SS11 SIS by Spijkers en Spijkers “daar was laatst een meisje loos” Amsterdam Fashion Week
1st SIS collection
SIS more accessible With this occiput Spijkers en Spijkers created their SIS line to be a more accessible line to carry out their vision and draw an opportunity to enlarge their audience in the Netherlands and abroad. The Art-deco influences the graphic detailing and the explicit use of colour which are key for the spijkers en spijkers style, can be seen as a laboratory for the difussion line SiS. The SIS collection will be covered with the same aura and will be an asset to the main line.
“Resort there was a clever girl” The theme that spijkers en spijkers choose for this summer-collection of SiS, is a theme that is close to their Dutch hart. The folk song: “Daar was laatst een meisje loos, die wou gaan varen…. (resort there was a clever girl, who wished to sail…)
The song is about a girl that is looking for an adventurous live, away from the beaten track. She dresses up like a sailorman and sailes the seas, where she finally gets discovered and charged for her bamboozle.
Maritime in bon ton style The collection has sailor influences in bon ton style, the sea-life graphics and the shape of the garments are referring to the designers preference for the Art-deco style. Their use of anmimal prints is like a water-colour paiting which perfectly fits the theme. The fabrics are summery and light , cotton voile , silk georgette, silk/cotton blends and cotton ottoman. The colours are brisk and vivid, various shades of blue in combination with crisp white and a touch of black.