June will be a busy month with several presentations of the Textile Reflexes project. The project is a collaboration between Hellen van Rees and Designlab, University of Twente, with researchers Angelika Mader and Geke Ludden. Together they created a prototype wearable that can coach users to improve their posture. In June we’ll present our […]
Today is the opening of the exhibition “Mooi in de Plooi” at the Bussemakerhuis in Borne, The Netherlands. Hellen van Rees is exhibiting her work in the hitoric setting of the museum alongside work by textile artist Els Lemkes and fashion designer Sofie van den Hof. The exhibition celebrates craftmanship and textile manipulationas that are, […]
Fair FashionTech See the prototype for the hi-tech robot vest for posture correction in action, and discuss the future of wearable technology and innovative textiles. Join us for the event Fair FashionTech at DesignLab University of Twente! Interested in the latest developments in wearable technology and innovative textiles? Do you want to contribute to the […]
Save the date, on December 17th my exhibition ‘By a Thread’ will open in the Heartgallery in Hengelo! The opening will take place on the 17th at 4pm. A journey through the past 5 years, 11 collections and countless experiments with textiles and a lot of unusual materials form the exhibition on the two floors […]
The Textile Reflexes project is at the Dutch Design Week! We will be at the Do (not) Feed the Makers expo at Sectie C. During this week we are sharing a space with other wearable tech projects that are currently in progress. The interesting part is that we want your feedback! Our project is now […]
Last week we were in Dalian, China by invitation from the China International Garment Fair. Hellen van Rees launched her collection of 60 outfits there, marking the start of a seasonless approach for the brand. After a very enthusiastic response from the audience there, we’re very happy to share the video of the experience with […]
This evening part of Hellen van Rees’ collection can be seen at the opening show of the Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week in Amsterdam. The show theme is talking trash and aims to create awareness among consumers about the huge amounts of waste created by the fashion industry. The garments shown are thus made of trash […]
Since last winter, we’ve been working very hard behind the scenes on a new approach for the Hellen van Rees label. Now comes the time to start revealing! From now onwards we’ll work with a bigger collection that is continiously available to both professional buyers and private clients. This new approach suits our approach towards […]
We’re super happy to announce two new stockists we just started to work with: Royal Blush in Basel and Xbank in Amsterdam! ROYAL BLUSH is a concept store offering a well selected choice of womenswear and accessories for people that choose a lifestyle with a conscience. As the name already indicates, we are carrying a number of likeminded brands, additionally […]
A brand new collaboration between Hellen van Rees and the Designlab, University of Twente is about to start. Hellen will work with researchers Angelika Mader and Geke Ludden on a project involving technology and sustainability. This project aims to further develop the shape changing textile developed by Hellen van Rees. The flexible textile is made […]