Addy van den Krommenacker (Uden 8 April 1950) is a Dutch fashion designer.
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He launched his first own designs in 2002, during the Beaumonde Fashion Awards. This was followed by his own couture collection the year after. From then on, presenting his own couture collection has become an annual event.
Addy designed the wedding dress for star footballer Ruud van Nistelrooy's wife, and he designed dresses for Dutch Oscar nominated actresses. He also created the Eurovision song contest dress for Dutch contestant Glennis Grace. And many celebrities wear his creations during important television events.
In 2007, Addy was invited to show his collection during the Altamoda Haute Couture Fashion Week in Rome, Italy. In September 2007, he received the 'Look of the Year' Award for Best Foreign Contribution in Taomina, Sicily.
In September 2007 he presented his first Prêt a Porter collection in his showroom at Via Visconti di Modrone in Milan, Italy. These days, this collection is being sold in various cities and countries around the world.
In 2008, his collection was shown during the final runway show for the popular television show America's Next Top Model, which will be aired in 130 countries all over the world. He also designed a dress for TV host Tyra Banks.[1]
In 2009 he showed his collection during the Amsterdam Fashion Week for the first time. In this year, he also designed a wedding dress for Truus van Gaal, wife of soccer trainer Louis van Gaal. Addy also designed the weddingdress for Stephanie Rijkaard wife of footballer Frank Rijkaard.
Yolante Cabau van Kasbergen who married footballer Wesley Sneijder was wearing a salmonpink dress covered with paillettes from Addy on her first marriage-evening.
In 2010 LPGA Pro golfer and model Anna Rawson wore a sequin dress on the cover of 'Golf Magazine for her' in the USA. Later that year he dressed Hollywood TV reporter April Sutton for the Oscars and the wife of 'Lost' Actor Henry Ian Cusick for the 62nd Prime Time Emmy Awards.
In January 2011 Addy successfully showed his collection again at Amsterdam International Fashion Week and during high fashion week AltaModa in Rome. Several international stars like Malika Sherawat and Carly Steel were wearing his dresses during the Academy Award week in March.
He was knighted in the name of the Queen in April, which is a very high distinction in the Netherlands. In May he was invited to show his collection at a worldwide broadcast Fashion TV event during the film festival in Cannes. He also dressed Courtney Love and Lady Victoria Hervey for this famous event. He designed many wedding dresses for famous Dutch women and left for London (Savoy Hotel) and Switzerland (Lugano) to show his collection. In 2011 Addy designed the wedding gown for Princess Carolina de Bourbon de Parme. He used the lace, which had originally been worn by her mother, Princess Irene, on her wedding day some 50 years ago.
During the inauguration of King Willem Alexander on 30 April 2013, he designed dresses for Princess Margriet, Princess Irene, Princess Aimee and Princess Magarita and the wife of mayor of Amsterdam Femke van der Laan.
In 2016 Addy designed a special Jheronimus Bosch for the "Noord Brabants" Museum, which resulted in a Bosch by Addy Collection. A collection inspired by the painter Jheronimus Bosch.
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