Diversity Fashion Week Winter Wonder Land

Diversity Fashion Week Sneak Peek Edition Winter Wonder Land Inspired By The Movie “Alice Through The Looking Glass”.

Despite the current pandemic we in we felt the need to still pull through with this edition this year. All the designers have worked hard on new collections and had the chance to showcase their beautiful work via our platform to still be seen and recognized. All the models have put in great effort and slayed the catwalk once again. With the smallest possible team, the most inclusive fashion party in the Netherlands was recorded at EFE Venue in Amsterdam.

This edition was inspired by the movie Alice Through the looking glass and was a sneak peek of our Winter Wonder Land edition for next year. 15 designers national and international showcased their designs during the show.

Some designs were specially made for our theme. One of the designers Stephastique states “Alice is the ultimate muse. She is not afraid to look at her reflection in the mirror and be herself. She struggles for the one she loves. That is why the collection is inspired by the movie “Alice Through the Looking Glass”. The collection is characterized by expressive prints, colors, manipulation of fabrics, and recycling. The combination of colors and special materials resulted in expressive outfits that could have been worn by the eccentric characters from the film. The collection is about being able to look at yourself in the mirror and be proud of who you see. But it is also intended to hold up a mirror to the viewer about the consumer society in which we live”.

In addition, designer Steven Blanco known for his hand-painted artworks on clothing to produce unique and timeless items with emotional depth has made a timeless collection based on “Alice Through the looking glass” movie.

We are happy to still pull this off and are excited to show you the results. Diversity and inclusion matter and we are happy that the designers took part in our extraordinary show and worked with our diversity models!

No matter your size, skin color, religion, or if you have a disability. You are beautiful ❤️…

Our mission is to show the world that beauty is not set in one standard but radiates through
embracing our different features.

The full show can be seen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwvJnLQh7I Designers : Mystic Fantasy Creations, Zalure, DUC, Natureza Brasileira by Josh, NBO designs, ANNIGJE, MI&ANN, Paulinas Friends, Steven Blanco, Urbanella, MarosEtti bags, Stephastique, Designhoeden Myra, Khadija Faraj, Udoka Eijofor.

Website: www.diversityfashionweek.nl
Founder & CEO : Sensemielja Letitia Sumter
Photography Team : Marcel Schwab, Cornelis Blokbergen, Marzenka Kwintera, Mike Pasarella
Videoteam : Darksentientofficial – Jean Evan de Waele
Venue : EFE
Makeup artists: Seductive Glamor, Bloomingroses, Vanessa Martis, Sylvia Mercera, Daniela
Stoeva
Hairstylists : Farley Angelo Maasdamme, Abigael Fabienne, Kymaira Ceder, Kris van Laerhoven
Stylists by: Bfashionacadamy

ROMY HEERE – PHOTOGRAPHER: ELLEN VAN DOORN

ROMY HEERE – PHOTOGRAPHER: SARA LI

ROMY HEERE – PHOTOGRAPHER: PIP

CINDY

DAISY VAN DER VEEN AND SENSEMIELJA

MAROSETTI BAGS
PHOTOGRAPHER: MARCEL SCHWAB

MYSTIC FANTASY CREATIONS PHOTOGRAPHERS: CORNELIS BLOKBERGEN AND MARCEL SCHWAB

DESIGNER: STEVEN BLANCO — PHOTOGRAPHER BY: CORNELIS BOLKBERGEN

DESIGNER: UDOKA EIJOFOR – PHOTOGRAPHER: MARCEL SCHWAB

ENYA – PHOTOGRAPHER: MORGANE GIELEN – STYLING BY: SENSEMIELJA LETITIA SUMTER

EVELINE : PHOTOGRAPHER BERTUS DE LEEUW

Eveline : Photographer Bertus de Leeuw

EVELINE – PHOTOGRAPHER: NANCY SCHOENMAKERS

JERRY LUXENBURG – PHOTOGRAPHER: MARZENKA KWINTERA

JERRY LUXEMBURG – PHOTOGRAPHER: MIKE PASARELLA

JERRY LUXENBURG
FASHION SHOW PRODUCER & EVENT MANAGER

Experience Diversity Fashion Week 1 November 2020
A real shout out to the organization of Diversity fashion week, my part of this large production was meanly coordinating backstage and choreographing the fashion shows with exciting professional models for all fifteen emerging designers.
Background
More than twelve years professional in the fashion industry, Jerry Luxenburg began his career in Rotterdam. Breaking the boundaries between fashion, and art and finding beautiful architecture to decorate venues. Jerry Luxenburg has an extensive background in high fashion event productions. International fairs, fashion brands, and designers frequently ask him for his unique show production style.
Jerry Luxenburg is not only welcome as a fashion show producer, and B2B event manager amongst his title but he includes also a pr manager, fashion consultant, and collection stylist for several international fashion art fairs and fashion designers.
He operates on an international level and organizes fashion shows and exhibitions where designers from all over the world will be invited to present their work and also will be introduced to the professional network and press. Jerry Luxenburg collaborations will promote transparency and diversity amongst designers on an international level.

Upcoming projects
In the meantime Jerry Luxenburg will execute 2021 more than twenty video clips, Jerry will deliver clothing and accessories for artists and models for the music record labels.
In 2020 and 2021 Jerry will be executed several designer shows in Germany Dusseldorf, Serbia Belgrade, and Ukraine for the Odesa Fashion Week. Jerry is also invited in February by the largest

XIMENA

Sometimes we grow up different, without an inkling of knowing how.
As a kid you don’t want to be seen as abnormal, you don’t want to be bullied for being or looking dissimilar to your peers. For the longest time, I never knew my appearance was any different from my friends, family, or the people walking on the streets. I knew to a certain extent that I looked unique, but my childhood mind just presumed it was normal. When I turned 16 I finally discovered what it was: I have something called Waardenburg syndrome type 4.
A genetic mutation being apparent in my wider set eyes, natural grey hair, and many more little facial features. In addition, I have Hirsprung disease, which affects my bowels. This disease is directly connected to type 4 of the Waardenburg syndrome. As a hormonal teenager who just wanted to fit in,
I all of a sudden had to come to terms with actually being different, considering 1 in 42.000 people have Waardenburg. It took me years to accept, it took me years to comprehend, and it took me years to find that love within me. Why couldn’t I accept my own uniqueness If that is what I found most beautiful in others? Why couldn’t I see how my appearance comes across to others who have the same love for uniqueness? Why couldn’t I see that the thing that made me different makes me beautiful? My confidence started growing when the bullying stopped and I actually started to get praised for my uniqueness.

When I started modeling and found my path crossing with DMA, a diversity modeling agency, I finally realized that I myself was one of those people I should love for their unique features. Nowadays I wear it as a badge of honor, I work in the modeling industry to showcase to everyone who ever felt alone, dissimilar, or weird that that is exactly what makes them beautiful and special.

I have been fortunate enough to meet people with the same syndrome, in real life, and on social media. Through my modeling, I had the opportunity to talk to and meet people who went through similar experiences or are still going through them. Having talked to parents who have young children with the syndrome, asking questions because they want to be able to help their children later in life is a fulfilling and grateful feeling. I want to show them that they shouldn’t hide parts of themselves, they shouldn’t hide what makes them them in order to fit in.

Stand out, be you, and show the world your unique beauty. The modeling industry provides me the opportunity to open up these conversations, showcase unique forms of beauty, and provide a voice for those with the same syndrome.

XIMENA – PHOTOGRAPHER: ELLEN VAN DOORN PROJECT

XIMENA – PHOTOGRAPHER: MARCEL SCHWAB

XIMENA – PHOTOGRAPHER: MORGANE GIELEN