City Life Amsterdam

Heineken Music Hall last night: Roisin-Murphy-Rocks

This september I started my fashion styling study on the Artemis Stylingacademy in the hart of Amsterdam. And it rocks! For all you people who love love love styling in fashion, multimedia or interior I would highly recommend to check out Artemis. But be warned about the parttime study, be prepared because with all the piles of homework you can call it a fulltime job… But it’s the most fun homework I’ve ever gotten! And not only the classes and teachers are inspering, so are my classmates who look cool every week. Here  they are:

 Like I wrote before me and 4 others were invited thanx to Nowhere to show our stuff on the Uitmarkt: the opening of this years cultural season, with millions of visitors! We started off with some self-promo on air, at FUNX Radio but saterday 30-08 my d-day! With an AT5 television interview to start with and a speech at 15:00. Yes, I was nervous… But I think I did good, especially when The Lady behind all the art-specials on this event, Ellen Zegers, gave me the best critics on tv ever! Curious? My (newest) paintings are now with their new owner, KinkiKapper on the Overtoom.

saterday 06-09 Valtifest/ MTV meets Meubelstukken @ NDSM, party all day long! dresscode: multicolour&balloons… 

sunday 07-09 flee market @ IJ Hallen NDSM, the last time outside this year…for all your vintage goods, and junk, all day long

sunday 07-09 Nowhere RealMusicMasterclass album release @ Studio K, Timorplein. 21:00 these young singers rock! Rockin with their famous teacher Big Boy Caprice

wednesday 10 / saterday 13-09 Streetlab South-East @ Bijlmer Station. wednesday&thursday from 12/19:00, friday&saterday 12/23:00. fashionshows,pop-up shows,exhibitions, performances&workshops. hip&happening!

thursday 11 / sunday 14-09 Inside Design @ Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam, Oostelijke Handelskade 34. Designvenue by ELLE Living, including design by my sister Joni Neelen!

friday 12-09 BLEND & Dazed and Confused party @ Paradiso. To celebrate exclusive photospecial. Hip magazines throwing party=big ass party!

 ’1928′ is the temporary Nike Sportswear pop-up store on the Westergasarea. 1928 was also the year Holland represented the Olympic Games. The grande opening was on the same time as the kick-off of this years Olympics in Beijing. In 7 other european cities you can also find these NIKE concept stores with the same name as the year when these cities were the Olympic capitals. Because last sunday the weather gave us a summer-chill-in-the-park-day we choose the Westerpark to combine this chilling with NIKE. Go and check out quick because it’s just a pop-up store…

 Next weekend is all about opening this years cultural season on the UITMARKT. This year it’s again going to be in the harbour-area and  Milou you Citylifereporter is included!!!

This thursday from 14:30 - 20:00 the opening of shop/studio ‘ Jouw Stoute Schoenen’ of shoe design talent Jelske Peterson together with Esther van Schagen. From that day on you can get custom designed bags, shoes and accessories in maybe your own design or created by one of these two ladies. So this thursday come and get a drink on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal 133. The shop will be open every wednesday till saterday from 10:00 - 17:00.

Every years summerholiday DE PARADE travels from Rotterdam, DenHaag, Utrecht to finally arrive in Amsterdam. This year was a bit of bad luck because of the weather but last saterday I arrived at the Martin Luther Kingpark to visit one of my most favourite festivals. I love the vibe, all the interesting people walking around, having drinks, eating icecream (Ben&Jerry’s, jeej! CookieDough please!). And the main thing about the festival: theatre!

 Open air filmfestival ’Pluk de nacht’ now! From August 7 - 16 was the first series of movies to check outside at the ‘Stenen Hoofd’ near Central Station. There’s also a bar, restaurant and exhibition opening every at 16:00 and the movie starts around dark give or take at 21:30. Very nice vibe to watch a movie or play oldschool games at the gamecaravans. You can hire a beachchair, but be early! Tomorrow starts the second series till saterday at Studio K in Amsterdam-East. All movies are free.

 Voting time people! Voting for you dear citylifereporter to let her design of the Reefok Freestyle sneaker go into production and to be sold in the future on the onlinestore of BLEND magazine, and also a trip to NY!!! A couple of BLEND-issues ago they offered to design your own Reebok in Amsterdam-stylo so I did and my design was choosen! Like me 4 others got the Reeboks send home to design for real, what’s more difficult than you can imagine! But I think it turned out Amsterdamly! So check out the voting site and vote for mi!!! www.blend.nl/freestyle

Yolande Sep, 22, lives in the Pijp and studies Economy and History of Arts, both at the University of Amsterdam. She also just finished two half year studies at Artemis: fasion styling & fashion illustration. Soon to be seen in GLAMCULT with her knitting designs! 

Favourite place in Amsterdam The big tree in Sarphatipark! The best spot ever to relax, check out people, getting creative ideas and only 30 seconds away from the Albert Kuijp Market.

Favourite place to meet Cafe Katoen.

In what way do you get creativly inspired by the city Whenever wherever. While chilling in the park, during partying for the more extravagant fashion looks or when getting a cup of coffeecompany coffee. Anyways; whenever wherever.

The latest trend taking over Amsterdam Weird glasses and more interesting haircuts.

Your view on the Amsterdam sense of fashion Trying but… Okay, it’s getting there, people are trying. And a bit more daring.

The final opening of the final exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum arrived today. Just like club11 is now going threw it’s last 11 days also this location for the museum is coming to it’s end. They are working on the new Stedelijk Museum on the old spot; the Museumsquare, scheduled to open the end of 2009. Interested in the looks of the new building? Check out the last image. The exhibition ‘Snap Judgments’ is a new view on modern African photography. 35 African artists showed their perspective of the continent by very powerful, heavy and beautiful images. My personal favourite: the pictures by Hentie van der Merwe; vage postersized pictures of army suites.

American Apparel Westerstraat 59-61

Although I had a great time at IJAZZ festival, it was a short great time because on the last day of the festival the weather wasn’t helping with blowing too much wind in the tents so they had to blow off the festival earlier than planned. With a lot of wind in our hair we tried to chill at the Noorderlicht tent with atleast one great performance by one of the PIPSLAB guys Steye.

www.gogallery.nl: ‘On the first day of this summer, june 21st 14:00 GO Gallery Amsterdam, presented the Hope Yourself! exhebition starring: The London Police, Laser 3.14, Lunar, Rienke Enghardt + special gueststars, and the launch of the HopeYourself single starring Def P., Dursun, Bad Brya, Bim Bimma, Rem & Marvel. On top of that a breakdance performance by Turn it Loose and the happy end the HopeYourself! Fairy-tale (videoclip+booklet) by the Djole Pesevski and Jova Mikonjic.’ 

friday Rietveld graduationshow Fashion @ Asscher, Tolstraat 129, several shows

saterday HOPE BOX Exhebition Opening @ GO Gallery, Prinsengracht 64, 12 o’clock

saterday&sunday NET NIET Poetry Cruise @ Boat ‘Anna Maria’ next to NEMO, 20:00 & 22:00 

june 20-21-22 IJAZZ Amsterdam Jazz Festval @ NDSM Werf 3 whole days for free!

june 28 SpontaanEigenwijs @ Volkskrant building, Wibautstraat, 13:00 - 03:00

 june 28 Awakenings Festival @ Spaarnwoude, all day long

july 4 Opening SNAR&Michel Willemsen @ Gallery Chiellerie, Raamgracht 58 19:00

 Roots Open Air @ Amsterdam Oosterpark       Last sunday/the last day of the RootsFestival