It's the morning of the final day for Dutch trade show Modefabriek (January 27), and visitors are slowly shuffling into a dimly lit presentation hall where Lidewij Edelkoort is to host her always highly anticipated trend talk. For this season, specifically spring/summer 2026, the trendforecaster is focusing on the themes ‘Flowers, Fluidity and...
Jan 29, 2025
A new award for Lidewij (Li) Edelkoort. The trend forecaster, curator and lecturer will receive the first-ever Larsen Award, Edelkoort's company reports. The award is named after textile designer and weaver Jack Lenor Larsen. He was known worldwide and was a champion of traditional and contemporary craft. Established in 2024, the Larsen Award...
Sep 6, 2024
Valentine’s Day may have passed already, but Lidewij Edelkoort is still in the mood for love. While the days following Saint Valentine’s are often marked by discounted candy and wilting rose petals, Edelkoorts latest forecast ‘Candy Culture’ brings sugary treats and their varying shades to the forefront of fashion. Fulfilling the cravings of one...
Feb 28, 2024
Many fashion professionals remember when Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort published her controversial manifesto entitled ‘Is Fashion Dead’ back in 2015. Fashion students felt like they had to react to Edelkoort’s statements just like the industry did. One of these students is Alexander Kempfle who was affected to such an extent that he...
Jun 29, 2023
While it's 27 degrees outside, inside it's all about knits, hibernating and the need to protect oneself. Lidewij Edelkoort presented her latest forecast, 'Hibernation', focused on the AW24 season in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Making a forecast takes months and when Edelkoort started this season, energy prices went through the roof and the war in...
Jun 20, 2023
New York Textile Month with see a special exhibition celebrating the craft of Belgian design, curated by Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano. Titled The Gift to be Simple, the exhibition features nine designers, who work with a variety of fabrics and textiles, from leather and raffia to hand-threaded linen rugs and clay lamps. Belgium has long...
Aug 23, 2022
Today’s world is not always a pleasant place to live in. Pandemics, war, inflation… In recent months, the bad news just keeps piling up. Whenever Lidewij Edelkoort is at a loss for words, she prefers to dive into the past. “Then I look at what mankind has done,” she said. “We have designed a way of life, invented tools, invented clothing and...
May 19, 2022
Florence-based fashion school Polimoda has collaborated with trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort to create a change in fashion design and modern society. As part of the collaboration, Polimoda will launch a two-year Master in Textiles from Farm to Fabrics to Fashion in Autumn 2022. The objective of the master is to provide students with the...
Feb 14, 2022
Trend forecasters Christine Boland and Lidewij Edelkoort have used the words 'new roaring twenties' to describe the coming trends and Belgian designer Raf Simons also hinted at the possibility. If it can all be done safely, will people go wild, or will they still keep a certain amount of decency as soon as things reopen? And if so, what will...
Feb 15, 2021
The world yearns for perspective, for a glimpse of what is to come in a post-corona world. Live from Normandy, trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort shared her vision on the Spring/Summer 2022 season during an Appletizer webinar. On the screen appears a happy Edelkoort who looks toward the future, enjoys the break the world is in and is excited...
Dec 8, 2020
Green will be the fashion colour of summer 2021. At least, that's what trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort said last Monday during her semi-annual trend presentation 'Green Wave'. The event, organized by Appletizer, was styled with decor representing nature, scenes of gorgeous Dutch landscapes, ironically with a bustling highway in the distance....
Dec 6, 2019
Amsterdam - “Black is always in style.” That’s what people often think when they aren't sure what to wear. According to Dutch trend forecaster, Lidewij Edelkoort, that will soon no longer be the case. She predicts we will see black’s go-to reputation disappear in order to make way for brown. During a trend seminar hosted in Amsterdam last week a...
Jun 25, 2019