The I Love Belgium team was very excited when Bruno Pieters announced that his sabbatical was over and when he launched the teaser movie for his new brand. He called it a A pioneering brand with a radical new model for the fashion industry, and tonight’s the night: Honest by is born. Read the rest of this entry »
Since its opening in Antwerp, RA has been a platform for up and coming talent. It’s a brooding place for tomorrow’s avant garde designers and their restaurant is a hangout for the cool kids (if they can’t afford the clothing, they can always drink herbal tea). For 2012, RA cements a permanent position within the artistic and fashion hub, by opening a Paris extension of their original retail concept and exhibition space. Read the rest of this entry »
The I Love Belgium team went to Paris Fashion Week (menswear) last weekend and again we were smitten with Cedric Jacquemyn‘s new Fall Winter 2012 collection Fields of Regeneration, a continuation of the previous collections The Last Glacier and The Waste Land. Read the rest of this entry »
Remember Bruno Pieters? The I Love Belgium team always loved this young Belgian designers’ intricate collections. His YSL charm and technical genius made him instantly an it boy on the international fashion playground. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes we know that we are adored for our famous Belgian fries, but do you realize that we also have some delicious burger places? And no we don’t mean MacDonalds or Quick, but places where your burgers are prepared with a smile and sweet love! Therefore, the I Love Belgium team made a selection of three restaurants where you will get that mouthwatering experience for 2012! Read the rest of this entry »
I guess you heard it already: Raf Simons to design Dior. Yes, the rumour mill churns again. This time it was leading fashion magazine WWD who featured the news. And where’s WWD smoke there’s a huge fashion fire! Unlike most blogs we decided not to talk about his design aesthetics, instead we chose to visit his Antwerp apartment. Following our belief that there’s a strong connection between the “way of living” and “way of working”. Read the rest of this entry »
Wallpaper categorized CSD architects within the next generation of architectural talents, catapulting them onto the “to-watch-list” of many architecture lovers. Here at I Love Belgium, we don’t like to wait and see, that’s why we’ll show you our favourite, the Nest House, now! Constructed on a very small plot of land in the centre of Antwerp this house measures only 4 meters wide by 12 meters deep. The challenges? To maximize the spatial qualities, to obtain an abundance of light, and to have a maximum of contacts between the spaces. Read the rest of this entry »
B-architecten is one of Belgians most highly esteemed architecture firms. Why? Because they don’t always play it safe. You can easily find an edgy side in their projects. That’s why the I Love Belgium selected this project. A former hangar in Antwerp which they transformed into a family residency with swimming pool. Read the rest of this entry »
Up and coming designers are the Capara sisters, with their similarly titled brand they are making an impression on fashion business. Capara was found by Vera and Olivera Capara in 2009 in Antwerp where they have their store. Read the rest of this entry »
The nearing weekend is perfect for shopping stocks from great Belgian designers! We‘re happy to guide you through what’s happening in Antwerp!
The 16th of September Izumi Hongo and her (life)partner Thomas Verdeyen opened their first Van Hongo shop in Belgium. Until now the young Belgian label only had points of sale in Tokyo and Chicago. The designer Izumi decided to make her atelier in the back of the shop, so she can be saleswoman in her own store. A good opportunity we thought to go make a little interview with this interesting designer. Read the rest of this entry »
We know him as the most extravagant designer among ‘The Antwerp Six’ with his colourful and shocking collections, and as director of the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Yes, we are talking about Walter Van Beirendonck. At the moment the Antwerp fashion museum Momu presents an exhibition around Walter’s inspiring work. Read the rest of this entry »
Most rooftop gardens consist out of minimalistic forms, pebbles galore and geometric greenery. That’s why the I Love Belgium team fell in love with this rather “wild” example in Antwerp. Instead of the modernistic approach to a rooftop garden, this one recalls the feeling of a field somewhere in the Ardennes. Read the rest of this entry »
It takes two to design. At least if you’re called Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen. These two creatives, a photographer and an artist, have put heads together to create a furniture collection under the name Muller Van Severen. The result? Simple storage containers, tables, shelves and lights that call the work of Donald Judd and Bauhaus. Pure forms which embrace opulent ornament in their finish and combination. Read the rest of this entry »
As you are reading this article, the students of the Royal Academy Antwerp and fellow students at La Cambre are sweating over the smallest details of their runway looks. Why? the Academy graduation shows are waiting around the corner. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes you just have a click with a brand and the Belgian accessory brand Elsa is one of those. Just add a high dose of Belgian fashion sense and mix it with Italian craftsmanship and you get Elsa. Read the rest of this entry »
Some people try to do everything without ever exceeding mediocrity. Luckily you have studios like UBER AND KOSHER who prove different. This Antwerp based art direction studio shows with a wide range of disciplines that they are in a league of their own. Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend, Antwerp vintage fashion hotspot Labels Inc. opened a pop-up store in Bruges. Labels.Inc will be offering the same designers for men and women, not forgetting the accessories. Read the rest of this entry »
We just had a short heat wave in Belgium so it was great to see some summer outfits already. For those who haven’t shopped yet for colourful tops, shorts, flowy dresses or open shoes, now it’s your chance. We have some great sample sales coming up in Belgium. Just hop on the Thalys, Eurostar or jump into your car and drive to Brussels, Ghent or Antwerp for some high fashion bargain shopping. We’ve made you a long list of names names names and places where to blow your April salary. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a brand which soon will be discovered by more and more accessory minded people and drive traffic to her upcoming new website, no doubt. Fashionistas all around the globe, but most of all in Antwerp, will have to sharpen their senses because Heidewinne will be in A-town soon. She lives and breathes in Brussels, her grandmother is her hero and she has inspiration when she’s up for it. Meet Heide Vanderieck. Read the rest of this entry »
