Catégorie : EDUCATION & YOUNG BLOODS
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PFW | Tsolo Munkh

Last time i saw Tsolo Munkh was in 2010 when she receive the Public award of Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, i remember spending a long time mesmerized, listening to her explanations on how she work. Thanks to Philippe Pourashemi for bringing me back, during the last fashion week to her showroom and get…
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PFW | Juun J

Two years ago, it was a show of urban silhouettes, dark birds of prey in the raw décor of garage Turenne. Then the work of the korean designer goes tailoring (see summer-spring 2012), season after season we saw more jackets, structured outfits. For the autumn-winter 2012-2013, Juun J was showing in the classic salon of…
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Berlin Fashion Week | Augustin Teboul

You would think that presentations should give greater scope for designers to tell their story compared to the narrow confines of a runway show. Very rarely is that the case though. Design duo Annelie Augustin and Odély Teboul really showed how it should be done. The scene was grand and sophisticated, with silver trays of…
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Future talents | Antwerp, Miquel Boutens (boys don’t cry)

Chers lecteurs, one of my favorite designer this year at the graduation show of Antwerp’s Academy was Miquel Boutens with his collection inspired by Le petit prince. In the middle of the creative uproar appeared delicate silhouettes wearing light fabrics with pastel colors and gold. Fragile and powerful, the silhouettes have short pants with silk…
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Future talents | Antwerp, work in progress

Selected works of second and third years bachelor students.
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Future talents | Antwerp, fashion graphics

One of the first part of the show at Antwerp’s Academy was Fashion Graphics adapted to the body. The first year students have to develop a very visual, detail and clear way of drawing. So Fashion Graphics become a mean of communication. They mix various techniques (basic and digital), use differents materials to create contemporary images…
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Young Blood #2 | Cláudia Garrido

Born in Aveiro, now living in Guimarães, Cláudia Garrido studied at ESAD school of design in Porto. It’s her second menswear collection inspired by the Ballet Russes and all the sophistication around. Mainly black and grey, she told me that it’s a revelation of her « dark side ». It’s also a message, her first collection use…
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Anvers | NU_fashion à Anvers

Identité Parallèlement aux défilés du fin de l’année du Département de Mode d’Anvers, s’ouvre NU_Fashion#1 a la Red Fish Factory d’Anvers. Une exposition, un rendez-vous, une plate-forme pour des jeunes talents, réunis sous un seul thème: l’identité. Six professeurs d’instituts de mode et leurs élèves livrent leurs points de vue sur le theme de ‘l’identité’.…
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Young blood #1 | Lucas Sponchiado

Young blood va au devant de la jeune création. C’est l’histoire d’une jeune anglaise qui se retrouve en Inde à l’époque coloniale. C’est la rencontre de deux mondes, celui de cette « petite anglaise » au « teint de porcelaine », baignée dans la tradition et de ce pays aux énormes temples hindous, architecture massive, mais très travaillée, voire…

