possible borders and thus opening peoples minds. freedom of expression is one of the most important values to this designer. the pressure was on for this one, we had to make sure it would be more impressive than his last show, it was not going to be easy. we had to take risks.
because the show was about the insanity of modern day life and telephones we created a mix which is best described as a sound score to a musical in a mental institution during carnival. we used songs about telephones, from the 50’s and 60’s to from milli vanilli and italo rock-disco to lady gaga and the latest techno noise. we mixed in songs about nature and spiced it all up with special effects like nightingales, voice mail messages, cows, count downs and goats. we went all the way: it was great to finally push lionel ritchie’s ‘hello’ into jesse taylor is dead’s death metal track ‘telephone’.
we were pretty nervous before hand: we stopped the show a few times to create an awkward silence followed by a voice telling people all operators were busy and to please hold the line. we had no idea how the crowd would react. during the stops models went to a freeze, like time stood still. thank god the press and crowd attending loved it.
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