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Posted on February 13, 2010

African beads

The beads we use on our latest designs are made out of plastic waste, made by hand by the Asaase Aban women from Kumasi, Ghana. Recycling from Africa! Here's some photos!

Posted on May 31, 2009

LoveToKnow

...about the bags

Lori Soard, freelance writer (not a stuffy professor type, she says), loves handbags and designer purses and had a chat with Christa for LoveToKnow.

Posted on March 15, 2009

Keukenhof

International Hat Show 2009

Zuss was invited to design a hat for Jackie Habets' 5th International Hat Show on Easter Monday (April 13th) at colorful Keukenhof and selected to join the hat shows during the day.
Our hat is Flower Power, which is also the theme of the contest. An international jury will announce a winner and the public can choose the winner of the People's Choice Award.

Copyright© 2009 L. Habets

Three hat shows are scheduled and there are several exhibitions by top international hat designers and winning designs from the past editions. Just to see what we are talking about, here's an impression of what was to be seen at the 2007 catwalk. Queen of Spades was our design.
If you're a hat lover, Keukenhof is the place to be on April 13! Let's meet!

Posted on March 15, 2009

New

New photographs of the Ash nazg durbatulûk top, X-ray skirt and a Holga of the 1001 Nights top. Ohh, and... our new Flower Power hat. That one's not for sale (yet). It will be auctioned on Easter Monday at Keukenhof after the shows.

Posted on November 10, 2008

Vogue II

Vogue II is a unique dress like no other. You're not looking at the dress at all, but at who's wearing it! Monique, Vogue II.

Posted on August 23, 2008

Alternative Apron

New photo and six more of our Alternative Apron mini dress, modelled by our local supermodel Monique Daemen...

Posted on June 22, 2008

Hedgehog Boy

Custom made by Christa for artist René Capone, illustrator of The Legend of Hedgehog Boy, photographed by Kent Taylor; the Hedgehog Boy hat in our gallery and a series of six in our events section.

René's website: www.renecapone.com

Posted on Januari 23, 2008

Bertine

She's gorgeous, she's really nice and has a bellybutton piercing that we had not seen before. But don't let that distract you. Let's start with a hat that we still had not found a face for.. Flower.
Now take a sip, lean back and look at the Blow My Whistle top. Not really new, but it still wasn't on this site.
The eye catching Love Is a Belt belt...
There's a pair of gauntlets: Leave Me Alone and three single ones: Hello It's Me, (hold your breath now) Illusion and Shaken, Not Stirred...
Are you still there? Take a sip again.. and please, don't cry..

And there's a long coat that has the wonderful name of Life Is A Circle. It is made of rubber circles and Bertine went round and round in little circles and Arthur loves taking pictures that way so much! Actually he does it all the time, because he feels that is what it's all about; stopping it, but not quite. Life can't hold still, not for the shortest moment you can think of. Life Is A Circle. And thank you, Bertine!

Posted on December 23, 2007

Pixels

If you like to stare at pixels, we have a fan-art piece that has almost 200.000 of them. And that's a lot. Hi, here's Elina. Pixeled by Aydin.

Posted on December 21, 2007

Bags to put stuff in

There were a few bags lying around and we thought maybe some of you are looking for just one of those... Sigh, Behind Bars and Teabag.

Posted on August 19, 2007

Burning Man

Guys, we are going to leave the continent for a short while to join the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada!

Expect our online store to be closed while we're getting cooked and sandblasted. We'll be back on Sept 5th.

Some photos, short story and movie here.

Posted on August 10, 2007

...So There's No Need

To Lube Your Rubber...

Christa was interviewed by Dave Rabbit and Johnny Anonymous on ATS MIX Shows (25.23 minutes).
"And with Dave and Johnny, you know where this interview went. You're in for some real fun."

ATS MIX
Above Top Secret

Posted on April 14, 2007

The Keukenhof Gardens

... and the International Hat Contest 2007

Zuss was one of the designers who were invited for the Keukenhof International Hat Contest 2007 - organised for the 4th time by Jackie Habets, where top designers from all over the world exhibited creations inspired by the Royal Hats theme.

Between dozens of designer hats the international jury decided to honour our Queen of Spades hat with the fourth prize. Fourth! Wow! Now what's next? Crown princess Maxima wearing a Zuss?

Posted on December 3, 2006

Vogue dress

Little pieces of rubber, knotted together and blue, purple and green tulle. A dress to marry and or party in. Fabiana in Something blue..

Posted on July 11, 2006

Thirteen new bags

Banana, Red Dots, Canada 2005, Going Home, Whisper, Stoopid, Sunshine, Brains, Follow Me, Widow, See Me Feel Me, Blue Bayou, Green Fever. New bags.. go see them..

Posted on July 10, 2006

Just for fun

As a present, Krijnie made a pair of rubber shoes from bicycle innertubes. At the right a rubber planter, made from a truck innertube, at Krijnie's place.

Posted on June 5, 2006

Ash nazg durbatulûk

..which is Elfish for One Ring to rule them all. In our little world it is a top, modelled by Monique.

Posted on April 13, 2005

No Name

If you've been here before you probably know our bags never had a real name. We simply called them No Name followed by a number. One two twenty. Well not anymore. We 'renamed' them all. So if you ever bought one, go and see. Your bag has a name now.
At the same time we added seven new ones. Well, eight, actually, but that one was sold before we could even take a decent picture... recycled rubber bags.

Posted on April 10, 2005

Hats and 1.5 skirt

Hatlovers... these are for you:
Queen of Clubs - a charming feathered hat. Feathered art. Rubber and feathers.
Sting - a stunning mask hat. Please take it off before you go to work...
And then there's the Dream Catcher top hat - now, this really is a surprise. You won't fit in your car anymore but you will look great on stage or on a party and even on a cemetery...

Hey, need a new skirt? Pirouette weighs a little more than your averige tutu, but that will keep you centered... Or take a look at the new picture of the Wink at the Past kilt.

Posted on November 29, 2004

A R T 2 G I V E

Art gifts. Until December 31 Zuss fashions are part of Art2Give - unique and not too expensive jewelry, paintings, photographs and rubber clothing and accessories made by seven artists.

Art2Give starts with a party on Friday December 3 at 08.00 PM in our more than 500 years old art center Catharinakapel. On the program are Irish Delight with harbour songs, Blueshaker with blues from Texas and of course one or two fashion shows by Zuss. Call our local VVV to book if you want to join: 0341-426666. Free entrance..

Kunstcentrum Catharinakapel
Klooster 1,
Harderwijk, The Netherlands.

Posted on September 15, 2004

Zuss at Gallery K.I.S.

Gallery K.I.S. (Kunst in Serie = Art in Series) makes exhibitions and manages interior design and applied arts. On 200 square metres they offer all kinds of design, originating from interior designers and furniture designers, artists, architects and autodidacts. There are only a few galleries in the Netherlands which have interior design. Gallery K.I.S. is a place who shows you the top of the bill, national and international.

And as of today, there is also a selection of our artwork at this wonderful place. When you're in Amsterdam one of these days you might want to take a look. We are there until Christmas.

Gallery K.I.S.
Paleisstraat 107,
Amsterdam.

Posted on August 6, 2004

Chocolate and flour

Chronologically we're a bit off here.. this happened last February and should be at the bottom of this page, but the photos disappeared while they were beamed to our mailbox a while ago. Maybe hijacked by someone who loves chocolate even more than we do..

Anyway, we have new photos now and we're glad to announce, from Madison, Wisconsin: RUB.
Photos of a performance by Christine Olson, done in chocolate and flour with performers wearing Zuss rubber gorgets.
RUB was part of the HIVE show and took place in a vacant 1970's office floor with live performing guest artists Kate Mura and Christee Koberle.
We have seven pages with photos by Christine Olson at our Shows & Events section. Don't touch the performers.

Posted on July 15, 2004

Hey.. new bags..

We added no less than eight bags and we think some of them, if not all, are really stunning.. go and see and fall in love. The first eight bags at our bags page.

Posted on June 27, 2004

Festival Globalisering (2)

An impression..

Copyright© 2004 Gabrielle Hengeveld

Just one picture for now, unscrupulously borrowed from the Festival Globalisering website. The models from Anka Models on the catwalk.

Krijnie's daughter Corina stood in front of the catwalk to shoot them all. Freeze! she said. Slicing time with a camera. Pictures by Corina..

Posted on May 10, 2004

Festival Globalisering

Zuss fashions will be seen on the catwalk at Festival Globalisering on 26 and 27 June at Roeterseiland (University of Amsterdam), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A free event with provoking discussions, stimulating workshops and exciting cultural happenings.

Fashionshows on Saturday at 13.00, 17.00 and 19.00 at the catwalk in the E-HAL

Roeterseiland is close to the Artis Zoo, here's a map.
The Official Festival Globalisering website is in Dutch, but there's a page in English now..
Or go to the Globalisation Guide. Or, maybe even better, read this article by Paul Feine about McDonald's and Globalization...

Posted on April 5, 2004

Two models and a camera.

Hey, new stuff has arrived! And it's too much to tell funny, crazy and stupid stories about. You would never reach the end of it. So we decided to put a simple list here. So, here's the simple list of new things.

• Two lovely hats. No, a hat and a cap.

  • Scarecrow. Lovely hat for cute girls. Or cute boys.
  • Stealth. A cap. A cool one.

• Two tops. No, one top, one waist cincher.

  • Corset Minoan. Geez. Stunning waist cincher.
  • Blindfold. No breasts allowed. Very short top.

• Four bags. Some are small, but they all look great.

  • No Name 18. Little bag with teeth.
  • No Name 19. Large rubber envelope..
  • No Name 20. A multipurpose little thing. Can be used as a jewelry box too..
  • No Name 21. Oh, just a bag.. - Sold already.

• Three bracelets and an upperarm. Armwear.

  • Bracelet 14. Simple.
  • Bracelet 15. Very soft..
  • Bracelet 16. Two ways to wear.
  • Upperarm 11. Upside-down or not?

• Two collars. The pictures aren't that good, but you can easily recognize them..

  • Collar 15. With beads.
  • Collar 16. No beads.

• NEW for Zuss.. belts. We've put nine of them here in their own section of our gallery.

  • Wanna see belts? Ooo yes you will.

• Last but not least, an expensive vest. Modelled by Arjan. He is not The Last Hippie. He is extraterrestrial, actually.
  [Edit: we replaced the picture of Arjan with one from tattooed Arnoud.]

  • Mucho Recycling Macho. Large thing, colored beads.

Posted on March 12, 2004

Gothic Beauty Magazine

The Gothic Beauty Magazine Fall 2003 issue featured a large picture of Donna Ricci and Jozua Watts wearing Zuss (one of these).
In the Winter 2003 issue we could read the two pages Behind the scenes with Zuss Fashions interview by Kathleen Smith.

And NOW we are one of the five designers nominated to win the Gothic Beauty Magazine Designer of the Year 2003 Award...
Smile...

[Update: Narcisse Designs won the award..
Congratulations!
So.. we have to engrave our own crystal.. lol..]

Older news..

Old but Gold

• Gothic supermodel Donna Ricci and Jozua Watts by Eric Muss-Barnes..
• Ezi, Maritte and two low-riders by Ron Scharis..
• New York 2000 Israel Colon..
• Roeland Wels Black & White series