Belgians love their food. I still have to meet the first person who visited Belgium who told me he had bad food. So quality is there but how to present that quality in a creative way is another matter. Read the rest of this entry »
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May
2013
May
2013
Thierry Boutemy
Finally we start seeing flowers everywhere in the street and on the fields so that’s why we dedicate this post to master florist Thierry Boutemy who just moved and opened a new shop in Brussels next to our favorite bakery Le Saint-Aulay (remember the gayest bakery in town?). Read the rest of this entry »
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May
2013
May
2013
VII Sept-Bruxelles
We discovered VII Sept-Bruxelles through the Nationa(a)l Store, a pop-up project by two Belgian-lovers last year in December. A quirky pineapple-shape handbag caught our eye. What was it? Who was this? It was Sept Bruxelles, the accessory label created by Cécile De Jaegher. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apr
2013
Apr
2013
I Love Belgium interviews Natalie Joos
Fashionistas will know immediately who Natalie is, but for our readers who are less interested in fashion: Natalie Joos is a Belgian casting agent who has been living half of her life in New York. Maybe her last name will ring a bell, the I Love Belgium team already interviewed her sister Evelien who is also living in New York. With her sense of style Natalie was noticed by The Sartorialist, Tommy Ton and other streetstyle photographers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apr
2013
Apr
2013
De Gris by Léa Peckre
Attentive followers of I Love Belgium will recognize Léa Peckre’s name immediately. She was part of our Fashion Young Bloods article. And Léa is a busy bee. Not only did she start her own collection, but now she also became the artistic director of De Gris, a French luxury leatherwear house. Read the rest of this entry »
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Feb
2013
Feb
2013
We Love SaintPaul
We love SaintPaul, we have few words for it. The color, the prints, the playfullness,… We discovered it in the beginning of I Love Belgium and just like our lil’ blog SaintPaul grew and evolved being sold all over the world, from Paris to Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Berlin, Barcelona, Brussels and more…in shops such as Le Bon Marché and Bergdorf & Goodman. Read the rest of this entry »
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Feb
2013
Feb
2013
Peter Philips’ Chanel Makeup Moments
This Monday was resignation day. Not only did the pope decide to quit his job, but also Belgian make-up artist Peter Philips decided to leave his position as global creative director for Chanel makeup. Read the rest of this entry »
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Feb
2013
Feb
2013
Dries Van Noten by Frédéric Malle
Lovers of niche perfumes certainly know Edition de Parfum Frédéric Malle. After years of working as a consultant to some of the best French and International perfume companies Frédéric Malle decided in 2000 to embark on a singular venture to return perfumery to its luxury status by inviting nine top perfumers to create a perfume with complete creative and financial freedom and Edition de Parfum Frédéric Malle was born. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan
2013
Jan
2013
Rombaut
Creativity goes hand in hand with innovation. If you add up avant-garde shoe design you’ll get Rombaut, an all-natural men’s footwear concept from Belgian designer Mats Rombaut, who presented his collection between 18th and 25th January in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec
2012
Dec
2012
Belgium’s Fashion Young Bloods
With all the hype created for the H&M Maison Martin Margiela collection, people tend to forget that Belgium also has other designers. Yes there’s Dries, yes there’s Ann, yes there’s Raf, yes there’s A.F. Vandevorst,… But there’s a young wolfpack who are doing it for themselves even in difficult times as these. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov
2012
Nov
2012
Model Kitchen
Belgian male super model Cesar Casier was one of the first people we interviewed on I Love Belgium. Back than we knew he wasn’t just a pretty face. This boy had ambition. And bucket list full of exciting projects! People who follow his blog will know he’s quite the cook. His healthy recipes were a big hit and one day he asked his readers: to cook book or not to cook book. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct
2012
Oct
2012
Contemporary Fashion Days
It’s that time of season again, when you hide your check books and credit cards for your wives (or yourself). Yes, it’s almost time for the Antwerp Contemporary Fashion Days! The what? Well, twice a year established and starting designers sell their stock at not to be missed reductions… after all, we’re in times of crisis! This edition of the Contemporary Fashion Days are even more exiting for the I Love Belgium reader as you can win an extra 10% reduction voucher for LES HOMMES collection sales! How? Read more below! Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep
2012
Sep
2012
Tim Coppens, a star on the rise
It’s fashion weeks. Fashionistas are stressing about their outfits, journalists are crying over invitations for catwalk shows and bloggers are wearing their craziest looks to be streetstyled. Belgian designers have always been hot during fashion weeks. Seats for Ann Demeulemeester or Dries Van Noten shows are very wanted, and now Raf Simons is designing Dior, the hype about Belgian designers becomes even bigger. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep
2012
Sep
2012
Atelier Solarshop Forever
We’ve been following Piëtro and Jan-Jan from the beginning with their pop-up concept Atelier Solarshop. Their selection of vintage pieces and young designers always made our heart beat faster. So when we got the message that they blew up the pop-up concept to install a permanent creative platform for creatives and a gallery for young artists and designers, we immediately had butterflies in our stomachs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep
2012
Sep
2012
I Love Belgium interviews Aurore Brun
Last month we met up with Aurore Brun, a young Brussels based fashion designer who is taking things slow in a fast pace fashion business. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug
2012
Aug
2012
I Love Belgium interviews 254forest
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Our readers are used to reading interviews with one person, so this unique: this is the first group interview on I Love Belgium. We’re interviewing 254forest a creative studio based in Brussels covering the field of photography – film – music – production and post production.
Some examples of people they work with: V Magazine, Nicola Formichetti, Another Magazine, Dazed & Confused and to finish this list of namedropping: they are art director for rafsimons.com so we’re sure they will be doing projects for Dior, now that Raf is also designing the collection… Talented graphic studio Codefrisko just designed their brand new website, the perfect time to sit down with the team and have a creative talk. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug
2012
Aug
2012
Flower Overdose
Today we feel like a flower and picture overdose. We were already blown away by the ethereal beauty of Mark Colle’s flower arrangements for Raf Simons’ last Jil Sander collection but what he did for Dior haute couture was just mind-blowing. We even think that Mark’s flowers got more attention than the collection. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
2012
Jul
2012
Pantone Fashion + Home x Base Design
Pantone seems to have a thing for Belgium. Not only they’ve opened the first Pantone Hotel in Belgium and now they’ve also collaborated with Belgian design agency Base Design for their new Fashion + Home campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
2012
Jul
2012
I Love Belgium interviews Pierre-Antoine Vettorello
We first noticed Pierre-Antoine Vettorello about three years ago with his graduate collection at the Antwerp Academy. This summer we rediscovered his talent at Fashionclash, a young designers platform. His capacity to design outstanding shapes in combination with unique textile design makes Pierre-Antoine distinctive in the giant designer pool. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun
2012
Jun
2012
Preview: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
It’s almost time: the fashion shows of the academies are just around the corner. We’re excited but also very curious. Sometimes you just can’t wait until the show! We’re delighted that we can reveal a tip of the iceberg by presenting you this promising talent graduating from the academy of… Ghent. Read the rest of this entry »
