Since Winter has decided to come back, the I Love Belgium team was in need for some knitwear. Cashmere, lamb wool, mohair,…keep that cold coming! You can still score some great Belgian designer sales online and we made you a nice selection. Keep yourself warm! Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan
2013
Jan
2013
The Need For Belgian Knitwear
30
Apr
2012
Apr
2012
A jewel in the city
In the heart of Brussels, rue Lebeau 17, design and jewellery come together in the Collectors Gallery. Not just a jewellery shop but a true feast for the eyes. The shop contains tightly designed jewels but also exuberant little art works. The main focus goes out to twentieth century Scandinavian designers like Georg Jensen, Hans Hansen and Torun. But contemporary jewellery that’s a little more crazy is represented as well, for example by ultra-Orthodox Jew and artist Daniel von Weinberger. Read the rest of this entry »
6
Dec
2011
Dec
2011
Online X-mas Shopping
When it’s cold outside and you don’t really feel like strolling around Belgians finnest shopping districts, then it’s up to the Love Belgium team to provide you with an alternative. And what’s better then sitting in front of the fireplace while discovering some great new Belgian webshops? We’ll make sure that you find the finest “all Belgian” Christmas gift for your girl or boyfriend. So get into those velvet pj’s and start clicking that “home delivery” button! Read the rest of this entry »
1
Dec
2011
Dec
2011
Senteurs d’Ailleurs
As Christmas is just around the corner, the I Love Belgium team will bring you some fabulous shopping destinations over the next few weeks! We start with Europe’s biggest niche perfume shop, Senteurs d’Ailleurs, located in the heart of Brussels. This family-owned shop relocated some moths ago and reinvented itself through a new visual identity and shop interior. In other words: a shop worthwhile discovering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apr
2011
Apr
2011
Belgian sample sales
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 »
30
Dec
2010
Dec
2010
Party like it’s 2011
It’s the 30th of December and for those who still haven’t decided what to wear tomorrow evening, there’s still some time left to do some last-minute shopping. And if you’re a good negotiator, maybe you’ll talk your way into getting a discount (the sales period can only start the 1st of January in Belgium). Read the rest of this entry »
20
Oct
2010
Oct
2010
Stocksales are dead, long live contemporary fashion days
Hide your check books and credit cards for your wives, the stock sales euhh…contemporary fashion days are there again. Due to legal reasons (there are only certain periods in Belgium in which stores, brands or designers can organize sales), the term ‘stocksales’ can’t be used anymore. So they became ‘contemporary fashion days’. Read the rest of this entry »
24
May
2010
May
2010
Le Fabuleux Marcel flagshipstore by B-ILD Architects
I Love Belgium announced it a few weeks ago as a new B-ILD Architects project and now it’s actually a fact: Le Fabuleux Marcel de Bruxelles’ first flagshipstore. Read the rest of this entry »
24
Feb
2010
Feb
2010
Graanmarkt 13
It’s raining superstores in Belgium. It started with in Antwerp with Hospital and RA. This Saturday Hunting & Collecting will open in Brussels and last weekend another gallery-store opened in Belgium’s fashion capital Antwerp: Graanmarkt 13.
Graanmarkt 13 is a three floor gallery-store in a beautiful mansion behind the fashionable Leopoldstreet in Antwerp. The ground floor invites you to discover fashion with an extra – well-known labels but even new, upcoming designers. Women’s wear (Sandrina Fasoli, Alexander Wang, Thakoon, Indress,…) sits next to must-have accessories (Bibi van der Velden, Isaac Reina,…) exclusive perfumes (Parfum Francis,…) and handmade design objects (Vlaemsch, When Objects Work, Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum). Read the rest of this entry »
