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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee… that is what Elegnano stands for.
Elegnano offers elegant, exclusive women’s shoes of the highest quality for women that are fashionable and graceful, but also know what they want in life. Elegnano lives by the motto: float like butterfly, sting like a bee. Walking through life effortless and elegant, but strong and sharp at the same time. Elegnano wants every woman to move gracefully through life – like a fairy or a butterfly – without exchanging elegance and femininity for comfort and resilience. Technological innovation and modern design make this possible. Elegnano is literally, and figuratively a fusion of elegance and nanotechnology.
The Italian craftmenship and high-tech innovation are brought together in unique designs. The design studio is based in Belgium. We pay a lot of attention to the right fit and materials of the shoes. Only top quality materials are personally selected with great care. The exclusive leather goods are handmade in the Marche in Italy, known worldwide for producing high quality footwear.
Katrien Herdewyn,s fascination for shoes started at a very young age: The four year old Katrien built a shoe shop in front of the garage and spent hours underneath tables in aisles to look at the shoes of people that walked by, without being distracted by anything above it. In 2010 she graduated as a civil engineer with a master’s degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Leuven. After her studies she started a PhD in Sciences, in combination with studies in Footwear Design at the Academy of Fine Arts of Sint-Niklaas. She took specialized classes in Fashion Footwear Design at London College of Fashion (UK), Polimoda (Italy), Prescot & McKay (UK) and SLEM (Netherlands). Her designs are enchanting and delicate, yet edgy and sharp. The eccentric collections she designed for the Academy have already been shown in various exhibitions, fairs and fashion shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, London and Paris. In 2013 she was nominated for the Global Footwear Design Award. In 2014 she became the only Belgian finalist in the prestigious Muuse x Vogue Talents – Young Vision Award Accessories. In November 2014 Katrien started her own commercial shoe label: Elegnano.
Willem De Croylaan 35 Heverlee 3001 Belgium
Olivierstraat 21 Wezemaal 3111 Belgium
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About European Spinning Group
Our business
European Spinning Group is a family-owned textile group with over 100 employees, located in Flanders, Belgium.
The yarns and services from our textile group have been synonymous with absolute quality for many years. A high level of internal specialization, a flexible approach towards customers, tight in-house quality control and an organization built on strong values have enabled us to conquer a vast market covering Europe, North and South America, Africa and extending to Asia and Australia.
Our values
Our guarantee of quality
We observe very strict quality standards. Over one hundred qualified employees with excellent technical training are engaged daily in the development and production of our yarns. A specialized team constantly ensures its quality in our modern laboratory.
Solutions tailor-made for the customer
Creativity in the textile industry stimulates development and innovation. Our R&D team continuously monitors new developments and researches new markets that match our existing strategy and know-how.
The result is a large range of products that are able to meet the individual requirements of the customer. Whether it is for upholstery fabrics, curtains, decorative fabrics, carpets, mattress ticking, narrow fabric, trimmings, denim and apparel, household and bath-linen or technical textiles (woven or knitted).
Total partnership
Our aim is to provide constant and maximum service. Short delivery times and flexibility evidence this. We seek to find the best solution in consultation with our customer. If a solution cannot be found within our own production, we call upon our specialized external partners.
Sustainability
As we believe we need to act now to create a better world, we are continuously integrating sustainability in our daily processes, raw materials purchases and partner selection.
Continuously investing in modern machinery, gives us the possibility to produce in an ecological, energy-efficient way with integrated waste management systems.
We also have our own Solar Energy production both in our spinning units as in our warehousing and distribution unit.
By using dope-dyed fibers in our spinning mill, we avoid conventional dyeing with all its ecological disadvantages.
This way, we save millions of liters of water.
European Spinning Group is Oeko-Tex® certified.
Family values
Our textile group is a third generation family business with its roots in the Belgian flax industry.
The importance of family values such as trust, respect and integrity is reflected throughout our daily operations. Focus on long term commitment and partnership with all stakeholders is the drive behind our organization and our competitive advantage.
Our history
Jérome Lietaer started in the flax and linen business in 1924, when the industry flourished in Flanders. In 1948, his son André joined the family business.As of 1963, André shifted the focus from flax linen to yarns and established Symaco in 1972, the foundation of our textile group. Driven by his passion for textiles and for pigeons, André explored the world to find the best raw material for the European textile industry.In 1979, the second generation, headed by André’s son Alain, expanded the textile activities with production facilities in Belgium by founding the Avelgemse Spinnerij (AVS).In 1991, AVS moved from Avelgem to a greenfield site in Spiere-Helkijn and was baptized AVS Spinning. The spinning facilities included a revolutionary open-end coloured yarn production technique and raw white synthetic yarn production lines. In 1997, the spinning mill was further expanded with the launch of Sigma Spinning, an open-end cotton spinning mill.Further external growth and synergies were realized in 2008 through a joint-venture with the UCO Yarns division from the Vlerick Group, which was in 2012 fully integrated within European Spinning Group. In order to expand the yarn service activities further, the group acquired Demtex, a beaming facility in Kruishoutem, in 2012.Currently, the third generation is active in the textile group, ready to continue the story of the family business with a passion for textiles and entrepreneurship all around the world. All activities are being rebranded under the commercial name ‘European Spinning Group’, in order to outline the strong foundations as a diversified European yarn production group.
Trading & Distribution Transportcentrum Lar 50 Kortrijk 8511 Belgium
Open End Spinning IJzeren Bareel 42 Spiere-Helkijn 8587 Belgium
Beaming Industriezone 8 Kruishoutem 9770 Belgium
Elvis Pompilio
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1987 was the starting point in the career of the hat designer Elvis POMPILIO. From a simple show room to boutiques in Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and London and worldwide distribution: major Department Stores in America (Bergdorf, Saks, Bendel, Barneys, Neiman Marcus …), the best Boutiques in Europe and a network of points of sale in Japan including Takashiyama, his business has expanded very quickly to an annual average production of 30.000 hats, hand made.
He skilfully styles the heads of celebrities from all over the planet : Madonna, Amelie Nothomb, Blondie, Lio, Harrison Ford, Mickey Rourke, Arielle Dombasle are regular clients, as well as members of the royal families of Great Britain, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium. Appointed Officier de L’Ordre de Léopold II, his work can also be found alongside Amelie Nothomb at the Grevin Museum and he works with Chanel, Mugler, Feraud, Céline, Bikkembergs, Anteprima… on their Haute CoutureJ and ready-to-wear collections.
He has moved in another direction when he ended these activities and concentrated on a Boutique-workshop in Brussels (which retained the styles he is known for: Knitted hats, Adaptable Hats as well as many one-off creations).
After a Pop Up store in Paris in Maria Luisa’s boutique in the Printemps department store together with a Wedding collection in the same surroundings and a period of intense collaboration with Anne Demeulemeester and also Veronique Leroy, Véronique Branquinho and Axelle Red he recently decided to give another twist to his career by closing his shop and exploring the more artistical side of his personality while coming retruning to his roots with a new show room together with his work shop on Avenue Louise 437 at 1050 Brussels.
2014 might see him as designing costumes for an Opera, creating a table for San Pellegrino , or expanding his business in Shanghai and doing many other things (e.shop) while keeping open collaboration with his designer(s) friends and creating hats for the Queen of Belgium.
AVENUE LOUISE 437 Brussels 1050 Begium
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
It was in 2004 that this Brussels brand opened its doors. This space built around love and sexuality is for anyone of diverse identities and orientations. We talk about well-being and sexuality in a benevolent setting, without taboos or performance. A place that is open, intimate and fun at the same time.
A unique place.
TEAM
At Evaluna, you will be welcomed by a qualified team to advise you and answer all your questions. The people who compose it are all professionals in the fields of health.
OUR SHOP
Due to our expertise, we pay particular attention to the selection and quality of the products offered in the store and on our E-shop. This is how we offer you a 1 year warranty on all our toys.
At Evaluna you will find sex toys, accessories, lingerie, lubricants and all other sensual products.
OUR E-SHOP
Our e-shop is a showcase of what we offer at the store. Our job is to offer you a selection of articles that we have CHOSEN, which we find qualitative and interesting due to our expertise. You will therefore only find a part of the products we have.
Rue du Bailli 41 Ixelles 1050 Belgium
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Experimentation, innovation and surpassing things are words that define the process of research and creation of Espèces – in the sense of identity – because Sébastien Lacomblez and Marie Artamonoff assert a certain level of independence faced with the commercial logic of the masses.
Espèces are designers nourished by their creations, which have been appropriated from their personalities and their personal training: a course in plastic arts with a specialisation in digital art in Mons for Sébastien and jewellery in Namur for Marie. This is an intersting complementary that can be seen in their jewels and their current ready-to-wear experimentations. What is technically acquired in one area is transposed into the other and influences the choice of a certain aesthetic.
Sébastien’s interest for zoology was the perfect excuse to launch the line, which happened in a rather organic way. Using silver, gold and bronze – as well as a diversity of animal parts and bones – the idea for the collection first came in September 2011, when Marie purchased an animal skull for Sébastien’s birthday, making a single cast for herself.
An interested in the science of living things was the leitmotif of the creative process. Bones force us to go beyond ourselves as they have become objects of strangeness that defy notions of time and mortality. The ergonomic from of the objects transcends the status of ‘necklace’.
In a satured market, Espèces has made the choice of marketing themselves out as their unusual items lead to a form of exclusivity. The so-called ‘little structure’ made the choice of developping initially at the international level, increasing the number of its points of sale to gain necessary legitimacy to display their collections in the renowned boutique ’Stijl’ on the rue Antoine Dansaert in Brussels.
In 2015, Espèces pursued its work related to bones, proposing new models and materials and enriched its vocabulary by incorporating patterns into its productions with the launch of a new jewellery line and an experimental ready-to-wear collection. These novelties are inspired by patterns that are present in nature and in particular the way in which they are generated. The Conus textile – also called the golden fleece – is a poisonous shell whose patterns are similar to cellular automatons – mathematical objects, evolving in states according to simple rules, by imitating the self – reproducting capacities of living beings in a certain way.
The duo developed an IT programme that generates drawings and puts in place a unique item system within a series in partnership with a Belgian industrial knitting firm. These drawings are used to produce the knitwear, a technique making it possible to reproduce the design precisely: each pixel is equivalent to a point of the mesh. Each pullover, each scarf and each pair of leggings is unisex and unique. The client chooses from an array of patterns but each item of clothing will have its own variation of the drawing. Headscarves made of silk are also produced from the prints. A line of jewels made of silver and gold taking up their patterns by subtraction and by extrusion also emerged from this idea.
Els Vansteelandt
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Els Vansteelandt (°1961) started as an independent gold and silversmith in 1997. She designs jewellery and objets d’art. Her work is displayed in museums and galleries in major cities in Europe.
Els works both in her own studio in the green outskirts of Brussels and in an open workshop and showroom in a more urban setting in the centre of Brussels.
Anything can be inspiration for me. I just need to look around, observe, let my imagination start to flow and connect shapes. The emotional impulses that inspire me to design, lead me straight to the precious metal. I begin working with an idea about the form a piece of jewellery or an object will take. Much happens as I work, and I let my material take the lead. Whether this process results in a brooch or a silver spoon… cannot be predicted. Unforeseen events and unexpected variations make my material an endless world to explore and discover.
Rue du Rempart des Moines 15 Papenvest 15 Brussels 1000 Belgium
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// mode : collectie dames “els.mommaerts” prêt-à-porter , since 2011 // fashiondesigner “Kaat Tilley” Brussels (1993-2011) : design- assistant for women collections // opera ballet vlaanderen : kostuum supervisor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, since 2018 // theatre, dance, opera :1997-2010 : costume designs & assistant : Opera Royal de Wallonie (Liège) : La Traviatta – Pol Pauwels : La familia, Othello – Rosas , Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Brussels): Repertoire evening , 20 years Rosas & Small Hands (out of the lie of no) & Rain &TG Stan, Rosas,Aka Moon (Brussels): In real time – Ultima Vez,Wim Vandekeybus (Brussels) : Scratching the Inner Fields & In as much as live is borrowed… & In spite of wishing and wanting – Troubleyn, Jan Fabre (Antwerp) : As long as the world needs a warrior’s soul & The fin comes a little bit earlier this siècle (but business as usual) – La cie Michèle Anne De Mey (Brussels) : La sacre en couleurs – Théatre Varia (Brussels): Nous,les héros (Philippe Sireuil) – Théatre de l’ancre (Mons) : Des couteaux dans les poules – Norrdans, Harnosand (Sweden): The space between – Alibi Collectief, Pat Van Hemelrijck (Brussels): Drie koningen in Patagonië & Los mansardinos // mother of Rosa, Jago and Omer // pers Bruzz 2013 (click) //
Koorstraat 32 rue du Choeur Molenbeek 1080 Belgium
Estelle Fischer
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ESTELLE FISCHER IS A BRAND OF POLYMER CLAY CREATIONS MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND, IN BELGIUM.
Estelle mainly offers you earrings and hair clips, fun, colorful, unique and light.
Estelle found this colorful clay again in 2020, 17 years after modeling it for the first time when she was making beads to create bracelets with her friends.
Her universe has developed through colors and materials by combining polymer clay with acrylic paint, alcohol ink or colored powder, which makes each pair unique.
The Belgian brand “CERNIT” is the most used polymer clay in Estelle’s workshop, accompanied by some shades of the famous German brand “FIMO”. The use of quality materials is essential to guarantee you a product that will accompany you over time. In addition, Estelle favors above all short circuits and offers 100% recyclable and biodegradable packaging.
Estelle wants to bring joy and confidence to women by offering them original creations while consuming locally and responsibly.
Rue du Bois 21 Engis 4480 Belgium
Elané bvba
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Elané BVBA est une entreprise de sous-traitance en confection avec 20 ans d’expérience dans le secteur et un effectif de 25 employés. L’entreprise assiste les clients avec le développement technique des collections pour dames et enfants, aussi bien dans des tissus tissés que dans des jerseys.
Elané BVBA dispose d’un département “patronage” équipe d’un système CAO/FAO, un atelier pour produire les modèles et des commandes petites, un département à couper avec un cutter et depuis peu un département pour retoucher et reconditionner. En plus l’entreprise guide la production à l’étranger avec les connaissances professionnelles et contrôle nécessaires. Plusieurs marques et créateurs belges et étrangers font partie de leur clientèle.
Achterstenhoek 11 Lille 2275 Belgium
Elena Werner
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the world of elena werner.
Costume design for opera and dance.
contemporary costume design with a nostalgic touch.
Elena Werner is both a designer and a time traveller. In every project, her goal is to create a Gesamtkunstwerk, bringing together traditions and innovation. Her designs come to life in an aura of timelessness, yet with frames of reference to the baroque and art nouveau.
merging traditions, details and references.
Elena Werner’s aesthetical presumption mirrors in the intertwinements and embroidered connections of her costumes. They merge the traditions of opera with the present. Together with a fabric mise-en-scène, these confluxes descend upon the opera or dance characters. In combination with the métier of some old techniques which handle needle, thread and thimble, the haute couture wanders about all of this. Textile arts debouches into a cosmos of lines, circles and ribbons versus symmetry and origami. It eventually brings together Gustave Klimt, Sarah Moon and Pina Bauch and they ask one another for a dance. With an affluence of details and references, everything merges together in a homogenous and prosperous tone of fabrics.
Kolveniersgang 75 Ghent 9000 Belgium