Beste Reizigers (Dear travelers) In 2017 the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the company that serves as the main Dutch rail network operator, is to address passengers with the gender neutral “beste reizigers”, rather than the traditional “ladies and gentlemen”.
The source of inspiration behind the collection ‘Beste Reizigers’ is train travel. Growing up next to the railway museum in Utrecht, having vivid travel memories and hearing endless stories from both their parents, grandfather and great-great-grandfathers, who are all (or have been) employed by the Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), Pablo Salvador grew up dreaming of opulent journeys with l’Orient Express and now wants to evoke the mixed bag of feelings train travel can give, the comfort of going home, the excitement of traveling afar as well as waiting for the train, 5+ min waiting for the train....
Exhibited |
June 2022 | BILBAO INTERNATIONAL ART & FASHION
September 2022 | Amsterdam Fashion Week, Lichting 2022
November 2022 | New Fashion Narratives, curated by Glamcult and FASHIONCLASH
November 2022 | Łódź Young Fashion FASHION FILM FESTIVAL '22
January 2022 | China film festival '22
Credits |
Lookbook photography | Jan Willem Kaldenbach
Creative direction film | Rachid Naas and Michiel Van Maaren
Director of photography film | Niels Zweekhorst
Casting | Michiel Van Maaren
Editor film | Claudio Zaia
Track film | Snare by Perc
Make-up | Monique Brinkhorst
Hair | Mandy Nijland
Location | Museum Arnhem
Special thanks to ArtEZ, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Spoorwegmuseum
Models |
Iman Najafi
Youngjin Choe
Amaya Rikken
Nerva de Groot
Marco Blaževič
Alyne Li
Sumaya Isse
Fred Sheikh
