Unveiling the Future of Fashion: FASHIONCLASH Festival presents New Fashion Narratives @ Bureau Europa

Taken from our new issue THE CLASS OF 2025! For the 16th time, Maastricht transformed into a vibrant tapestry of art and cultural expression, celebrating our favourite fashion festival in the world: the annual FASHIONCLASH Festival. This iconic event showcased over 100 designers and artists from more than 20 countries, offering a global stage for emerging talents to share their visionary work with an international audience.

With more than 100 young participants involved in the Fashion Makes Sense program, this year’s edition saw an impressive range of workshops, co-creation projects, and performances that highlighted the festival’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of fashion innovators.

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Spread across 13 venues, the festival featured an array of exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures, and film screenings, each contributing to the dynamic conversation around contemporary fashion culture. Notably, even the festival’s Afterparty morphed into a vibrant showcase of fashion, dance, spoken word, and an exuberant celebration of diverse identities.

Mark your calendars for the 17th edition, scheduled for the weekend of November 14 to 16, 2025. This three-day extravaganza will again offer a platform for a new generation of designers and performing artists from around the globe, presenting their work to a broad (inter)national audience. Expect an enthralling program filled with exhibitions, performances, talks, workshops, and fashion film screenings that push boundaries and explore the essence of modern fashion.

New Fashion Narratives @ Bureau Europa
This year, FASHIONCLASH invited a talented curatorial team comprised of Chaewon Kong, Karime Salame, Katharina Spitz, Simon Marsiglia, and Teresa Carvalheira to spearhead the New Fashion Narratives exhibition at Bureau Europa. Coming from diverse backgrounds and practices, this group collaborated during Residency Week in April 2024 to develop a concept that challenges conventional fashion narratives. The exhibition draws inspiration from the game Exquisite Corps, serving as a metaphor for collaborative and transdisciplinary practices, showcasing works from a myriad of artists, researchers, and designers.

Participants in the New Fashion Narratives exhibition include an exciting roster of talents:
2mm, Agatha Prieto Jeanty, Rafael Kouto, Wataru Sato, Delia Rößer, Alyne Li, STUDIO ERASER YOU, Hongkai Li, Jiwoo Lee & Hankyul Jeong, Threads & Tits, Olivia Sahl Jensen, Sien Entius, Lee Kern, Studio Wievien, Romy Yedidia, DOMINIK, Knits and Notes, Zuzana Vrabelova, Chiel Lubbers, Dana Elmi Sarabi, Studio Frowijn, Souheila Chalabi, Jinwon Kim, Matti Paffen, Kushami 嚔(by Ayumi Kajiwara), Lara van der Poel, Wassim el Hodayebi, who illuminate the multifaceted nature of contemporary fashion.

Decolonial Fashion Residency Installation at Bureau Europa
Additionally, the basement of Bureau Europa hosted an enlightening installation and video documentary stemming from the Decolonial Fashion Residency. This residency brought together ten fashion practitioners for a week of dialogue centred on the question, “What does decoloniality mean in fashion in the context of the Netherlands?” Participants included Tevin Blancheville, Angela Jansen, and Gabrielle Swart, who collectively explored the intersections of fashion, culture, and equity.

FASHIONCLASH Festival continues to be a cornerstone of our fashion calendar, reminding us of the boundless creativity and innovation that thrives at the intersection of art and culture.