Enjoy Life

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A Wednesday afternoon at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin: Celebrating life and a longing for holiday destinations like Bahia, Buenos Aires and Cuba are the starting points for Laurèl’s Spring/ Summer 2017 fashion show. Sparkling with upbeat energy and a smile, models wear long flowy summer dresses, crochet style blue dresses over bikinis, Carmen tops ...

Helmut Newton: A Retrospective in FOAM

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Flipping through old Vogues and photo books in my mum’s house, I paused at one beautiful picture by German photographer Helmut Newton (Berlin, 1920 - West Hollywood, 2004). A model wearing a tuxedo by Yves Saint-Laurent, standing alone in a Parisian dim lit street is an iconic fashion image for many of us. This black ...

Haute-à-Porter in Modemuseum Hasselt

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Every time I visit the Modemuseum Hasselt, I always get inspired by their choice of fashion theme. This season fashion journalist, photographer and designer Filep Motwary collaborates with this museum for the “Haute-à-Porter” exhibition as a curator. This expo shows a visual history of haute couture and prêt- à -porter of the last 30 years. More ...

Spotlight: Newd Studios

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The best new ideas come unexpected and spontaneously. Friends Mariëlle Schouten and Stevie Vos went to India. The Indian weather conditions gave them the idea to design a men’s deux pièces: a button-down shirt and shorts made by a local tailor. While traveling in his new style, Stevie drew a lot of attention from locals ...

Spotlight: Travelteq

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This month the first Travelteq flagship store has opened its doors in Amsterdam. With this great news, I had the opportunity to talk with Michiel van Ogtrop, co-founder of Travelteq. What was the deciding moment to start Travelteq? “The A-ha Erlebnis to start Travelteq came with my business partner. Back in 2009, there were few choices for ...

Spotlight: Storm & Marie

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During a flash visit to Amsterdam, I met Kim Vedel Hansen, co-founder and owner Storm and Marie. Married to designer Signe Elisabeth Vedel, they decided to start a label in 2010 named after their twins. The DNA of their brand? Minimalistic and feminine with a masculine touch, an ideal fashion balance. “The starting point of the ...

Spotlight: Daily Paper

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Daily Paper founders Hussein Suleiman, Jefferon Osei and Abderrahmane Trabsini are friends. From an online community to a fast expanding fashion brand, is a dream come true. Based in Amsterdam and inspired by their own African heritage, the three friends quickly build a fashion concept with a focus on street style aethetics and athleisure. Collaborations with ...

Gucci’s Upbeat Energy

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My sisters still have those great old family photo books. A beige album covered with flower embroidery, one with a lurex purple ton-sur-ton pattern and of course, a big blue with the word “Album” in a Seventies font. Inside the beautiful pictures of my family’s past, some a bit blurred by age. It has something ...

Martin, where are you?

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Remember the coat that got away? I had this obsession for a dark blue woolen reefer jacket from the brilliant Belgian designer Martin Margiela, who is rarely captured on film. At that time, it was quite expensive, I could not buy it as an investment piece. In 2012 Maison Martin Margiela collaborated with H&M, maybe ...

Dior and I

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From “Valentino: The Last Emperor” to “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel”, filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng makes interesting and diverse documentaries about fashion icons. Now in the cinemas is the new documentary “Dior And I”. From hours and hours of footage, this is edited into a beautiful 90 minutes story about the relationship between Dior’s newly ...