Herstalstraat 18 Wellen 3830 Belgium
Charlotte Pringels
Charlotte PringelsMore Info
ABOUT
I. The collections
We believe in slow fashion, the power of simplicity and elegance in an effort to change and challenge the way we as society consume. Doing so we commit to sourcing natural and recycled fibers and work with high-quality, low minimum suppliers in Europe, allowing us to reduce waste through small-batch production. We want to make sure every link in our supply chain gets a fair price for the work that is being done and we commit to transparent practices by providing information about supply chains, enabling customers to make informed decisions.
Our aim is to offer our customers carefully designed garments and prove that investing in a piece of our collection is an investment in yourself, your wardrobe and a more sustainable fashion system.
II. The designer
Charlotte Pringels is a Belgian-based women’s wear label, named after the founder and CEO of the brand. Her design philosophy: to create a line of essentials that are both interesting and necessary and together form a cohesive wardrobe that maintain relevance over time. Each collection includes elements of ease and polish and is characterized by high-end fabrics and timeless, clean-lined silhouettes.
Charlotte Pringels is a Belgian Fashion designer. She entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp / Fashion Department in 2007 and graduated in 2012 from her master (MA) degree.
III. The make
Our collections are designed and made with love, and focuses on reinventing tailoring technics while only using finest materials. The current emphasis for the materials we use is on natural and recycled resources of the fiber. Over the years, we have built a solid base of family-run contractors in Ukraine and Belgium. They are responsible for the long-lasting construction of every piece of clothing that we make. From perfect cutting of fabric, to deliberate sewing and finishing with French seams or bias-bound edges, the collection is built to last by suppliers who treat their workers fairly.
All samples and prototypes are made and designed in Charlotte Pringels’ own atelier, located in Belgium.
Drongenstraat 106, Lokeren 9160 Belgium
C-Pouki
C-PoukiMore Info
C.POUKI IS THE BELGIAN BRAND OF YOUNG STYLIST AND ACCESSORIES DESIGNER, CHLOÉ HENRIS.
From an early age, Chloé was fascinated by creation and textiles. She trained in fashion design and then in textile design. Subsequently, she chose to move towards a master’s degree in accessories and it was in September 2020 that she graduated from La Cambre.
It is in her workshop, in the heart of Liège, that Chloé develops C.Pouki with dynamism. Any creation that comes out of Chloé’s workshop is created with her own hands and with a lot of passion. It offers its customers unique products; whether at the technical level or by the combination of different materials and colors.
Quality and authenticity are essential for Chloé, as are the durability, modernity and practicality of its creations.
The brand’s flagship product is the famous MOSUO bag, a bag that can be worn in 7 different ways and with unique color combinations.
rue léopold 24 Liège 4000 Belgium
Vital Decosterstraat 4 Leuven 3000 Belgium
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The Chica Chico brand was founded in 2015 by Olga Lazareva and is one of the rare producers of children’s shoes in Belgium that still owns the entire creative and productive part.
All Chica Chico collections are designed in Belgium and produced by hand from A to Z in two factories in Spain and Portugal.
All shoes and linings are made of exclusive Italian and Spanish quality materials, which guarantees a high quality and finish. The soles used are light, flexible and flexible and ensure a high wearing comfort.
All models are handmade with great care and always inspired by the latest trends.
Christine Keyeux
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Christine KEYEUX -SCHNÖLLER
Plasticienne
Créatrice de la collection 100% Bijoux de 100% Mamans
Exposition collectives et individuelles en Belgique, France, Espagne, Hollande, Allemagne, Pologne, Portugal, Italie, Slovaquie, Tchéquie, Hongrie, Autriche, Maroc, USA, Japon, Chine, Inde, Suisse, Canada.
2017
«Finesse, sobriété…» Galerie Ickx, Bruxelles, Belgique
«Curiosity» Salon des Métiers d‘Art, Saint Hubert, Belgique
«Journées Européennes des Métiers d’Art» Les Bateliers, Namur, Belgique
«Avoir la fibre» Musée de Comblain-au-pont, Belgique
«Art textile» Veere, Hollande
Galerie for Textil Institut Hawar, Holland
2016
«A tous les étages» WCC bf, Mons, Belgique
«Musée Lanchevelichi, La Louvière, Belgique
«Toutes les couleurs, Galerie ICKX ,Bruxelles
«Chambres avec vue, Namur, Belgique
«Journée Européenne des Métiers d’Art, Namur, Belgique
«100%Mamans» 10 ans déjà , Palais des Institutions Italienne, Tanger, Maroc
«Et si on exposait …» Galerie ICKX, Bruxelles
«Parcours Papier Musée Archéologique, Namur
«Chez moi comme chez toi» citoyens solidaires, Inno, Namur, Belgique
2015
«l’inconnue sous ma peau», installation salon du livre de Tanger, 100%Mamans, Tanger, Maroc
«Memory of textil» Galerie of visual artist», Prague, Slovaquie
«Alternative of textile jewelry, galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie
«Parcours d‘ artistes de Beloeil», Beloeil , Belgique
«Tirage à l’appui» WCC bf, Mons, Belgique
«Wiener Schmuck», Galerie V&V ,Vienne, Autriche
2014
«Chambres avec vues» parcours d’artistes, Namur, Belgique
«L’art au Village» parcours d’artistes Glabais, Belgique
«Métamorphose» Installation femmes papillons, 100% Mamans, Tanger, Maroc
«éclatement» espace Wallonie Bruxelles, Belgique
Salon des Métiers d’Art, St Martin, Belgique
«Rames et trames» Biennale Brabant Wallon, fondation Folon, Belgique
«Résonnance» WCC-bf, Strasbourg, France
«Emballé-déballé» ISELP, Bruxelles, Belgique
2013
«Lignes de vie» installation 100%Mamans, salon du livre de Tanger, Maroc
«Croisements» Institut Français d’Oujda, Maroc
Salon des Métiers d’Arts, Maison de la culture, Namur, Belgique
Festival des Arts Plastiques» Nord-Sud» Tanger, Maroc
«Pas de deux» Karlruhe , Allemagne
«Regard sur le papier» La Spirale, Natoye, Belgique
«Eglise St. Etienne» Beaugency , France
2012
«Chambres avec vues» parcours d’artistes Namur , Belgique
«Banality and Grace , Galerie X, University library of Bratislava, Slovaquie
«Fusion» musée de Groosbeeck de Croix,Namur, Belgique
«Pop art» atelier et exposition 100% mamans, musée de la Casbah,
Tanger,Maroc
«Art en automne» Bijoux d’Artistes, Ijzerenberg,Winksele,Belgique
«Couleurs Mères» exposition et vente aux enchères 100% Mamans,
Galerie Dard‘ Art, Tanger , Maroc
«Jewelbook international» exposition WCC-BF, Mons, Belgique
2011
„Abhushan» design dialogues in jewelry WCC international, New Dehli, Inde
«Fusion» Pôle Bijou Baccarat, France
«Terre et Feu» parcours d’artistes Liernu, Eghezée, Belgique
«Festival des arts Plastiques» atelier» oiseaux», Tanger, Maroc
«S’il te plaît , fais moi un oiseau» 100%Mamans, installation
au musée de la Casbah et à la galerie Drissi, Tanger, Maroc
«17ème salon des Métiers d’Arts, St Hubert, Belgique
«Regards sur le papier» Centre Culturel de Ciney, Belgique
«Art Forum» Anvertpen, Belgique
2010
«Autour du papier» Musée du petit format, Nismes, Belgique
«ARPA» Les nuits d’encre, Centre Culturel d’Ottignies/LLN,Belgique
«Parcours d’artistes au pays des Vallées» Centre Culturel de Dinant,Belgique
«Chambres avec vues, Parcours d’artistes» Namur,Belgique
«Paper Object» Galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie
«Poupées de Roseau» ,100% mamans, Galerie Dard’Art, Tanger, Maroc
«Eventails» Galerie Volubilis, Tanger, Maroc
«Métamorphose(s)» Biennale Internationale du Design de Liege 2010,
Emulation, Maison de la Renaissance, Liège, Belgique
«La Baraque» Louvain La Neuve, Belgique
2009
«Bijoux Contemporains en Communauté Française, Foire de Munich ,Allemagne
«Regards sur le papier» Centre Culturel de Dinant, Belgique
«Textil Jewellery» Galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie
«25th Textil Art», Graz, Autriche
«Alternative of textile jewellery » galerie V&V, Vienne, Autriche
«Le Design s’exporte » WCC-BF, Mons, Belgique
Galerie Indigo, Damme, Belgique
«Tanger Label » Galerie Volubilis, Tanger, Maroc
Festival des Arts Plastiques, Galerie Delacroix, Tanger,Maroc
«15ème Salon des Métiers d’Art» Beauvechain, Belgique
2008
«Autour du papier» Galerie du Beffroi, Namur, Belgique
«Bijoux Contemporains en Communauté Française, Foire de Munich, Allemagne
«Le lacet bleu» Handicap international, Bruxelles, Belgique
«Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain, Mons, Belgique
«Qui fait quoi» WCC-BF, Mons , Belgique
«Le Bijou Contemporain» Centre Culturel de Ciney, Belgique
«Mini-textile biennale» Wasserschloss, Allemagne
100% Bijoux / 100% Mamans,Tanger, Maroc
2007
«Bijoux d’Artistes en Communauté Française» Foire de Munich, Munich
Allemagne.
«Arts appliqués, design et compagnie» WCC-BF, Mons, Belgique.
«Artifac» Bruges, Belgique.
«Toutes les couleurs» Installation avec les enfants et les femmes de la fondation
Darna, Tanger, Maroc. http://tangier.free.fr
«Ibn Battouta» exposition des quatre fresques au musée de la Casbah, Tanger,
Maroc
«145 artistes exposent» fondation ISEL, Merebelke, Belgique.
«Prix des Arts 2007» Province du Brabant Wallon. Belgique
2006
«Femmes» Galerie Nok’in, Huy, Belgique.
«Bijoux d’Artistes en Communauté française » Foire de Munich, Munich,
Allemagne.
«Osons l’art appliqué » WCC-BF, Mons, Belgique.
«Tout le monde est à tout le monde » Galerie Juvénal, Huy, Belgique.
«Terre et soleil» Galerie Nok’in, Huy, Belgique.
«Mini-textile» Galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie.
«Artistes poue Amnesty» Iselp, Bruxelles, Belgique.
«Papier, création et métamorphose » La Terrasse de Gutemberg, Paris, France.
«Le bijou contemporain» Pôle bijou, Baccarat, France.
«Le retour d’Ibn Battouta » 4ème phase avec les enfants d’écoles populaires de Tanger, Maroc.
« Mini-textile» WCC-BF, Mons, Belgique.
Galerie Olyako, Wavre, Belgique.
2005
«Bijoux-Cailloux» Musée de l’Ourthe et de l’Amblève, Comblaint-au-Pont, Belgique.
Galerie »Artpéro» Crupet, Belgique.
«Chemin d’artistes» Glabais, Belgique.
«Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain» Musée de l’Orfévrerie de la Communauté Française, Château de Seneffe, Seneffe, Belgique.
Galerie « Akcentus» Klub-Galerie, Budapest, Hongrie.
Galerie »Arts Parallèles», Tilff, Belgique
Atelier de Bijoux Contemporains, Maison Communautaire des femmes, » Darna, Tanger, Maroc.
Atelier , ferme pédagogique, «Darna» Tanger, Maroc.
«Le Bijou Contemporain » Centre Culturel, Ciney, Belgique.
«Mini-Textil» Galerie U , Prague, Tchéquie.
«30 années lumière» Galerie Cap d’Art, Genval, Belgique.
«Art Textile» Galerie des métiers d’art, Bruxelles, Belgique.
«Jata World Travel Fair 2005 » Tokyo, Japon.
«Design Fiesta», Tokyo, Japon.
«Ibn Battouta, c’est toi » Troisième phase de la fresque sur le voyage d’Ibn Battouta, réalisée par des enfants issus de l’émigration. Centre Culturel Arabe, Bruxelles, Belgique.
2004
Galerie»les Iles Flottantes» Dinant, Belgique
«Abstractions Colorées » Galerie Cap d’Art, Genval, Belgique.
ISELP, Institut Supérieur pour l’étude du langage plastique, Bruxelles, Belgique.
«Design en Wallonie » Liège, Belgique.
«Fascinating Paper » Galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie.
«Zone Franche » vagabond’Art, Parcours d’Artistes, Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgique.
«De Tanger à Chaumont » deuxième phase de la fresque sur le voyage d’Ibn Battouta avec les enfants de l’école «Le Chemin des Enfants» de Chaumont, Belgique.
2003
«Recycling» Contacto-Directo Galerie, Lisbonne, Portugal.
Cap d’Art Galerie, Genval, Belgique.
O galerie, Bruxelles, Belgique.
«Parures Créations » Galerie Néon, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Galerie Antinoé, Brest, France.
«20 ans International textile Art « Graz, Autriche.
Galerie X, Bratislava, Slovaquie.
Galerie Olyako, Wavre, Belgique.
«Reflets Contemporains » Centre Culturel, Dinant, Belgique
«Parires Créations » Madrid, Espagne.
«Kunsthanwerk aus der Wallonie » Mayence, Allemagne.
Galerie « Les Iles Flottantes » Dinant, Belgique.
«La Fabuleuse histoire d’Ibn Battouta » Fresque réalisée avec 240 enfants de Tanger, Maroc.
2002
Galerie Cap d’Art, lac de Genval, Belgique
Galerie Maya, Namur, Belgique
Château de Seneffe, musée de l’orfévrerie, Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain, Belgique
Galerie Antinoé, Brest, France
Galerie Ars, Liège, Belgique
Galerie Néon, Bruxelles, Belgique
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Parures-Création, Paris, France
Galerie Evasion, Waremme, Belgique
Galerie 0, Bruxelles, Belgique.
«3ème salon international d’Art Contemporain », Eupen, Belgique
Schmuck unter druck, Aarau, Suisse
Parcours de stylisme, 0 Galerie, Bruxelles, Belgique
Design, créateurs en wallonie » à table » Liège, Belgique
Parures-Créations, »Contacto-Directo » Galeria , Lisbonne, Portugal
«Olyako » Galerie, Wavre, Belgique
2001
Primavera del Disseny, Galerie Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelone, Espagne
Chemins d’Artistes Glabais, Belgique
Galerie Néon, Bruxelles, Belgique
Eghezée 2001, Belgique
Art Centre, Barcelone, Espagne
Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du design « Belgïe-Nederland »
«Juweelkunst 1945-2000» , Gent, Belgique
«Tendence », Internationale Frankfurter Messe, RFA
«Biennale du Bijou Contemporain de Nîmes », Nîmes, France
«Arté-Nîmes », Salon d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
«Province de Namur », Tunis, Tunisie
«Vagabond’Art », parcours d’artistes à Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgique
«Linéart », Salon d’Art Contemporain, Gand, Belgique
Galerie Cap d’Art, lac de Genval, Belgique
Galerie C2H2, Dinant, Belgique.
2000
Art Exhibition Gallery, Eghezée, Belgique.
Lauréate « Design 21 » Chic Chinois, Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, France.
Galerie 31, Lille, France.
Black & Kausel Galerie, Paris, France.
Galerie Evasion, Waremme, Belgique.
Galerie Antinoé, Brest, France.
«Tendence „ Frankfurt, Allemagne
Lauréate » Sonderschau Form 2000 « , Internationale Frankfurter Messe
Handwerskammer Galerie, Coblence, RFA.
«Chain Reaction », Aarau, Suisse
1999
Cercle St. Fiacre, Dorinne, Belgique.
Galerie Evasion, Waremme, Belgique.
Salon des Métiers d’Art, Coblence, Allemagne.
«Natura » , Château de Fernelmont, Belgique.
Galerie Antinoé , Brest, France.
Handwerskammer Galerie, Coblence, Allemagne.
Galerie Rive Gauche, Namur, Belgique.
Lauréate » Design 21 » Chic Chinois, UNESCO, Palais des Nationalités, Pékin, Chine.
«Néon en 2000 », Galerie Néon, Bruxelles, Belgique.
1998
«Craft Design for the Global Village», Florence, Italie.
Conférence Européenne des Métiers d’Art, Namur, Belgique.
Galeria X, Bratislava, Slovaquie.
4 ème Salon des Métiers d’Art de Wallonie, Domaine d’Hélécine, Belgique.
Galerie Evasion, Waremme, Belgique.
1997
«Arts au Village », Chemin d’Artistes, Glabais, Belgique.
Tôlgyfa Galeria , Budapest, Hongrie.
Julie Galerie , Madison Avenue, New-York, USA.
«Arts and Designs of the Continents», Handwerkskammer Rheinessen, Mainz, Allemagne.
1996
11 ème Biennale Internationale » Miniature Textile « , Szombathely, Hongrie.
2 ème Salon des Métiers d’Art de Wallonie , La Machine à Eau, Mons, Belgique.
«Petits Paquets » , Symposium International, Zsennye, Hongrie.
1995
«Bijou-Parure » , Ecole des Arts Décoratifs et Centre d’Arts Appliqués, Genève, Suisse.
«Bijou-Parur» , Musée des Arts Appliqués, Budapest, Hongrie.
«In ogen van Prin», Poperingue, Belgique.
11ème Symposium International» Textil Kunst», Graz, Autriche.
Symposium International Le Faï « , Le Saix (Veynes), France.
1994
«Bijou-Parure» , Maison de la Culture, Tournai, Belgique.
«Bijou-Parure» , Palais Abbatial , Saint-Hubert, Belgique.
«In ogen van Prins », Landcommanderij , Alden Biesen, Belgique.
Tata Museum , Tata, Hongrie.
«Le textile dans tout ses état »s , Eco-Musée , La Hamaide , Belgique.
«Bijou-Parure» , Médiathine, Bruxelles, Belgique.
1993
Tata Museum , Tata, Hongrie.
Fêtes de la Saint-Martin , Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgique.
Métiers d’Art du Brabant ,Bruxelles, Belgique.
«Bijou-Parure» ,Dommelhof , Neerpelt, Belgique.
1992
Tata Museum , Tata, Hongrie.
1989
Symposium International, Bukovina, Pologne.
Pariser Galerie , Berlin, Allemagne.
1987
International Symposium, Zakopane, Pologne.
Œuvres Acquises :
Musée Textile de Szombethaly, Hongrie
Collection permanente, Musée des Arts, Kobé, Japon
Province de Namur, Relations Publiques,Belgique
Landesmuseum, Zürich, Suisse
Province du Hainaut, Belgique
Collection Félix Antoine Savard, Québec, Canada
Collections privées
Awards :
Design 21 – UNESCO House ( 2001) Paris, France.
Design 21 – UNESCO, House of Nations ( 2000) Pekin, Chine.
Sonderchau Form 2000 – International Fair of Frankfurt « Tendence », Frankfurt, Allemagne.
Prix des Arts 2007 , Province du Brabant Wallon, sélectionnée. Belgique.
Rue Jules Larivière, 127 Landenne-sur-Meuse 5300 Belgium
Couture Brigitte
Couture BrigitteMore Info
Retouching
In Etterbeek, we always find a solution for your clothes thanks to Brigitte’s alterations
Do you want to shorten your pants? The zipper of your jacket is broken? Is there a hole in your clothes? The Couture Brigitte store has a solution for all your problems! As much for children as for women and men, this professional seamstress carries out alterations with know-how, on all types of material, including suede and leather.
Precision work
Brigitte is a perfectionist who ensures impeccable results for each client. She insists on the precision of her work and the deadlines clearly depend on each context. If hemming is very quick, for example, other garment alterations may take longer. But the wait is clearly worth the end result!
Do not hesitate to entrust the alterations of your clothes to Brigitte! Helped by her daughter, she will do everything to get the job done.
A wide variety of services
As a sewing expert, Brigitte puts everything into practice to meet all your expectations: making clothes, making dresses, transformations, fashion school collection, furnishings, etc.
Do not hesitate to contact the store for more information. Brigitte even gives sewing lessons every Wednesday and every other Saturday from her sewing workshop located in the municipality of Etterbeek, in Brussels.
Furnishing
A wide range of upholstery
The practice of sewing is not limited to the manufacture and repair of clothes, far from it! In her brand, Brigitte perfectly masters the handling of fabric and offers a wide range of upholstery:
Hangings
Drapes
Chair cover
Cushion cover
blinds
Bed-cover
Sheets
Special fabrics
A seamstress by trade, Brigitte makes all your furnishings using special fabrics and assures you of quality work that will meet your expectations. In addition to making upholstery, it offers services such as alterations, making clothes and making dresses, transformations and collections for fashion school. Call on her talents as a seamstress, Brigitte is waiting for you in her shop located in Brussels, in the municipality of Etterbeek.
A warm welcome
The owner of the Couture Brigitte boutique welcomes you to her store with a sense of contact recognized by her loyal customers, who are always satisfied with her creations. She welcomes you every day of the week.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Do not hesitate to contact her for more information and do not miss to follow one of her personalized sewing lessons every Wednesday or every other Saturday, in her store located in Etterbeek.
Clothing manufacturing
Sewing, alteration and making clothes in Etterbeek
It is always fun for ladies to distinguish themselves with unique clothes. One of the best ways to do this is undoubtedly to favor making clothes in a sewing store rather than going to a supermarket.
Based in Etterbeek, the Couture Brigitte brand specializes in sewing, alterations and the making of women’s clothing. Do you want a very specific model and do you already have an idea of the fabrics you want to use?
Just discuss it with our seamstress Brigitte, who will take care of the sewing and making of your garment with pleasure and passion.
Manufacture of all types of clothing
When making clothes, it is essential to take into account the size and morphology of each woman. Brigitte makes models of all sizes, with the material of your choice, including suede and leather.
She realizes all types of clothes:
Skirts
Jackets
Pants
Tailors
…
A tailoring service specific to dresses
Located in Etterbeek, in the Brussels region, Brigitte’s couture store offers a unique dress-making service, where each woman has the opportunity to wear her dream dress: evening dress, bridesmaid dress,…
Brigitte and her daughter put all their know-how and experience to work to sew and alter your clothes. They give you an impeccable finish!
Do not hesitate to contact the Couture Brigitte boutique for more information. It also offers services for alterations, transformations, collections for design and furnishing schools.
You can also take sewing classes, accessible to people of all levels, every Wednesday and every other Saturday.
Dress making
A unique and personalized dress model
What woman has never dreamed of wearing a unique dress envied by all at a party? Specialized in making dresses for more than 30 years, the Couture Brigitte boutique located in Etterbeek, one of the municipalities of Brussels, makes absolutely all the dresses you want: evening dress, bridesmaid dress, bride, …
All you have to do is come with the model of your dream and the fabrics you want to see Brigitte accomplish feats and make a dress that will exceed your expectations!
Adapted to your size
This professional seamstress makes a dream dress adapted to each client. A dress that hugs your shapes and curves to show you off. Brigitte takes full account of your size and your morphology to create with great precision the outfit that best represents you.
More than interesting alternatives
Don’t want to give up the dress you care about the most? The Couture Brigitte store offers you many services able to remedy your problem, such as possible alterations or transformations. Making clothes of all kinds, making clothes for fashion school collections and furnishing are also among the specialties of Brigitte and her daughter Nell.
Contact them for more information and do not hesitate to come and take a sewing course in their shop in Etterbeek, every Wednesday, and every other Saturday.
Transformations
Clothes that never went out of fashion
Do you think your clothes are out of fashion? Do you have a crush on the fabric of one of your outfits but you no longer want to wear it? Do not throw away your clothes unnecessarily, Couture Brigitte is capable of exploiting your clothes and transforming them to obtain an impressive result. A model is outdated? Brigitte cuts it!
Get creative
What could you do with the fabric of your outfit? It’s up to you to talk about it with a seamstress who is passionate about her job! Brigitte advises you preciously if you have an idea in mind, but she can also suggest alternatives. For transformations, only one watchword: creativity!
Size and morphology in the center of attention
For any transformation, an essential aspect consists in considering with great attention the size and the morphology of each customer in order to create or transform him a tailor-made garment. The Couture Brigitte boutique offers many services including alterations, dress making, clothing making for a fashion school collection but also furnishing.
Interested in these services? Do not hesitate to contact the store. And why not start sewing? Brigitte gives sewing lessons in Etterbeek, in the Brussels region, every Wednesday and every other Saturday for students of all levels.
Fashion school collection
Available to design school students
The students of the design schools of Brussels do not hesitate to call on Couture Brigitte to make the models they design as part of their courses. They come with their creations and will present their collection after work done with precision and know-how by a professional seamstress.
A confection for each model
The students obviously take care of all the model and patronage part. Specialized in making clothes and making dresses, Brigitte offers them valuable help. This seamstress from Brussels also offers a wide variety of services to her clients: alterations, transformations, furnishing, etc. Thanks to her sense of contact and her unanimously recognized work in her shop in Etterbeek, she has managed to retain a large customers, always delighted with the result.
Possibility of sewing lessons
For a student in fashion design school, knowing how to sew is certainly an additional asset and the student will undeniably add a string to his bow. Brigitte offers sewing lessons every Wednesday and every other Saturday and welcomes people of all levels.
Do not hesitate to contact her for more information, she will be happy to answer you with passion.
Rue Général Fivé 4 Etterbeek 1040 Belgium
Catalina J
Catalina JMore Info
WHO WE ARE
Since 2007 she designed for several women’s wear fashion brands, launching her first label collection in 2016 in order to build a strong visual brand identity, dedicated to modern and individual femininity. Catalina J develops a refined construction of actual silhouette with elaborated crafted lines and sharp details inspired from Couture technique.
Dedicated to intelligent, active and stylish woman, dresses Catalina J are the image of a truly modern urban spirit. Her signature stems are empowered by the mix between geometric cuts and pure lines. The outstanding design places the studied grace of feminine body in the spotlight revealing a continuous search of proportion, fabric and color matching.
Headed in the creative process by inspirational themes in continue progress such as art, architecture and technology, the designer highlights a minimalist, yet polished profile with clean cut, soft and superfine adds up to a superior sartorial vision.
An important step in our brand development now is identifying and implementing innovative-sustainable solutions, choosing the right and responsible way of creating.
OUR APPROACH
We are interested in bringing innovative solutions and sustainable approaches through our active research on how to develop, produce and deliver best and original designs for our customers at the same time minimizing impact on the planet.
Our new journey started in 2018 when we decided to use for our next collection organic certified cotton and next steps are to add other low impact and natural fabrics to our designs.
A new challenge that marks a new beginning for our brand strategy – a responsible consuming lifestyle that correctly integrates into our future creative process.
FABRICS
We source the purest and high quality fabrics directly from our certified suppliers which have already a well established reputation and tradition in producing it.
The organic cotton is certified with international Global Organic Standard GOTS and OEKO Tex standard for textile.
Also we use low impact fabrics which biodegrade faster and use less water to produce them: viscose, tencel and recycled fabrics.
Great things are happening in this space, with many more to come!
OUR VISION
We aim to tell stories through our collections, building a strong identity of high quality, ethically made garments with a conscious concept and sustainable practices behind.
We love to create with respect for our customers and the environment. That’s why we decided to integrate the slow fashion process, and to implement ethic and sustainable opportunities for our production, made in EU.
We bring value and enhanced product experiences to our customer – next to creative signature design while using organic certified fabrics for our collections.
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There once was …
More than 60 years ago, the couple Roger and Simone Decremer-Persoons started the production of luxury slippers in Tildonk. In the 1970s they changed direction: they started a wholesale shoe business and opened a first modest shoe shop under the church tower – the stepping stone to what would later become Carmi. Today the company is led by their eldest son Michel Decremer and his wife Marie-Claire Martens, who have developed Carmi into a beautiful total store for shoes and clothing for the whole family.
Start of a thriving business
The whole story started in 1954, when Roger Decremer and his wife Simone Persoons decided to start their own business. Through a cousin, they came into contact with a supplier that produced rubber soles, and so the idea of making slippers was born. As an engineer, Roger was involved in the design of machines and patterns, Simone chose the materials and drew the designs. The Perro brand – the first letters of Persoons and Roger – was born. Some of the slippers were genuine luxury slippers made from haute couture fabrics, which they were allowed to supply years later to Bally, a well-known Swiss chain of shoe stores. During that period they worked with about sixty people. The entire production took place in Tildonk, in a new building next to the parental home. Today this is still the headquarters of the company, where an enthusiastic team takes care of the accounting, personnel administration, purchasing, marketing, web sales and the warehouse.
From Perro to Shoe Center
Due to the sky-high wage costs, the production of slippers was stopped in 1979. The Perro company, meanwhile a wholesaler in shoes, became an agent for other shoe brands, including Primigi, Bellamy, Gallus, Arima and Arriva. Twice a year the people from the neighborhood could go to the old stitching shop above the head office to buy the remaining slippers and the wholesale stock. An embryonic form of the current Carmi branches, so to speak. Not much later, Roger and Simone opened their first shoe store, the Shoe Center. In addition to Perro’s own slippers, customers found various men’s, women’s and children’s shoe collections there.
Carmi sees the light of day
Under the impulse of their eldest son Michel, the Decremer family again went in search of renewal and expansion. In 1985 they were able to acquire a spacious and well-located building in Zemst. Just outside the center, the former Carpetland building became vacant, with a spacious parking lot. There the first building blocks would be laid for what Carmi is today: the shopping address in the region with more than 300 top brands in shoes, handbags, clothing and accessories under one roof. The opening was an overwhelming success. Michel: “In a press campaign we announced that the first five hundred visitors would receive a barbecue as a gift. There has been a long queue from early in the morning. It was a bull’s eye.”
The offer is expanding
About five years later, Werner also joined the business, after which the two brothers continued to build on the success of Zemst. In 1988 the store in Tildonk was closed and moved to Korbeek-Lo: the second Carmi was a fact. And in 2002 a third branch was opened in Aubel in Wallonia. Initially, Carmi only sold children’s, women’s and men’s shoes, but afterwards also a limited range of casual wear. About fifteen years after the start of Carmi, the range was expanded to a full-fledged clothing collection.
Family business pur sang
In the 1990s, the Decremer family opened four Mephisto stores in Brussels, Antwerp, Hasselt and Knokke. And there is also the Kid children’s shoe store in Leuven, and the Gabor shops in Ghent and Knokke. The Carmi’s in Zemst and Korbeek-Lo have since been repeatedly renovated and enlarged to accommodate the increasingly extensive range.
At the end of 2016, Werner and his wife Kathy, who had been in charge of the marketing department for a dozen years, decided to take their careers in a new direction. In the meantime, Elke and Jan, the children of Michel and Marie-Claire, have also started in the business.
Everything starts with the customer
A great deal of attention is paid to service and customer-friendliness in the training of sales personnel. “Whatever you buy, at Carmi you can count on personal service. Our experienced employees are always ready to give the appropriate advice. And we notice that the customer is asking that more and more. Our saleswomen and salespeople regularly attend refresher courses at the various brands. In this way they can guide the customer even better with his purchase”, says Michel. “The role of the Carmi team is very important. We try to surround ourselves with the best people, in the stores and also at our administrative services and in the warehouse in Tildonk. Our after-sales service is also supported by two experienced master shoemakers, which is an enormous added value for the customer.”
Finger on the pulse
Marie-Claire, Michel, Elke and Jan are also in the shops as much as possible, in order to keep in touch with the customer. “We only exist thanks to the customers and you have to earn them every day,” Michel says. “Hence the wide range of more than 300 top brands for women, men and children at Carmi and the largest possible range within each brand. The customer really has to find everything in the store. Only then is a visit to a Carmi store worth the trip. The webshop also sells the entire range of shoes, slippers, handbags and accessories. We keep our finger on the pulse when it comes to fashion. Brands come and go, and we have to be very vigilant that we have the right offer at the right time. Because our customers come to us for their favorite brand. It is our job to ensure that we have it in-house.”
Social engagement
Right from the start, Carmi has consistently drawn the card of social engagement. With the Senden Home shelter in the Philippines, there has been sponsorship for many years amounting to 2% of the turnover of the children’s shoes. In 1997, a permanent partnership was started with Natuurpunt Oost-Brabant. Since 2012, Carmi has also provided support to the Kenyan Ilkujuka in Loïta Hills. An initiative that was followed in the sector and we applaud that at Carmi: the more of these types of initiatives, the better.
Carmi through the years
Today Carmi has been around for 32 years. We take you on a journey through time!
1954 Start production luxury slippers
1972 Establishment of wholesaler
1976 Opening of Shoe Center Tildonk schoenen shoe store
1979 Stopping slipper production
1985 Opening Carmi Zemst
1988 Opening Carmi Korbeek-Lo, closing Shoe Center Tildonk
1995 Opening of the first Mephisto Shop in Brussels
1997 Opening Mephisto Shop Antwerp
1999 Opening Mephisto Shop Hasselt
2001 Opening Mephisto Shop Knokke
2002 Opening Carmi Aubel
2011 Launch of the Carmi webshop
2015 Opening Gabor Shop Ghent and Knokke
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