They all love him: John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Walter Van Beirendonck, Boy George, Lady Gaga, Grace Jones… an endless list of Stephen Jones followers. Since his beginning till today, Jones stayed the world’s most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. From the 8th of September 2010 the MoMu will present a retrospective exhibition of his extraordinary work. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stephen Jones at MoMu
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COLLECSSION by Sayaka Yamamoto
COLLECSSION is a solo exhibition by Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Sayaka Yamamoto The three collections are all inspired by different parts and aspects of plants, and also by Sayaka’s passion of collecting. Read the rest of this entry »
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Achraf Amiri
Illustrations are hot! You can’t flip open a fashion magazine without seeing aquarelles of catwalk silhouettes or articles illustrated with artsy drawings. Sometimes they’re just nice. You look at them and you think “mmm, that’s a nice drawing”. But then you also have drawings that really evoke certain emotions. They make you smile or they make you sad. They make you raise an eyebrow or they fill you with disgust. Read the rest of this entry »
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Five star avant-garde
You can wear Maison Martin Margiela, you can decorate your house with its ‘white objects for the home’, you can perfume yourself with its fragrance that was launched a few months ago and now you can also take a MMM holiday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Materialise Me
Don’t we all love a new and intriguing technology? Being hailed as the technology to revolutionize the production process, Rapid Prototyping has to live up to its promise! With the help of the Leuven based Materialise Group, this technology is on its way to change everything. Through its unique .MGX by Materialise division for design products, Materialise has opened the market for customized Rapid Manufacturing. Recently the company launched a new service called i.materialise. This on-line service offeres customized 3D creation and 3D printing service to you. The start of a consumers revolution? Why driving to Ikea if you can design your one-of-a-kind lampshade or picture frame from your sofa? Read the rest of this entry »
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Chauncey
There are some labels you just fall in love with. Everything is just right. Not only the clothes but also the identity, lookbook, model,… One of those brands is the Belgian brand Chauncey by Nathalie Bouhana and David Sdika. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sales forever
In Belgium the summer sales period starts the 1st of July and ends the 31st of july. We know that our Belgian designers are not the cheapest, but we know you’re willing to pay the price for innovative qualitative designs. There are places in Belgium where you can find Belgium’s finest at a fraction of the price. Yes, sales forever! Read the rest of this entry »
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Yukkuri by Jan-Jan Van Essche
Jan-Jan Van Essche (1980), a Fashion Academy graduate, born and raised in Antwerp just launched his first men’s collection Yukkuri. After his graduation in 2003, he won several prices including the prestigious Dries Van Noten and FFI price. Now Jan-Jan is ready and set to go. But this will be on his own pace. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hunted and Collected #1
Our friends over at Hunting and Collecting just launched there first magazine Hunted and Collected #1. It is the first edition of a series of books, accompanied by an exhibition, a poster and other material to keep an archive of what they collected each season. Read the rest of this entry »
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Delvaux ‘Toujours’
What’s the oldest leatherwear brand in the world? Hermès? We don’t want to disappoint our French neighbours but it’s the Belgian house of Delvaux. In 1829 Charles Delvaux added a shop window to his Brussels studio. His handcrafted trunks quickly gained universal admiration. In 1883, Delvaux became a warrant holder to the Court of Belgium. And in 1898, the House was the first to patent a model (the Edison trunk). Spurred on by this success, the range was further extended to include luggage, boxes, suitcases, and more. Never forgetting ladies’ handbags, which the House has offered since the beginning of the 20th century. Read the rest of this entry »
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Emma
Just call out her name and she’ll be there. Emma Gelaude is one Belgium’s most fashionable girls. In her younger years (no she’s not old, but hey, models tend to have a very short expiration date) she was doing catwalks and numerous photo shoots as a model. Read the rest of this entry »
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Willy Vanderperre for Givenchy
This season, French Couture house Givenchy dazzled us with an intimate presentations, a good choice as they where able to better highlight the extremely detailed pieces. To bring this over, Givenchy relied on Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre. Graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, he met his longstanding collaborator Raf Simons. Since then he’s been contributing to magazines such as Fantastic Man, Pop, L’Uomo Voguel, V and I-D. Recent advertising campaigns have included Jil Sander, Vera Wang, COS, Raf Simons and of course Givenchy.
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Pop-up shop Gustav
Posh beach resorts have the tendency to be boring: we all know that Vuitton shows of there monogram bags and that the majority of galleries offers colorfull Niki de Saint Phalle lookalikes. But this summer we can actually go to Knokke and enjoy pop up shop ‘Gustav’. Read the rest of this entry »
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La Fille d’O collection presentation via chatroulette
La Fille d’O has always been a pioneer in social media. They were on Friendster (remember that people?), Myspace and of course now also on Facebook and Twitter. Tonight 19/06 La Fille d’O designer Murielle Scherre will be presenting her new collection via chatroulette. Read the rest of this entry »
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Laetitia Bica & Zeb Daemen for Show/Off #3 magazine
It’s that time of the year: the graduation shows of different fashion academies in Belgium. We’ll be reporting about the different shows later this week but I Love Belgium already wanted to give special attention to the magazine by the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp: Show/Off #3. Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
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2010
Atelier 11 FW10 – Enchanted
Atelier 11’s Fall/Winter collection 2010 Enchanted reads like a fairytale. The Antwerp based jewelry collective was inspired by epics such Lord of the Rings or oldskool whimsical movies such as Labyrinth (Ludovic Colpaert, one half of Atelier 11 is a huge David Bowie fan, check out the master of androgyny himself in this eighties fairytale). Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
Mouton Collet studded helmet – Alejandro video
One of Belgian jewelry design duo Mouton Collet’s designs was featured in Lada Gaga’s new video ‘Alejandro’ that was released today. Gaga was already a fan of Matthieu (Mouton) and Nicolas’ (Collet) work. She wore their feathered antlers during a London night out and now their studded helmet is worn by Brazilian super model Evandro Soldati in Gaga’s new video. The video was directed by Steven Klein. Styling by Nicolas Formichetti. Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
Backstage by Sonny Vandevelde
Belgo-Aussie backstage fashion photographer Sonny Vandevelde will be opening his exhibition ‘Backstage’ tomorrow at RA in Antwerp. If you don’t know Sonny (shame on you), you can check I Love Belgium’s report on this talented globetrotter living between Sydney and Muizen. Read the rest of this entry »
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La Fille d’O webshop
Belgian underground lingerie brand La Fille d’O just launched its brand new webshop. Don’t expect off-white or beige lingerie sets but, creative and innovative designs with perfect fit. Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
Coccodrillo men’s store
Coccodrillo, Antwerp’s most renowned shoe store finally dedicated a whole store to their men’s collections. The art-deco inspired interior of the men’s store, just across the first Coccodrillo store in the Schuttershofstraat, was done by Gert Voorjans. The space breathes 30s Buenos Aires with loads of wooden accents and geometrical chandeliers confirming the male character of the store. Read the rest of this entry »
