Thale TIFF Preview
I will be attending the screening and have a chance to interview the director of the Scandinavian troll-ish fantasy that is Thale tomorrow. Stay tuned for the director interview, I can’t wait!
NYFW Infographic
This is so incredibly à propos, especially after the awesome lecture I had at the Antwerp University’s Fashion Management lecture in Fashion Tourism from Prof. Craik!
Rickard’s Cardigan – Canadian Beer Gets ‘fashionable’
Ok, so it’s not exactly a high-end label cross over like Diet Coke and Jean-Paul Gaulthier as in Europe but it’s still kind of a fun and funky project that will no doubt be tapping into somebody’s fashion friendly pockets….
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 4 – Delvaux Handbags
! If yesterday’s trip to the Van De Velde lingerie factory was a highlight for the guys, the Brussels Delvaux factory tour was clearly the ‘must see’ moment for the ladies. Delvaux is a Belgian luxury handbag company founded in…
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 3 – FINANCING!
I’m scared of numbers and not actually in a position to be mapping out finances for my own fashion design collection, or someone elses, so today’s topic was naturally intimidating. But Raf Vermeiren of CultuurInvest, a cultural loan and investment…
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 1 – MOMU
The MoMu or ModeMuseum is Antwerp’s fashion collection archive, housed within the prestigious Antwerp Fashion Academy where 60 out of 500 applicants get in every year, and only an average of 8 eke it out to the bitter yet beautiful…
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 2 – Challenges & Strategies in Fashion Business – An Moons
Day Two was a crash course in organizational planning for up and coming fashion designers and business owners. An Moons helped outline some of the biggest pitfalls that are encountered in the Belgian indpendant design field. As with any creative…
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 1 – LUNCH!
A light champagne lunch (they really know how to do it right in Belgium!) was hosted in the reception room attached to the wedding chapel inside Antwerp’s stunning city hall.
The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 1 – Fashion Tourism & Global Culture
Our first lecture of the week was kicked off by Professor Jennifer Craik of the School of Fashion & Textiles at the RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia, author of The Face Of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion. Prof. Craik took…
Jesse Dreams of Belgium: The Antwerp Fashion Management Summer School Experience – Day 1
It’s been a few years since I’ve found myself back in school. After some lucky timing on a pre-planned trip to Belgium and the right ‘network’, I’ve again found myself in a university lecture hall, a situation I have not…