WELCOME AT STUDIO CHRIS VAN DEN ELZEN, A SHOE AND ACCESSORIES DESIGN LABEL. CHRIS GRADUATED IN DECEMBER 2012 AT THE IDENTITY DEPARTMENT OF THE DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS. IN 2011 HE WORKED AS A JUNIOR DESIGNER ON THE SS‘12 COLLECTION OF THE DUTCH/BRITISH BRAND UNITED NUDE. WITH THE 90 DEGREES SHOE AS ONE OF HIS PROJECTS.
CHRIS: I LOVE TO MAKE MY OWN MATERIALS AND USE THEM IN NEW DESIGNS. I’M INSPIRED BY GEOMETRICS, CONSTRUCTIONS TRANSPARENCY AND RITMES.
- ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN HIGH-TECH AND CRAFTS -
IN 2013 HE JOINED THE INVITO FASHIONCLASH SHOE DESIGN CHALLENGE, WHERE HE GOT A HONORABLE MENTION FOR HIS INNOVATIVE DESIGN. HERE HE MET JUDITH VAN VLIET, TOGETHER THEY STARTED THE EXCIDIUM COLLECTION. PRESENTED AT FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2014! THE SHOES AND JEWELRY WERE ALSO SHOWN AT AMSTERDAM FASHION WEEK, BERLIN FASHION WEEK AND COLOGNE FASHIONDAYS.
AFTER A LOT OF PHOTOSHOOTS AND EXHIBITIONS LATER. (NEW YORK, ABU DHABI, DOHA, PRAGUE, PARIS, KRAKAU, EINDHOVEN, AMSTERDAM, LAS VEGAS, MADRID, KLAGENFURT, LONDON, ETC)
HE STARTED A NEW COLLABORATION WITH JUDITH VAN VLIET WHICH IS CALLED DARK DEPTHS AND WAS PRESENTED AT THE FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2015 AND ONE WEEK LATER ONE OF THE OPENING SHOWS AT THE MBFWA 2015 (MERCEDES BENZ FASHIONWEEK AMSTERDAM).
TOGETHER WITH LIZA SNOOK OF THE VIRTUAL SHOE MUSEUM HE CURATED THE DAMN PRETTY DUTCH SHOE EXPO AT THE DUTCH DESIGNWEEK. A NEW PLATFORM PRESENTING DUTCH TALENT SET UP BY LIZA AND CHRIS.
THIS JULY HE LAUNCHED HIS THIRTH COLLECTION, THE COSMOGONY COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH JOELLE BOERS STUDIO. PRESENTED AT THE FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL 2016.
OCTOBER 2017 HE PRESENTED THE TORMENTA SHOE IN COLLABORATION WITH JEF MONTES AT PARIS ART-WEEK. JEF WAS NOMINATED FOR THE HYERES FESTIVAL APRIL 2018.
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