Eco-Prints
Eco-Prints6, Zone du Grand Pré Amougies 7750 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
Eat Dust Clothing
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Eat Dust
Eat Dust is a Belgian denim brand founded in 2010 by longtime friends Rob Harmsen & Keith Hioco in the city of Antwerp.
Both were raised on a diet of skateboarding and a healthy dose of punk rock, which instilled a DIY attitude in them.With years of experience in the fashion world – including work for brands as varied as Raf Simons, Essentiel, Diesel, G-Star and Lee – they decided the time was right to venture out on their own.
At the heart of Eat Dust lies Rob & Keith’s headstrong and rebellious nature. They merge classic menswear and their love for denim with a wide range of influences, drawing from old Western styles, military wear, Americana, motorcycling, skateboarding and musical subcultures. Always with an open mind and a need to push forward. The result is a contemporary lifestyle brand with an outspoken attitude.
Eat Dust was founded on the principle of an uncompromising vision and the pursuit of quality, integrity and originality. This includes taking a stand against many of the appalling practices of today’s fashion industry. All production, sourcing and fabric development is retained in Europe, because Eat Dust attaches great importance to craftsmanship, tradition, expertise, human dignity and respect. Plus, proximity makes working together a lot easier.
Eat Dust does things their own way, with conviction and according to principles they determine to be crucial. Staying humble is key, because what’s right for Eat Dust may not be right for everyone else.Eat Dust believes that a responsible and engaged brand is a healthy one, but that doesn’t mean it’s a perfect company. Far from it. But it’s a hell of a good place to start.
Words by : Bjorn Dossche
About Girls Of Dust
Girls of dust is a new Antwerp based womenswear brand .
The collection is deeply inspired by vintage workwear, military and iconic menswear, beautifully translated to contemporary women cuts .
Built around fundamental pieces to create a perfect timeless wardrobe ; continuous items will re-appear in different qualities and a select few key pieces will be added seasonally .
Girls of dust is easy to wear and as strong as the women who wear them .
Crafted in Portugal with fabrics selected from Europe & Japan , G.o.D. is dedicated to bring quality and durability that will stand the test of time.
Bio
Girls of Dust is the female counterpart of Eat Dust clothing , launched by Rob Harmsen and Keith Hioco in 2010. Designer Aline Walther graduated together with Keith at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Both worked as freelance designers for diverse labels before creating a project of their own. Rob is the sales & marketing mastermind behind the two collections. He has an international sales background and worked for several major denim brands.
Bredastraat 125/1 Antwerp 2060 Belgium
Els De Vlieghere
Els De Vlieghere
Emanuelle Lebas
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70S EYEWEAR COLLECTIONS WITH A TWIST
“Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot … and my own grandmother. They are the sources of inspiration for the eyewear collections I designed,” said Brussels award-winning designer Emmanuelle Lebas. Somewhat surreal collections consisting of 27 frames: 20 optical and 7 sunglasses, in different colours, shapes and materials. And inspired by iconic women from the 70s.
“In my childhood memories, I see my grandmother and her sister as iconic women with large glasses. I admired them, just like the stars of the 60s and 70s. I want to pass on that iconic look to all women over the age of 25,” says designer Emmanuelle. “Because you have to admit: such glasses give you personality.”
NOT TOO FEMININE
The names of the glasses also refer to icons from the 70s or to some of Lebas’ loved ones – Brigitte, Jessica and Maria are just a few examples. The frames are made from sustainable cotton and metal, and available in different round, rectangular, small and large models. You can also choose from multiple colours: turtle print, transparent pink, malachite green, orange, nude, gold…
“The focus of the collections is on women – although there are a few unisex models – but the glasses are deliberately not too feminine,” according to Lebas. “I did not want the collections to be too chic, but to be one with a great eye for detail.
ID DESIGNER EMMANUELLE LEBAS
The Belgian designer Emmanuelle Lebas graduated in 2013 as a fashion designer at the Academy of La Cambre in Brussels, after which she immersed herself in the art of making shoes and accessories. She gained experience working with Belgian fashion designer Cathy Pill, clothing brand Cheap Monday and French designer Robert Clergerie, with whom she collaborated to further strengthen her unique vision of the sculptural shoe. Her collections have already been sold through the American Opening Ceremony label.
AWARDS
In 2012 Emmanuelle won the Codefrisko/PURE prize for her collection “If you bring the water, I’ll bring the matches”. A year later she won the Weekend Fashion Award with a collection inspired by both the Serena Williams wardrobe and the ancient Greco-Roman sculptures. Long dresses with a sporty touch. A mix of past and present.
For her creations Emmanuelle Lebas commutes between Brussels and the French capital.
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Emma Gelaude is an author and creative entrepreneur from Belgium
She has published 3 books.
A styling guide ‘IMPACT’ (2011 – Van Halewijck) ‘Make My Dream Work’ (2017 – Manteau) on 10 years business, blogging & fashion and in 2021 she wrote her third and most personal book ‘Alles goed voor de rest minder’ (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts)
Her career started in 2007 when she launched a blog to promote her premium personal shopping & styling agency. With EMMA Personal Styling she restyled over 700 women into their full potential.
MyFashionBlog received 2 awards and was listed ‘Belgium’s 1st fashion blog’. As a fashion personality she enrolled into dozen projects both online and offline.
Collaborations include CHANEL, Cartier, ArchitectenWoning (real estate) L’Officiël & Marie Claire.
Since 2020 she focuses on breaking taboos and creating a safe space around mental health issues by sharing her own vulnerable story.
Emma has been featured numerous times in the press.
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ABOUT
After graduating in Textile Design from Ghent’s KASK Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Emma worked together with various brands and institutions, from Henrik Vibskov and Bless to the Tilburg Textile Museum, before establishing her own studio by the end of 2020.
Emma Terweduwe creates pieces that are luxurious and expressive, combining natural and durable materials, strong and colourful graphic design, and her unique process of felting woven fabrics.
By making textiles that are meant to stimulate our sense of touch, Terweduwe’s tactile works offer a critique on our fast-paced and superficial society, which increasingly values appearance over substance.
For Emma, collaboration with other master artisans is a central component of her philosophy – both as a means to create a textile piece of the highest quality, and as a way to preserve important local crafts and traditions.
Her approach is deliberately slow and considered, applying digital tools to analogue processes without compromising on the characteristics of a handmade object. Using natural materials with subtle yet expressive properties, her woven works assume an organic and tactile feeling, brought into the present by bold graphic patterns.
Apart from her own collection of textile pieces, Emma also offers tailor-made solutions and offers her knowledge and aesthetics as freelance designer for other clients. Don’t hesitate to contact her for any inquiries or collaborations.
Picture by Olympe Tits
Sint – Margrietstraat 9 Gent 9000 Belgium
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A family business, always evolving
What started as a small family business, producing foam rubber for the mattress industry, has developed into a worldwide supplier of adhesives, specialty binders, coatings and surfactants for a wide variety of applications and industries.
Our products, the backbone of your industry
Our products are the backbones of everyday products. From the bath mat you walk on in the morning over the shampoo you use in the shower, the cereal box and your morning paper at breakfast all the way to your comforting bed at night. There is a touch of EOC in every aspect of your life.
Our surfactants enhance the performance of everyday personal care and household products as well as more specialized industrial cleaners.
We literally have your back with our compounds and latices for carpets, automotive and aircraft interiors, our polyurethanes for artificial turf, our thermoplastic elastomers and many more.
We protect your home decoration textiles against fire and water with our textile chemicals and our polymers help to bring color in your life.
And did you know that our adhesives are everywhere around you? We help isolate your house and make sure your cereal box doesn’t fall apart.
Innovation, flexibility and service, the backbones of our business
Our continuous research in collaboration with our customers has led to the expansion of our product range as well as our geographical presence. Because we think and work together with our clients, we have been able to find solutions to issues that arise with changes in industries and markets.
It is through the passion of every single one of our people that EOC Group has become the global player it is today, while still maintaining its flexible and personal service. The ceaseless thirst for innovation of our R&D experts enables us to develop new products and explore new markets. Throughout every aspect of our business, we focus on sustainable entrepreneurship and care for the environment and social well-being.
Our philosophy
We manage our operations, finances and services with honesty, efficiency and reliability.
Our Vision
We create products to improve the quality of life. We add performance, durability, strength and efficiency to packaging, automobiles, carpets and textiles, paper, personal care products, paints, adhesives and much more.
Our Mission
EOC is a leading company, committed to be a key player in all our chosen markets. We want to be the partner of choice for our customers seeking innovation and continuously improving performance of their products. Our objective is to precisely determine customer requirements in order to fulfil and exceed their expectations. We will continuously strengthen our competitive position through ongoing improvements in our product profile, sales and service capabilities and market focus.
Our Values
Customers
Our full attention belongs to our customers, they are our biggest asset. Customer satisfaction is the basis of the continuing growth and success of EOC.
Performance
EOC is committed to its markets and products and is a reliable and credible partner of its customers and suppliers.
Innovation
Our ongoing improvement and enlargement of knowledge and technology create solutions for our customers.
Efficiency
Low cost operations and flat organizations are the key to a successful enterprise. Continuous improvement of our processes shall increase our efficiency and optimize the management of our resources.
Environment
We are strictly committed to the environmental laws as well as to continuously reduce our emissions caused by our activities.
Integrity
We manage our operations, finances and services with honesty, efficiency and reliability.
Our history
1948
Mr. G.J. Marsman starts his own company as a producer of foam rubber for the mattress and furniture industries.
1962
The company shifts its core business to compounds for the carpet industry. Eur-O-Compound is a fact.
1974
Eur-O-Compound moves to Oudenaarde, Belgium and begins developing new products and exploring new applications for existing products. With the product diversification, global expansion occurs.
1998
Eur-O-Compound becomes EOC. All the existing branches were unified in the EOC Group.
2008
EOC Group headquarters moves to its new building in Oudenaarde, Belgium.
2015
The start of a new business unit Polyurethanes and launch of EXOPUR.
2016
Two new EOC plants open in Spain and India.
2018
Start of a new business unit Thermoplastic Elastomers and launch of EXOLAST.
Over the years, EOC added more products to its portfolio, divided over the eight divisions that we know today: compounds, latices, adhesives, emulsions, surfactants, polyurethanes, textile chemicals and thermoplastic elastomers. EOC Group has 13 production and distribution units worldwide that employ over 700 people.
p/a IP De Bruwaan 12 Oudenaarde 9700 Belgium
Ellen Verbeek
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Story:
ellen verbeek started her brand in 2000, passionated about shoes she went to Italy to the shoe area and got in touch with an artisanal factory, managed by older but very experienced craftsmen who could realise her architectural ideas on shoes.
Shoes are our connection with the earth, the foundation of a human body ! To combine these vulnerable elements with beauty gives a lot of happyness to people. Being stable in your shoes gives already a more secure feeling to people !
Her designs have a strong and recognisable image.
Using architecture and furniture shapes as a base of inspiration was a very interesting horizon to transform this on shoes.
She maintained her line underground, as not willing to transform the collection into a mass product.
The combination of natural materials, original heels in wood and elegant details melts into a strong image. She tries to combine rough and natural elements with feminine details and likes to play with this contrast.
Some heels are sculpted out of wood by hand, thus resulting in beautiful arc shapes which run down to the sole.
Playful and feminine are the keywords characterizing the collection.
With the collection ‘ellen verbeek’ we deliver exclusive quality shoes, advanced design in durable materials and quality workmanship.
Blokstraat 73 Schiplaken 3191 Belgium
Escuyer
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Our Story
Escuyer is the destination brand for anyone who appreciates well-crafted items for men.
Escuyer’s vision is a simple one; we aim to be the go-to destination for men who are looking for functional and esthetic accessories. And for the proverbial man who has everything Escuyer provides the perfect gifts!
Our mission is to offer simple, necessary, beautiful and qualitative accessories that will enhance men’s daily dressing experiences. When using our accessories we want men to feel confident because they know they are wearing a unique piece made by the best craftsmen in Europe.
– Concept –
Escuyer offers subscriptions of socks, t-shirts and underwear for men who want more free time and quality basics.
WHY
At Escuyer we believe that most men prefer to do other things with their free time than go shopping for basics.
The name Escuyer comes from ‘Esquire in old french. As in the Middle Ages the squire was there to help the knight, today the brand Escuyer is there to help men by offering them quality essentials and more free time.
HOW
Escuyer is more than a conventional underwear brand.
We offer men an internet-based subscription program that makes buying premium quality basics easy. By choosing a subscription you will save precious time and continually have fresh basics delivered at regular intervals.
Escuyer does not only offer a selected range of well-designed basic apparels, we also introduce our customers into a particular world with our own lifestyle, culture and interests.
WHAT
Escuyer’s essentials are designed to be elegant, simple and perfect for everyday use.
We offer a unique internet-based subscription that will allow you to save precious time and continually have fresh basics in your drawers delivered at 3, 4 or 6-month intervals. If you prefer not to subscribe, Escuyer‘s items can also be bought individually.
The extra free time can be used to read the diverse topics on our website as well as experiencing them in reality.
– Product –
Escuyer basics are elegant, simple
and functional.
Our basics are made of the finest cotton, which makes them very soft and comfortable. Perfect for the guy who appreciates the mix of a quiet, clean aesthetic and top quality.
Escuyer is designed in Brussels. We handpick the best quality cotton from South America and produce our accessories at a great family-owned factory in Portugal.
– Brand Identity –
Escuyer’s brand identity
has been selected as one of the best identity
of 2014 by the Design Museum of London.
As its name suggests, Escuyer is dedicated to serve and facilitate the life of the busy working & entrepreneurial man.
Modern Practice has created a visual solution based on the heraldic system. This typographic reinterpretation of heraldry is not only strongly linked to Escuyer brand’s name, but also conveys the brand’s world.
While the “typographic heraldry” stands for Escuyer’s refinement, its multiple variations translate the flexibility and adaptability of the brand towards its customers.
Escuyer and Modern Practice have been nominated for “Designs of the Year 2014” (Graphics’ category) by the Design Museum in London.
Aalststraat 7/11 Brussels 1000 BELGIUM