Clothes to the people - Conversation 2: Kemkes

In collaboration with Lukas Mauve – fashion writer and founder of online platform Present Forever, Warehouse organises a series of public interviews, called Clothes to the people, exploring new ways of thinking, engaging with and experiencing fashion. Through conversations with Amsterdam-based designers, the series seeks to bridge the gap between practice and theory – making and thinking – in criticizing fashion and unearth what radical transparency could mean for the fashion system at large.

Kemkes is an Amsterdam-based brand known for transforming secondhand textiles into luxury streetwear. Founded by Luca Kemkes, who previously worked for Calvin Klein, and run together with her brother Bor, the brand's entire creative process - from raw material to finished product - takes place in Amsterdam. Locally sourced discarded textiles, such as quilted blankets, jacquard curtains, and knitted sofa covers, are restored and upcycled into garments by permit holders at a local atelier. Kemkes' guiding motto is that sustainability doesn't have to be boring or difficult.

Friday 21 November

Walk in: 18:30

Talk starts at: 19:00

Address: Warehouse, Sint Jansstraat 51, Amsterdam

Clothes to the people is generously supported by Fonds Voor Centrum.

Flyers printed by No Other Option.