Dear Diane and dear Shaded Viewers,
From October 12th, 13th and 14th MODO Brussels held the 12th edition of ots three day fashion trail, featuring Belgian fashion talent on more than 60 locations in the city centre.
Yesterday also featured the opening of the exhibition High Fashion Low Countries at MAD Brussels. An initiative of the Dutch Embassy in Brussels and curators Javier Barcala and Eve-Marie Kuijstermans, an interpretation of innovation and sustainability in fashion. Three Dutch designers and three Belgian designers displayed their personal visions in a mini-collection, made especially for this project.
For HFLC Katrien Van Hecke extended her research to fabric-dyeing and artisanal printing techniques with printed woven fabrics of pure merino wool using a jacquard cord from the Textile Lab in Tilburg. The fabrics were dyed with natural products like indigo and turmeric.
In Lena Lumelsky's HFLC outfits jewels take centre stage instead of merely complementing the outfits. To produce the three outfits in her collection, Lumelsky teamed up with Antwerp goldsmiths and diamon cutters. She used not only precious metals and diamonds, but also silk, magnifying glasses, cog wheels from antique clocks and Art Deco glasswork that she found at a flea market.
The passing of time was the inspiration for Pauline Van Dongen's designs, ranging from the past -with archaological finds like fossils and bones- to her view of life in the future. In order to blend these two historical periods she combined traditional knotting techniques with stark modern lines.
