oh la la - belgian style....

This week I was limited to hunt for a fab student outfit as it was reading week or something like that and not many students around.

But of course I had other opportunities and I found true style.

Firstly the belgian league. I absolutely adore belgian fashion designers and their aesthetics. I spotted a person who could have just stepped out of Dries van Noten's 'Het Modepalais' department store in Antwerp. (You should check out the collections of Dries van Noten, one of the Antwerp Six; then you know what I mean...)

The Name:   Lucy

The Title:  Fashion Lecturer

^{Cardigan:                Gap (10 years old -let's call it vintage)}

^{Dress:                   Flee market in Amsterdam}

^{Stockings:               M&S}

^{Shoes:                   Clarks}

^{Schoolbag:               Cambridge Satchel Company}

Motto: if it is worth doing, it is worth doing well

Favourite Fashion Designer: Dries van Noten, Marni

Most influential person in fashion: Marc Jacobs - directional fashion designer for luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton

Secret Tip: check out Portobello Market, Labour and Wait Cheshire Street/Brick Lane, Marylebone High Street

Shopping destination: flee market Amsterdam, Charity shops, Portobello Market, flee staff in Broadstairs

Online shopping: Toast, J.Crew, Anthropology 

New years resolution: Go running more

I say: Lucy gives us great inspiration to look into belgian fashion much more in-depth. Go and check out the Antwerp Six, The Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. You will be amazed and made aware what you are up against... Be taken by this world and create your own special aesthetics and style - YOUR VERY OWN SIGNATURE STYLE. We cannot wait to see... 

PS: A little hint what belgian fashion is all about:

'The collection and the love and passion for clothing always take first place. With the Belgians, there is no superstar allure, or coquetry, but a healthy mix of humility, sobriety, and daring, and this translates first and foremost in the apparel itself. There is no blinding haute couture for the Belgians, but there is attention to professional craftsmanship, the study of form and concept; no out-of-control profits in the wake of the luxury houses, but a self-sufficiently structured enterprise in which as many factors as possible are kept under the designers’ own control; no top models whose star status relegates the clothes to subservient status, but real girls with character.'