AFWEU

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AFWEU brings Asia and Africa to Europe in the form of an unforgettable fashion and art spectacle, held four times a year in the Netherlands and Istanbul, Turkey.

Geschiedenis

Asia continent has always inspired rest of the world with its unique culture and roots in human origin. With the word Asia; you’ll be probably thinking of nature and culture.

You don’t need to go to the other side of the world to discover the earthly Asian feeling: Asia Fashion Week Europe brings Asia to Europe.
Asia Fashion Week Europe is an each-year-returning fashion & art event. Asia Fashion Week Europe/Arnhem is held in the last weekend of November/2017. Asia Fashion Week Europe/Istanbul is held in May/2018.

VISION
Asia Fashion Week Europe’s vision is giving designers that are inspired by Asia platform in Arnhem and Istanbul. It’s not a necessity for designers or artists to be from Asian origin to attend. They can just be inspired or have influence of Asian nature/people/food/culture/lifestyle/color/textiles or history. It’s really about the feeling and influence of Asia. A lot of known fashion brands and designers are influenced by Asian colors, textiles, lifestyle or nature. It’s very visible by their collection or art piece, sometimes not even admitting it.