‘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

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