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Name : Theo Iwan Gerardszoon (Twan) Meijerink
Born : 6th of may 1987 in Delft
Nationality : Dutch
Languages : Dutch (Native), English. Basic knowledge : French, Italian
and G
EDUCATION:
-2005 - 2008 fashion & textile design at the Royal academy of arts in The Hague (NL)
-November – December 2007 Moulage/Draping course Gerrit Uittenbogaard.
-2004 - 2005 One Year Intensive Course Fashion Design, Istitutto Marangoni, Milan (IT).
-1999 - 2004 Secundary school HAVO, HML, The Hague (NL).
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
-July – November 2008 Internship at Bless in Paris
-July – September 2007 shop-assistant in the Comme des Garçons guerilla store +3170,
The Hague.
PROJECTS:
-September 2007 - Participation fashionshow, Twodaysart Festival The Hague.
-August 2007 – Participation fashionshow, Birds of Paradise in the Comme des Garçons guerilla store +3170, The Hague.
-November 2006 - Participation with workshop 3 for the label of Pascale Gatzen, led by Jonas Ohlsson in de Appel in Amsterdam. www.pascalegatzen.com
-August 2006 – June 2007 Fashion editor at _front, a newspaper about all design fields, in Holland www.we-are-front.nl (testament website, it never released)
-Octobre 2005 - Participation with the Makedo Project by Nina Voets in the Krkonoše Nationaal Park (CZ)
-July 2005 - Succeded entrance exam at the fashion department of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Antwerp (BE)
-2003 - 2008 Cameltoeclub. A group of eight who organize big parties around Holland once or twice a year. www.myspace.com/cameltoeclub
PUBLICATIONS:
-November 2007 - Standard magazine (French)
-October 2007 - Let them eat cake magazine (English)
EXHIBITION:
-October 2007 - April 2008 - Historical costume of the second year in the Shell building.
The Hague.
-April – September 2008 – Ethnical costume of the third year in the Shell building. The Hague.