Discover the places where BelgianFashion is born
Ma Reine et Moi
Ma Reine et MoiMore Info
“Marraine was born on January 6, 1916 in Ans, a municipality in the province of Liège. She moved with her family to Roeselare in 1924. She learned to speak Flemish by reading the newspaper. She married and had two daughters and four grandchildren. one of those grandchildren, Martine Veranneman, born in 1969.”
In 2007 I started my own girls clothing line: Blathine. That was an exciting, intense time. But eventually it became a business and I missed the joy of the craftsmanship, the real handiwork and the direct contact with the customer, the carrier of my work.
In 2018 I changed course. I now only work on a small scale on order. I create tailor-made (wedding) clothing and take into account the individuality of the customer.
The approach is also unique: I don’t shy away from incorporating worn clothing with emotional value into a contemporary, new design. It is very pleasant to grow with the customer’s expectation to that moment when the result is allowed to see the world, usually that is a very special occasion.”
“Simplicity and elegance are my trademark. Wonderful “slow fashion”: the slow growth from a first sketch to tailor-made clothing that fits perfectly and a radiant customer.”
Did you know that I also teach?
As soon as Corona allows it again, workshops will be scheduled!
Design your own garment
During different modules I teach you to draw basic patterns to your own size. Then you analyze different models and I show you how you can convert them into your own pattern.
Possible modules are skirt, pants, dress, blouse, blazer and coat. Short classes each time.
New creative workshops are also planned:
– making lingerie
– dried flowers
– jewellery
-etc.
Naamsesteenweg 380E Heverlee 3001 Belgium
Schoonheidsschool
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What is Schoonheidsschool?
Schoonheidsschool is an important provider of courses in beauty, wellness and fashion. Our school is part of an international education group that offers group courses, home studies and virtual classes in various European countries. This solid and proven base makes us well-established and succesful in the Belgian market.
As an expert in eduaction and entrepreneurship, we teach you a profession in a quick and practical way, which allows you to immediately get started in your new field of work. Our courses are created by independent entrepreneurs with years of experience in their field. They are happy teach you all the tricks of the trade. Schoonheidsschool wants to make a real difference for you. We’re glad to help you find your dream job, boost your career or become self-employed.
What do we stand for?
We’ve made it our mission to make learning easier than ever. We offer a wide variety of courses, designed for people trying to gain new skills without wasting time or sacrificing other parts of their life. We make sure our courses are easy to combine with your current job, hobbies and responsibilities.
Our goal is to give people around the entire world the right tools to get all the knowledge and skills they need in order to pursue their professional dreams.
We also believe knowledge is power. We realize that our audience consists of motivated people who want to learn about the fields they’re passionate about – and we aim to help keep them informed.
Rue Royale 203 Sint-Joost-ten-Node 1210 Belgium
Frankrijklei 127 Antwerpen 2000 Belgium
Simpernelstraat 27 Hasselt 3511 Belgium
Oude Brusselseweg 125 Gent 9050 Belgium
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The workshops are a moment of sharing where time stands still : a unique immersive experience in a cosy atmosphere where participants return home with a personalised leather piece and a strong feeling of pride 🙂
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Experience is not required. Only good eyes, and your good mood!
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You will find below the calendar of workshops. And at the bottom of the page you have more info & pictures about each workshop.
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Note that we also offer customised and team building workshops. Do not hesitate to contact us 🙂
The Brand
Kinamania is an independent Brussels-based atelier with a passion for leather. We make fine iconic footwear inspired by cultural heritage and revisited with elegance and dare. The shoes are made in Spain and Portugal.
“I find my inspiration in basic footwear styles that have stood the test of time to which I add fashion-forward details. This is my way of reinventing heritage.” Kristina
The brand has two main lines – The Essentials which are timeless collections and The Collaborations where Kristina partners with artists, artisans and craft-based NGOs to put their craft in the spotlight.
Collaborations
Kristina has a deep appreciation of makers and cultural heritage combined with a passion for leather as a primary raw material. Driven by her curiosity and her hunger for discovery of creative works, she collaborates with artisans and artists on her shoe collections and takes great pride in partnering, when possible, with craft-based NGOs that drive real changes in people’s lives.
The founder
Former designer and production director to the Johnny Farah House of leather accessories – between Beirut & NY – Kristina Zouein spent countless hours in artisans’ workshops. As a self-taught designer, this was a very formative experience.
In 2015 and with more than 10 years experience, she decides to create Kinamania, a slow fashion brand of accessories with a balanced mix of humility, sobriety and dare.
Of Canadian-Lebanese origins, Kristina lived most of her life in Beirut, until she met her partner and moved to Brussels a few years ago
A committed brand : Kinamania X Cancer
“In November 2019, I was diagnosed with breast cancer which pushed me to redefine the way I am leading my life and my business. Statistics show that 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and I was chocked when I learnt those numbers, especially to discover that so many women, like myself, below the age of 40 go through this for reasons that are still unclear. Since then, I have committed to support cancer research.”
Leather and sustainability
Kinamania shoes are made from domesticated animal skins that are raised in agricultural settings and treated in European tanneries that are certified for their environmentally friendly working method.
The European leather industry is at the forefront of the conversation and innovation towards lower impact and circular practices :
+ to reduce chemical usage, water, and waste compared to traditional tanning processes.
+ to make sure that animals from which the hide is used are being treated well
+ to ensure that people who produce the leather are treated fairly
Fun facts to know 🙂
+++ It is through a failed romance with a Spaniard that Kristina discovered the abarca sandal style. This traditional Spanish sandal was the trigger to her shoe brand.
+++ KinaMania is a brand name with roots in ‘menorquina’, the alternative name for the abarca sandal which was originally handmade on the island of Menorca in the Baleares. The mania for Kinas is born from menorquina mania!
+++ The shoes have singer name and the subtitles refer to uplifting songs that align to the Craft Your Day tagline.
+++ The tag line says CRAFT YOUR DAY with two dashes. The two dashes symbolise the craftsmanship and hand-stitched design signature of the Kinamania fine footwear atelier.
Atypical leather-craft workshops
Kristina also offers creative leathercraft workshops combining leather and modern technology.
The objective behind those workshops is that participants personalise a beautiful object – in a warm and friendly atmosphere – and proudly return home with a unique souvenir.
WE ARE OPEN !
In the prestigious Royal Gallery of Saint Hubert, center Brussels !
Kinamania will be here until July 25.
Looking forward to welcoming you!
Galerie du Roi 22, 1000, Brussels
Open Tue-Sun from 11H-19H
Galerie du Roi 22 Brussels 1000 Belgium
13 Bollinckx Street Brussels 1070 Belgium
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The Belgian textile industry is one of the most advanced and most successful industries in the world. Textile stands for creativity, diversity and advanced technology. The three-year training combines a theoretical knowledge with a practical know-how and will enable students to follow the technological evolution in the textile industry. Students will also develop their social and communicative skills.
As a professional bachelor in the textile technology students may be employed in the following branches of the textile industry: interior textiles, clothing, technical textiles, finishing industry and spinning industry and preparation. The diversity in jobs is enormous: foreman, head of a technical department, representative, salesman, head of quality control …
The aim of the study programme is to produce graduates who are capable of implementing their basic skills, which they have acquired a the University College, in a dynamic business environment in a critical manner. Graduates with a bachelor of textile technology must, as fledgling professionals, be able to anticipate the fast-moving highly-technological textile sector, implement innovations in the production and workers’ organisation with a view to thus contributing to the growth of the business.
With this bachelor’s degree, the graduates can find employment in three areas, both at home and abroad:
1. production;
2. quality;
3. technical-commercial.
The study programme guarantees that the students, upon completion of their professional
bachelor of textile technology master the following three competences:
– analytical and problem-solving thinking ability;
– high level of responsibility;
– self-reliance;
– assertiveness;
– an inquisitive mind/learning ability;
– communication: oral and in writing;
– social skills: team player and flexibility.
Graduates with a bachelor of textile technology have the following professional competences that allow them to carry out their tasks appropriately:
– working in a project-based manner (decisiveness, entrepreneurial spirit and initiative, planning and organising);
– accuracy;
– quality, safety and environmental awareness;
– creativity/geared to innovation;
– social skills: leadership qualities;
– focus;
– customer and market orientation.
Schoonmeersen Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1 Gent 9000 Belgium
Bachelor Fashion Technology Gent
Bachelor Fashion Technology GentMore Info
We are the only faculty in Flanders that offers the professional bachelor programme in Fashion Technology. This programme is an excellent basis for a successful career in the clothing and fashion industry. Our graduates function at a (sub-)top management level as production manager, quality manager, product manager, purchaser or head of the patterning department.
Our courses include fashion, production control, pattern design, industry related software packages such as CAD-CAM and ERP, textile technology, logistics, marketing, safety management and foreign languages. By participating in several projects our students get accustomed to the collaboration between several disciplines and different people while training their innovative qualities.
In recent years, the clothing and fashion industry has become a knowledge-based industry. The value chain is also crucial to this industry. Despite increasing fierce global competition and the relocation of production to low-wage countries, it continues to be an important aspect of the industry in Flanders and Europe. In order to provide course curricula that meet these requirements, we work in close collaboration with companies throughout the entire value chain both on national and on international level.
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1 Gent 9000 Belgium
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BSO TEXTILES:
This unique training guides you
to become an excellent textile technician. You learn in the
practical lessons to know, set up and operate different types of textile machines.
In addition, you will learn different techniques to be creative
to apply your ideas to textile products.
PTI Campus Techniek & Design Graaf Karel de Goedelaan 7 Kortrijk Belgium
Cortina
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About us
In 2016 Krista Schepers sees her passion culminating in a store on the Hulsterweg in Tessenderlo. In her shop she offers a lot of sewing supplies in addition to fabrics and wool. From the outset, she opts for the finest fabrics of the highest quality.
You can also follow sewing workshops with her. And during knitting cafes you will experience a pleasant afternoon with like-minded people
Krista’s husband, Bart Engelen, installs window decoration for Cortina. If necessary, he takes care of the whole with light joinery. Thanks to his past as a carpenter, he can do this in no time. Thanks to their many years of experience, Krista and Bart advise you on furnishing your interior.
Both around the use of color and the use of curtains, fabrics and cushions. Cortina realizes your dream with creativity and exclusive materials.
Opening hours
Mon – Wed – Thurs – Fri: 10:00 – 12:00 | 13:00 – 17:30
Closed on Tuesday
Saturday: 10:00 – 15:30
Closed on Sundays and public holidays
Hulsterweg 94, Tessenderlo 3980 Belgium
Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer
Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrerrue de la Fontaine 4 Brussels 1000 Belgium
Royal Academy of Fine Arts – Antwerp
Royal Academy of Fine Arts – AntwerpModeMore Info
THE FASHION DEPARTMENT
The Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1963. In the early years, the academy mainly focused on fine arts but under the guidance of Mary Prijot and Marthe Van Leemput, it quickly grew into a full-fledged fashion education. Two important milestones have changed fashion history forever. First, the rise of the Antwerp Six, all alumni of the Antwerp Fashion Department. The Six — along with Martin Margiela — were a quirky group of designers: they made a name for themselves in the early 1980s with their contrarian views on fashion, averse to what the commercial fashion dictated and limited. Their international success and reputation was the culmination of the vision and the approach of the Fashion Department, which gained international fame and recognition. Second, from 1985, the Fashion Department entered a new era under the leadership of Linda Loppa. She put the emphasis on not only a greater individual expression of the students but also on international orientation, and especially on boundless conceptual creativity. Thanks to her, the conceptual and experimental education was emphasized. Since 2006, and until today, the Fashion Department of Antwerp continues to produce countless of talented conceptual designers under the guidance of Walter Van Beirendonck, one of the members of the Antwerp Six.
THE BODY | Without the body, there is no fashion. Fashion exists because of it. Through drawing, the students are finding a way for the body to relate to the surrounding reality. That is still the foundation of their education. Otherwise, the experimental idea is purely an artistic matter. The result must have a valid function within fashion but not necessarily a product value. This makes the education at the Antwerp Fashion Department different from other fashion schools that adhere to commercial designs. However, reality is always in the back of the education’s mind. The teachers are or were employed in any branch of the fashion industry. They want to share their experiences. Workshops and theme projects help prepare the students to different aspects of the business.
THE EXPERIMENT | Being able to think and work unlimitedly experimentally is the most treasured part of this education. Students get the opportunities to push their creative boundaries. Moreover, through an intensive personal guidance by the team of teachers, they are continuously driven to push their limits. That way they are be able to maximize their abilities, ideas and imaginations. The Antwerp Fashion Department will continue to focus on creativity because wanting and daring to think in an unrestrained manner is the most powerful tool for a world in constant change.
THE PLACE | Due to MoMu Antwerp Fashion Museum‘s current renovations -and highly anticipated 2020 reopening-, which touches the building at Nationalestraat 28 housing the Fashion Department, the department will find a temporary haven inside the historical Antwerp landmark Handelsmuseum at the Coquilhatstraat, as of June 2018. Handelsmuseum formerly lodged the Department of Translators and Interpreters and is noted for its monumental neo-baroque façade. Closely located to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Handelsmuseum is equipped to accommodate the students of the Fashion Department for two academic terms.
THE FREEDOM | The goal is not the extensive study of materials, nor the study of both traditional and innovative techniques. They are merely tools for the students, enabling them to think freely and experiment. Tradition, craftsmanship and innovation are key. Being able to create individually and freely is very important. The program offers the students all possibilities, but imposes nothing. Freedom of choice is the basis of innovative creativity. The evolution towards one’s own signature is based on freedom of choice, but also on content, on craft knowledge, and on the quality of the results. The indi vidual In the four-year program, the evolution of the students is closely followed by the teachers. It is a vertical guidance throughout the years. The development of each individual starts with uncovering their knowledge, their interests and their personality. This basis stimulates their inner environment. The process is incredibly intense, not only for the teachers but also the students, and therefore very productive. It enables students to develop a flexible and positive attitude, and a real passion for their work. The constant reflection on their abilities not only molds them into talented designers, but also develops strong personalities.
THE INDIVIDUAL | In the four-year program, the evolution of the students is closely followed by the teachers. It is a vertical guidance throughout the years. The development of each individual starts with uncovering their knowledge, their interests and their personality. This basis stimulates their inner environment. The process is incredibly intense, not only for the teachers but also the students, and therefore very productive. It enables students to develop a flexible and positive attitude, and a real passion for their work. The constant reflection on their abilities not only molds them into talented designers, but also develops strong personalities.
Nationalestraat 28 Antwerpen 2000 Belgium
Stoff
StoffIndustriezone Kolmen 1246 Belgium
Meeuwstraat 2A3 Geel 2440 Belgium