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We go way back..
After traveling extensively, a close friendship that started 10 years ago brought us, Loredana and Anke, together again. On the other side of the world. In Bali.
Living the island life, we were introduced to a moving world of opportunities and challenges. Of a different lifestyle, freedom and creativity. And inspired by diverse countries and numerous cultures as well, we created a fierce fashion vision. While holding on to Western values and trends, our designs breath out cultural influences in casual and timeless pieces.
Each design is unique..
and tells a story. We believe in exclusive and traditional fabrics. In sophisticated items which show that details matter, in philosophy of colours, and in the strength of every woman to create her own wearable story. With every collection, we try to spread out a certain vibe, life values that women can relate to, will be inspired from and hopefully make them inspire others.
Traditional artisans..
is who we team up with. Their cultural richness and talented hands, inspired by generations and generations of crafting beauty is what we choose for. In the midst of endless rice field views, daily temple offerings and living a true life, every day again they give the very best of themselves to be part of our brand. And your wearable story.
Deux Belges
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ABOUT US
DeuXBelges is an exclusive luxury high end designer brand with a own philosopy on fashion,
The brand is a collaboration between 2 creative souls Valerie and Raffaele.
where they meet Art becomes Fashion and Fashion becomes Art is their device
DB Deuxbelges started by making limited and unique artshirts for famous people and directly found an international market for their concept.
Da da di gital artist Raffaele was asked to create some designs and patterns and is now a part of the brand as head of imagination.
Together with Valerie a modern ar(T)chitect who studied also Fashion in Milano they developped a whole collection f where they combined fabrics used in sports with fashion and a touch of Art.
This collaboration between the surrealism of the digital designer and the eye of the Architect resulted in 2 lines. The DB SPRTS line brings us a more streetstyle image next to the appealing line of limited and unique Artshirts that are numbered and become collectables to wear or keep save.
The Name DB Deuxbelges has become a synonym for high end clothes worn by stars and celebs because of the limited editions concept this is a journey where lines fade out and new exciting drawings take over.
AS people kept asking new and exciting designs the philosophy of the brand found their final destination and it became clear that in their niche product position they had to figure out how to bring their souls in your daily routines.
The result was a ungoing never ending story with a basic Collection where the brand has asked them to design a clean essential image but still with the Art and Architecture feel the duo brings.
the collection became more complete with knitwear, leather, fur , combining stylish costumes and dresses with jeans and sneakers, handbags and jewelry of their hand but also new are the hand painted unique pieces of Atelier Deuxbelges.
the idea is that the DB ambassador is a loyal fahionable but aware customer and that he or she becomes a trusted partner in the evolution of our Brand carried by our selected stores and brandambassadors worldwide we open the world for a fashion that is Art.
We like you to touch our Art and share the happy feelings we include in every package.
The Company :
Belgian 100% company (Design / Architecture)
Quality Top Selected Manufacturers worldwide
Located – Belgium
Started 2015
Dedicated people who run the store with passion
On demand – exclusive unique shirts
Limited editions only – numbered collectables
Atelier DB : hand painted unique art works
Collabs with shops – art gallery’s and pop ups
Instafamous
To be a DB deuxbelges ambassador means you’ve got something different.
wear our colours with pride and love thats the only message we like to give you once you feel the flow you will be DB
A underground gritty luxury brand for men women of children who like to distinguish themselves from the crowd wearing limited editions and art or our basic line of essentials because of the fit and feel.
thank you for making our creative process possible
Raffaele and Valerie
DB Deux Belges Belgium
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Made & More is a Belgium based online store dedicated to sustainable fashion and transparency on who, and how was made your garment. Through the brands we choose, we want to offer an alternative to fast-fashion for conscious consumers.
WE BELIEVE…
Fashion being one of the biggest industries, we believe that changing the way we consume can bring big changes. Made & More was born because we strongly believe in a proper and sustainable way to consume fashion. We want to give you the opportunity to wear amazing and special fashion apparel. We believe the key is to think about how we buy and what we buy.
Do you know where your clothes come from?
The fashion industry is glamour and fascinating, but also one of the most polluting. Tons of pesticides used, water polluted and wasted and thousands of workers exploited everyday to produced more, faster, at lower cost. Talented worker, artisans, designers are though making every day fashion. We shouldn’t stop buying clothes, but we can ask ourselves how we buy and what we buy.
Sustainable & transparent
There are several ways to bring fashion sustainable. Through the fabrics (organic cotton, reclaimed fabrics, recycled wool, …), through the place of production, through the savoir-faire, through the choice. Made & More carefully choose every brand. Each of them decided to keep their production close, in Europe and to be honest, proud and fully transparent on the way they produce.
“MADE IN” HERE
Because we think transparency goes with honesty, you will find on each brand and article its origin, where it was produced, who is the designer.
There are names, faces and stories.
Each brand we choose has this little something: fine jewels design, recycled fabrics (recycled wool, recycled denim, organic cotton, …) apparel made of reclaimed materials, small production. They all in their way have this ethic twist, making the brand different. At the end, being a conscious consumer, the relation you will build with the garment becomes much more rich than with any other!
Julia June
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JULIA JUNE
Julia June doesn’t like to be labeled, nor the woman wearing it.
We believe fashion shouldn’t be just pretty.
With our brand we want to connect to those women who really love fashion.
Ter Mote 2 Nevele 9850 Belgium
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In our fashion store Acou, a boutique with style and spirit, you can find an extensive range of top brands for both men and women. Timeless class and contemporary trends are combined into an elegant whole. And because we closely follow the fashion world, we can surprise you every season with new contemporary choices, prestigious brands and international collections.
At the same time, our family business, founded in 1921, offers quality and reliability. Today, the fourth generation is at the helm, and it only strengthens Acou’s solid reputation. Our assets are the relaxed atmosphere that the store radiates, the personal contact and the excellent service. We are only satisfied when we see our customers shining with a smile on their lips in their new outfit.
Acou is located in the Zeelaan – the central shopping street – in the heart of De Panne on the Belgian coast. So not only can you shop pleasantly and get lots of fashion ideas with us, you can also enjoy a refreshing sea breeze that is guaranteed to inspire you!
Feel free to drop by to discover the new collections.
Stefaan and Bernadette Acou and their team.
OPENING HOURES | |
MON | 10.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 18.00 |
TUE | CLOSED |
WED | 10.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 18.00 |
THU | 10.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 18.00 |
FRI | 10.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 18.00 |
SAT | 10.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 18.00 |
SUN | 10.30 – 12.30 & 14.30 – 18.00 |
ZEELAAN 128 DE PANNE 8660 Belgium
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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
Brusselsesteenweg 129 Zemst 1980 Belgium
Tiensesteenweg 8 Bierbeek 3360 Belgium
Wim Bruynooghe
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WIM BRUYNOOGHE, BORN BRUGES IN 1988, IS A BELGIAN DESIGNER AND GRADUATE OF THE FASHION DEPARTMENT OF THE ANTWERP ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.
ENCOURAGED BY BELGIAN PRESS, BRUYNOOGHE AND HIS PARTNER LAUR DILLEN STORMS FOUNDED THE WIM BRUYNOOGHE BRAND, PRESENTING THE FIRST READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION IN SEPTEMBER 2013.
HE SOON FOUND A PLACE FOR HIMSELF IN THE BELGIAN FASHION LANDSCAPE, WINNING THE KNACK WEEKEND AWARD AND OPENING A GUERILLA STORE IN ANTWERP IN MARCH 2015. HOUSED IN A MAGNIFICENT OFFICE BLOCK FROM BACK IN THE DAY, THE STORE PAID RESPECT TO SLEEK AND ELEGANT WIM BRUYNOOGHE GENE.
IN JANUARY 2016, THE DESIGNER WAS FEATURED ON FORBES’ ’30 UNDER 30′-LIST FOR EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS. HE WAS SELECTED BY THE AMERICAN BUSINESS MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS OF EUROPE.
ALSO IN 2016, BRUYNOOGHE WAS APPOINTED CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF UCWHY, A BRAND FOUNDED BY ANNE CHAPELLE, CEO OF BVBA 32.
DISTILLATING SPORTS INFLUENCES WHILE QUOTING AND HOMAGING THE WORK OF THE GREAT 20TH CENTURY COUTURIERS, THE NAME WIM BRUYNOOGHE HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH AN OUTSPOKEN SENSE OF ELEGANCE.
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CONCEPT L’HEROINE
“l’héroïne is dé exclusieve pioniershop die als eerste Belgische ontwerpers in de armen sloot, een speciale band met hen ontwikkelde en passioneel speurt naar nieuw talent”(Weekend Knack). Meer dan 25 jaar geleden bracht Martine Goethals een groot deel van de toen onbekende Antwerpse 6 naar Brugge. Het waren ontdekkingen die ondertussen van jong talent zijn uitgegroeid tot internationaal erkende topontwerpers, zoals Dries Van Noten,Ann Demeulemeester of Martin Margiela.Ondertussen vonden de volgende collecties hun stek bij “l’héroïne : AF Vandevorst, Christian Wijnants, Tim Van Steenbergen, Annemie Verbeke, Just In Case, Frankly, Mooiloop, Fine Collection, Sarti, Zengi, Wouters & Hendrix, Annelies Timmermans en Monsieur Maison. Deze tijdloze maar vernieuwende stijl is eigen aan l’héroïne. “l’héroïne” is een hedendaagse heldin: een sterke persoonlijkheid, geen fashion “victim”.
noordzandstraat 32 Brugge 8000 Belgium
Arum Lingerie
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1898
At the end of the 19th century, Alphons De Clercq, as a tailor, started a business in “white goods” together with his sisters Leonie and Florentine in 20 Theofiel De Beckerstraat.
1914-1918
When Aarschot is destroyed during the Great War, the family flees to Blairgowrie in Scotland. Upon return, the store appears to be heavily damaged. The family runs the markets until the 1930s.
1936
The store will be reopened at a new address: the current Leuvensestraat 25. In addition to underwear and corsets, soap and perfumes are also offered in the store.
1940-1945
During WWII, Adeline, daughter of Alfons, keeps the shop afloat. (In this photo from the 1930s: Mary on the left, Adeline on the right).
1960
Nora, daughter of Adeline, joins the business.
2000
Two turns of the century are already on the list of achievements of the store!
2009
Christiane, Nora’s daughter-in-law, takes over the business.
2010
Huis De Clercq becomes a BVBA, Arum Lingerie is born. Our logo is the white arum, Zantedeschia aethiopica Linn., also called ‘arum lily’, originally from South Africa but today a widely distributed houseplant, known for its refined and elegant shape.
2011
During the holiday season, the store will move to temporary premises in Martelarenstraat. The Leuvensestraat 25 will soon become a construction site.
2012
A year later the new building is finished and a brand new Huis De Clercq, the shop as you see it now, opens its doors.
Leuvensestraat 25 Aarschot 3200 Belgium
Goed
GoedStatielei 56 Mortsel 2640 Belgium