En 2010, Ils fondent  le studio Pieceofchic  à travers lequel  Ils développent des imprimés textiles “pièces uniques” qu’ils vendent au secteur de la mode et du Prêt à porter.  A peine 2 ans d’existences et ils comptent déjà parmi leurs clients, des enseignes prestigieuses telles que Hugo Boss, Marc Jacobs, Cos , Ted Baker, Nike et bien d’autres…

“We define ourself as Print Makers and Color Hunters”

Ensemble, ils décident de lancer une collection de robes à leur image qu’ils appellent  “by Pieceofchic” et a travers laquelle ils s’amusent en développant des imprimée forts et décalés autours d’un nouveau thèmes chaque saison .

Leur concept est basé sur un unique modèle de robe en soie décliné en plusieurs imprimés – Série Limitée. Chaque robe est une pièce de collection numérotée et est totalement produite en Belgique.

“We want to stay free about  topics we choose for our collections and we want to express ourself by staying very creative”.

Barbara & Sebastien
The Pieceofchic team

www.pieceofchic.com  – OUR CREATIVE STUDIO
www.bypieceofchic.com -  OUR COLLECTION DRESS
www.blog.pieceofchic.com – OUR COLOR BLOG

Nos 3 collections:
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MAGIK FRITKOT
We are Belgian , We love Belgian fries , we love Belgium…  
A romantic and colorful view of  Belgian junk food !

VIEILLES PEAUX
Just another way to dress up in fur…
No need to kill the beast to wear it  …

HIGHWAY TO HELL
There is no death , only  a change of style
RIP Rest In Piece of chic

SeeMe is ontworpen door Giovanna Villani, Italiaans ontwerper met meer dan twintig jaar ervaring,geroemd  om het creëren van accessoire collecties voor Moschino, Diego della Valle, Kalvin Klein, en Caterina Occhio, een experte in fair trade productontwikkeling en design.

SeeMe ‘s eerste collectie benadrukt de discrete luxe van hand werk en de eenvoud van het ontwerp. Het is een homogene verzameling waar minimalisme heerst en het mode-bewuste wordt weergegeven op een stijlvolle manier zonder franjes.

Het omvat twee lijnen van producten:

-       Micro haak [tig]-strikjes en Manchetknopen: zij hebben deze eigenaardige techniek, uitgevoerd met verbazingwekkende snelheid en precisie, om een verzameling strikjes en manchetknopen voor mannen te creëren. Ze zijn in effen kleuren om met smoking te worden gedragen tijdens informele gelegenheden. Zij zijn ook beschikbaar in een verscheidenheid van leuke en ongewone patronen.

-       Turkse kant [oya] sieraden. Zij hebben oya technieken en patronen geselecteerd die het best samen met zilveren accessoires en halfedelstenen gecombineerd worden. Ze maken hedendaagse sieraden die vooral eenvoud overbrengen met zorg voor hoogwaardige producten waardoor SeeMe boven het traditionele fair trade-concept uitstijgt. Het is een zeer eigentijdse manier van mode produceren, waarbij duurzame,stijlvolle mode met nadruk op hergebruik van oude ambachtelijke technieken gerealiseerd wordt.

Alle producten zijn hand gemaakt door slachtoffers van huiselijk geweld afkomstig uit de bidonvilles van Ankara. Ze vertellen het verhaal van de ambachtslieden achter hen. SeeMe doneert de winst volledig aan de verbetering van de levensomstandigheden en de sociaal-economische ontwikkeling van kansarme vrouwen en slachtoffers van huiselijk geweld. SeeMe is geassocieerd met Worlds Trade Association en de meeste van haar leveranciers zijn Fair Trade gecertificeerd.

SeeMe in Turkije is slechts het begin. Hun ambitie is hun aanpak in andere landen te verspreiden en tegelijk een platform te creëren waarbij andere vrouwenorganisaties de gelijkheid tussen vrouwen en mannen kunnen aankaarten met als inzet  een positieve input voor de strijd tegen huiselijk geweld.

Hyun Yeu (1974) is geboren en getogen in Korea en na het behalen van een bachelor diploma in Business Management aan de University of Technology in Sydney kwam hij naar Amsterdam om mode ontwerpen te studeren aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Na zijn afstuderen in 2008, won Hyun Yeu de prestigieuze nationale Frans Molenaar wedstrijd in 2009, die het begin van zijn high-end menswear label ‘ADO LES SCENTS’ markeerde. Zijn elegante, kwalitatief hoogwaardige herenkleding met innovatieve vormen en materialen, vaak afkomstig en geproduceerd in zijn regio van herkomst, richt zich op jong-minded mannen, niet bang om eruit te springen en hun kwetsbare kant te laten zien. In 2011werd de  ’ADO LES SCENTS’ collectie Herfst-Winter 2011-2012 en de lente-zomer 2012  met succes geïntroduceerd in Pitti Uomo en TRANOÏ.

Op Gallery2020 kan ook het Benelux vakpubliek deze talentvolle ontwerper ontdekken.

Over the years his work has developed in line with the changing social landscape. The central theme to his work is the vulnerability and transitory nature of life. Thang takes different aspects of life as inspiration and as a starting point for his work. These aspects aren’t just random; they are occurrences or moments, which he has come across in his life. From these occurrences he develops an idea , which results in a collection. Thang is fascinated by lines and composition. What a canvas is for a painter, the human body is for Thang. He approaches the craft of pattern design in a mathematical way, where complexities are hidden in the design. Due to a clear use of lines and composition, consistent material and colour choices, all designs are complementary. Each design is like a chapter of a book, together they tell the story.

Quoc Thang is a menswear lifestyle label with a mix of image building items, combined with stylized reinventions of authentic silhouettes and garments. Since 2010 he has focussed exclusively on menswear. His garments are recognised by a narrative design, sharp lines and complex patterns. In July 2010 Thang launches the 3x3x3 strategy, which is based on a pair of trousers, a top and a coat. The collection exist out of 9 silhouettes of 27 items overall. All pieces can be combined.

Atelier / rombout hogerbeetsstraat 109-23 / 1052 vw amsterdam / +31(0)650240049 / info@quocthang.nl / www.quocthang.nl

“The essence of the Marcha Hüskes label is focus, perfection, comfort, purity, minimalism and quality.

A heart beat……which initially  started with her study Instituto Marangoni Milaan where she graduated in Fashion and Design.

Sage and Ivy emanates femininity, awareness, and Zeitgeist. The style is cosmopolite, fresh and has a touch of glamour where each design underlines style, novelty and effortless beauty. Sage and Ivy’s muse is the woman who aspires to combine her social awareness with indulgence and need for uniqueness.

The fabrics are chosen with care and Alexia prefers to work with eco certificied luxury fabrics. “We have beautiful alternatives which enable me to create fur and leather looks without harming nature.”

In 2006, he felt in love with Brussels at such a state he decided to settle his atelier in the city. Since then, season after season, he is creating his leather good collections which key words are innovative classicism, timeless sensuality, exclusive taste and sobriety. Femininity, romanticism, and dream are subtly bring together in this unique pleat and clamp set handcraft.

Francois Cardona creations are an invitation to romanticism and love, timeless concept, firmly turned to the future.

Stockists
Dolce&Gabbana SPIGA 2, via della Spiga 2, Milano, Italy
Blank Boutique, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mapp, rue LÈon Lepage 5, Brussels, Belgium
Sketch, Kustlaan 339, Knokke, Belgium
Renaissance, Nationalestraat 28, Antwerp, Belgium

More about MARC PHILIPPE COUDEYRE
Marc Philippe Coudeyre grew up in different countries including Scotland, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, France and Colombia. During his childhood he was confronted with ‘being different’, being a stranger in a strange country. Each time Marc Philippe Coudeyre took on this unique observer position, he carefully absorbed every detail, colour and characteristics of each culture. The memories of those different cultures have a huge impact on Marc Philippe Coudeyre as a designer. That’s the story of how French couture connects with the world of kilts, sarongs and djellabahs…

After high school, Marc Philippe decided to study Architecture in Stuttgart and Barcelona. However, during these studies Marc Philippe Coudeyre discovered that his heart is with fashion. Moreover, in his impression he has reached a theoretical limit and wants to focus more on the creative body. As a result, Marc Philippe joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp where he graduated Cum Laude in 2007. “Every human being has his own way of expressing himself. After studying Architecture I had the feeling the only way for me was through fashion.” His final collection Black Renaissance was awarded the Tommy Hilfiger prize. Previously LancÙme rewarded him with the Modern Femininity award on the Colour Design Award.

Now the designer feels that it’s time to develop his own project. However he isn’t alone and works closely together with Jan Verheyen, the strategic mind behind Marc Philippe Coudeyre. “Jan is my trump card, we decide everything together”, says the designer. “He also has an architectural background, and has a passion for fashion. He is my soundboard.” They complete each other perfectly: Marc Philippe gives the inspiration and Jan comes up with the production strategy.

Marc Philippe Coudeyre’s style is classic and glamorous. The collections are functional, yet elegant and contain a touch of humour. “The woman I have in mind is a mysterious femme fatale, an elegant but strong woman.” However, he doesn’t want to dictate a certain style. “Fashion is like communication, everybody has to find his own way of dressing. Currently I mix French couture with ethnic elements.”

The designer has a good eye for detail and delivers a perfect cut. Therefore he uses fabrics of high quality, such as silk materials and soft lamb leather. This is craftwork, “100% made in Belgium”, with an edge. Making the entire collection in Belgium is a deliberate decision. That’s how he can ensure quality and can immediately make alterations if necessary.

Due to her Italian origins and her Belgian Education she is soaked by her magic of the fashion since her childhood, transported by the stories of her father travelling worldwide and by her mother in the look, the elegence, the favor and the refinement which gives her airs of Sofia Loren.
She misses no detail of the sessions of fitting beside her mom at a needlewomen who realizes tailors and her dresses just taken from the magazine “Vogue”, up to shoes matched by a vertginous height which gives her star’s looks.

From then on, VÈronique Mergeay chooses a home-made manufacturing in a workshop in the North of Italy which shares with her its knowledge, its passion and her love of the hand-made work. Define materials, choose color ranges and accesoires, then have a dialogue with the craftsmen, be amazed at their know-how, wait impatiently for the first prototypes, detail them, retouch them and let them leave to be finally enchanted when they return finished, impeccable, desirable to offer them to the customers.
The choice of green almond for the inner and outside soles and for the vermilion for the internal sides are recurentes colors from a season to the other one and which mean love and generoity, qualities which accompany her throughout the life and give the vital lead to her collections.
The models are signed by the hand on a bronze medal sewn by red thread which finds its place on every model because the writing and the reading are an integral part of its daily inspiration.
Every order is a order special and adapted to the customer among a very accurate leather choice and their range of more than fifty colors.

Try them and carry them to realize the comfort of well-fitting one perfect where every foot settles on a small foam mattress and gives us a wonderful feeling of well-being. The result is jewel with its authentic home-made qualities and stemming from silversmith’s hand of the shoe, because they walk in the workshop in side of CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN and MANOLO BLANICK.

One thousand the other things still, impossible to describe as the magic of a glance and because it is necessary to see them of the eyes to believe in it….

Marketed for the first season summer 2011, in four selling points: Marielle to Oostende, Suela in Antwerp, Juliette Verlaine in LiËge and What’up in Brussels, will come to add for the next winter 2011-2012: The Life in Rose to Knokke and walk the line in Brussels.
To develop the Benelux market is a priority in the objectives of VÈronique Mergeay and continue on the road of the export which remains inescapable in the future.

Work 2010 2009-2010 2008-2009 Winter season 2007 Summer season 2006 Summer season 2005 Summer season 2004 Summer season 2002

Styling – AF Vandevorst Costume design ART film “Sea Of Tranquillity” – Hans Op de Beeck Design “Natan Edition 5” & responsable production – Natan Shoe design & handmade prototypes – Robert Clergerie Pattern cutting & prototypes – Vivienne Westwood

Quality control & show Paris – Bruno Pieters Pattern cutting & prototypes Trois/Quarts Antwerp

Knitwear research & design – Haider Ackermann

Prices & awards Costume design for film “Sea Of Tranquillity” – Hans Op de Beeck Parcours de stylistes, Modo Brussels, Bronks, Bxl Spullenhulpdéfilé tour&Taxis Bxl, auction by Sotheby’s Collection won the 1st price (5000€) at the FFI/INNO fashion contest Vitrine (handbag design Envelop), Antwerp Spullenhulpdéfilé des Petits Riens/ auction by Sotheby’s Parcours de stylistes, Modo Bruxellae, A.Dansaert Bxl Mittelmoda fashion awards, Gorizia, Italy Shoe design for Robert Clergerie, Paris Brussels fashion fair expo Lancôme fashion and design awards, Brussels Lancia price, graphic design for Lancia Ypsilon car Parcours de stylistes, Modo Bruxellae, A.Dansaert Bxl Fashion Knack/Le Vif price, Brussels Knitwear exposition Spinexpo, Shanghai Knitwear exposition Pitti Filati, Firenze, Italy Parcours de stylistes, Modo Bruxellae, A.Dansaert Bxl

Oct 2010 22-23-24 Oct 2010 15 Oct 2010 Sept 2010 June 2010 Oct 2008 Oct 2008 Oct 2007 Sept 2007

July 2007 Nov 2006 Nov 2006

Oct 2006 Oct. 2006 Sept 2006

July 2006 Oct 2004

Latest projects “Into the air” K.STUMPF collection for INNO (Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Luik) may 2011

Modo Brussels, parcours modo, expostition at BRONKS Expo Winkelhaak at Kartell, Kim Stumpf capsule collection for INNO, Antwerp Gallery2020, A/W 2011-2012 young designers selection Antwerp Paris fashion week, A/W 2011-2012 presentation FFI “SHOWROOM BELGIUM” Pop-up store “Knitwear jungle”, Nieuwe Gaanderij, Antwerp Oct-Nov-Dec 2010 Designers against aids project, Brussels Nov 2010.

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