Articles by Anna Roos van Wijngaarden
Anna Roos is a fashion journalist who, in a glamorous past, walked the catwalk herself. After studying business administration, she took up her pen to write about the business side of fashion, with a focus on sustainability issues. She has written for publications including ELLE, Dutch newspapers Het Financieele Dagblad and Het Parool and Lampoon Magazine, and in 2024–25 she wrote the regular column ‘Goed Gekleed’ in Trouw.
Christian Wijnants: ‘I hope to be recognised for creating beautiful, thoughtfully designed clothes'
Antwerp's Fashion Festival in June presented a cabinet of curiosities around Belgium's primary fashion capital, initially shaped by the Antwerp Six. Meanwhile, the city also hosts commercial brands with a strong design ethos, of which Christian Wijnants is a household name. Knitwear is your speciality, and one of the reasons your work is often...
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Madhu Vaishnav, Saheli Women Collective: ‘In any business relationship there should be mutual benefit, and some love’
“I am not a fashion designer, and none of my women have studied fashion. Yet we understand the craft very well, because it is in our DNA.” Along the Amsterdam canals, Madhu Vaishnav, founder of the Saheli women's collective, outlines her mission. Until July 29, the brand's third in-house collection is on display, after which the pop-up will move...
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Affluent consumers no longer consider fur and exotic leathers 'luxury'
A fur coat or a crocodile leather bag has long been considered the 'ultimate luxury'. New research from Collective Fashion Justice (CFJ) suggests this is no longer the case. The report, ‘Wildlife Exploitation is Not Luxurious’, reveals that a striking 95 percent of high-earners surveyed in London, Paris and New York believe the use of wild...
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Tweek Eek builds “waste house” full of jewels for Paris Fashion Week
Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - For the upcoming edition of womenswear at Paris Fashion Week (spring/summer), jewellery brand Tweek Eek is investing heavily. Through a press release, the brand announced the construction of an installation made from old construction materials. Bracelets, rings and necklaces are also cut from industrial waste...
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European 'destruction ban' is officially in effect: a historic day for fashion?
From July 19, clothing brands are no longer allowed to burn their excess stock or have it 'destroyed' in any way. This makes it less attractive to order in bulk from factories, which involves large orders at a low cost. From now on, the buyer will have to pay for what is left over. 'Ban on destruction of unsold goods' in brief In Europe, an...
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Milan's 10 Corso Como to host first Viktor&Rolf exhibition in Italy
Milan concept store and gallery 10 Corso Como is to host Viktor&Rolf. Spectrum, the first solo exhibition in Italy dedicated to the Dutch design duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. The show runs from 25 September to 22 November 2026 at the gallery on the street from which the store takes its name, in central Milan, with free admission. The...
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Resale robot 'Vnyx' photographs and prices second-hand clothing in two minutes
On the 25,000 square metre site of Milieuwerk, near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, a group of brand owners, textile processors and investors have gathered for the launch of Vnyx. This robot is set to transform resale into an attractive market. Iced coffee and homemade pastries are ready for the attendees. From a two-metre-high mountain of clothes –...
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Iris van Herpen: Only she could invent the world's first 'plasma' dress
In Paris, Iris van Herpen once again demonstrated that nature is an excellent starting point for fashion's most luxurious segment. She debuted 'plasma' dresses in her Sonic Starquakes collection, which is inspired by the structures of 'starquakes', or exploding supernovae. Similar to terrestrial earthquakes, stars vibrate with waves of energy...
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Modefabriek: a mini fashion festival on the North Sea Canal
On July 5 and 6, retailers and brand representatives met again at Modefabriek to review the summer collections for 2027. FashionUnited captured the atmosphere at the trade fair grounds, the Taets Art and Event Park in Zaandam, the Netherlands. The atmosphere outside is lively, thanks to the good weather and live jazz covers. Credits: Anna Roos...
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Following Vaayu acquisition, Carbonfact launches open-source LCA database
Environmental intelligence platform Carbonfact has released a free, open-source database featuring detailed environmental impact data for textile manufacturing, arriving shortly after the company's acquisition of fellow fashion sustainability platform Vaayu in May. The database contains 300 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) datasets covering core...
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