Exposed 2025: Asira Zai & Bas Pol winners Keep An Eye Textile & Fashion scholarship

23 June 2025

The Textile & Fashion department of the KABK presented its new designers during the annual fashion show Exposed 2025 on Friday 20 June. The event took place at the Megastores.

During this event, the winner of the Keep an Eye Textile & Fashion Scholarship was also announced. A jury chose the duo Asira Zai & Bas Pol as the winner with the work "Ik was wel vaker vrolijk" (I was often happy).

The BA Fashion graduates of this year are: Hiromu Takeshita, June Gibbs, Carina Georgescu, Kim Gemmink, Simon Vallez Veldkamp, Jungyun Jang, Bessel Bloem, Riet Pedro, Renée Buitendijk, Marijn Brinksma, Asira Zai & Bas Pol and Zhenyi Zhou. Next to the collections of the fashion graduates the show comprised collections by second- and third-year students and silhouet pieces made by first year students.

The works of the Fashion & Textile students will also be exhibited during the Graduation Show, taking place from 3 to 8 July.

The textile graduates, Timour-Aloïs Bonin, Laura Garnier, Bas Pol and Beele Verhees will also show their work in September.

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Just like previous years, Exposed has been supported by the Keep an Eye Foundation. The Keep an Eye Foundation supports young, promising talent in the field of art and design. Through various grants, awards, shows and festivals, creative makers are given the opportunity to develop their talent, create new opportunities and, above all, realise their dreams.
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