‘A WAVE BETWEEN SPRING’ EXCLUSIVE EDITORIAL BY ANH-KIỆT DƯƠNG
words by NGỌC-ANH NGUYỄN
A Wave Between Springs
Amsterdam is a city shaped by movement — of people, of stories, of time. Among these shifting tides is the quiet resilience of the Vietnamese community: not loud, not always visible, but deeply rooted. Many of our parents arrived here by boat, part of a wave of refugees who crossed oceans carrying both loss and hope. That wave didn’t end with them — it moves through us, too, shaping the way we create, remember and belong.
“I am the wave between springs,” or “tôi là con sóng giữa nguồn.”
The line is a reference from “Sóng” by poet Xuân Quỳnh, where sóng (wave) and nguồn (source) become metaphors for emotion and origin — restless, searching and always drawn back to where we began. It’s a rhythm that lives in us: in between, in motion and always returning.
dress TING GONG
hats MIRJAM NUVER
top TÜNDE BROUNS
skirt COMME DES GARÇONS
jacket model's own
shirt and trousers CAMIEL FORTGENS
shoes SINE & COSINE
necklaces NHẬT-VŨ ĐẶNG
shirts HANDMADE IN HANOI
dress CAMIEL FORTGENS
bracelet model's own
TEAM CREDITS:
models JEWARIA LƯU AT PLATFORM AGENCY, YẾN-NHI LÊ AT GEM FACES, ANNE BAARSLAG, ĐĂNG-VŨ ĐẶNG, NHẬT-VŨ ĐẶNG & TESSA YẾN NGUYỄN
photography ANH-KIỆT DƯƠNG AT WITMANS
styling BENJAMIN AERTS
hair LEANNE VAN NIEKERK
makeup NGỌC-ANH NGUYỄN
nails SOPHIE SOJUNG LEE
art direction NGỌC-ANH NGUYỄN & YẾN-NHI LÊ
videography GIANNA MAZZEO
dop and cinematography SIMON MEESTERS
photography assistant PIER VAN DEN ELSEN
styling assistant JESSEY RODRIGUS
makeup assistant ANASTASIIA MININA
colour grading GARY GRADE
music ‘TO DREAM ABOUT WATER’ by ANIMISTIC BELIEFS
sound design WILLEM BIJLEVELD
production TIMOTHY HOENSON
editor TIMOTEJ LETONJA
special thanks to JOHAN KRAMER