Above: Tim Groen: Jan Taminiau, Amsterdam, 2010.

Jan Taminiau, Designer

Vogue Italia featured items from his collection on a recent cover. Maxima, Crown Princess of the Netherlands, wears his designs. Calls are coming in from Dallas to Tokyo.
I’m referring to Jan Taminiau, designer of super feminine, belabored dresses, who dislikes being called a couturier: “It sounds so crusty, as if you’re talking about the last century.” Jan lives and works in an entire —and entirely beautiful—17th century building smack in the middle of the Red Light District, the oldest part of Amsterdam.
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