Malice in Wonderland

On a rainy evening in Antwerp, there was a magical place where you could find out and get to know the fantastic world of 'Malice in Wonderland'. Location: Boulevard Leopold, a splendid Bed & Breakfast right in the middle of the jewish neighbourhood of Antwerp. Evy Gruyaert presented her very first collection of juwelery...



For centuries, pigs have been used for the extraction of truffles. Their exquisite sense of smell and their natural affinity for rooting into the earth for food, makes them the perfect truffle hunters. This time, they have a smell for fashion.
The magical journey of Malice in her own wonderland makes you feel like visiting a fairytale. The setting was very smooth and right. Names like 'Fairy Tale gone bad','Mister & Misses Ego' and 'Stupid Cupid' makes you feel like buying the whole collection...

The realistic dreamer

Stylist and Fashiondesigner Harald Ligtvoet (°1975) presented his first complete collection "I'm a dreamer" at a magnificent location: an abandoned church in Antwerp. His wonderful collection is a trip back into the fourties and fifties, when fashion was all about being sexy and elegant...



Born in a little Flemish village called Hamont-Achel, Harald studied back in the nineties first photography. Later he started fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp but quitted after one year. "Not really my cup of tea" he said. Happily his creativity was too big, so he started to study fashion in the city of Sint-Niklaas. He finished in 2003 with the highest (!!) grades ever seen in that school... Do we need to say more?




After he saw the faces of all his guests at the show during a standing ovation, Harald just knew it for sure: I want to dress women in a very elegant and nostalgic way. Although he's a stylist for many years, this is the best way to express his creativity... Let's hope he will soon start a men's collection...



Feel like buying his very first collection? Be quick, because there is a chance that all this will be sold out in no time! This saturday and sunday 28-29 of november from 11am till 6pm you can find his pieces of art exclusively at Mood Shapers in Antwerp.

Mood Shapers
Minderbroedersrui 9
2000 Antwerp

Met dank voor de foto's van de defilé: Ellen Goovaerts

The Shopping Fifties

These november days can be very wet & cold. If you're looking for a shelter in style, go to one of the cozy shoppingcenters in the city. "de nieuwe gaanderij" (the 'new' gallery was build in 1954) is situated between the Korte Gasthuisstraat and the Huidevettersstraat. This fifties-modern shoppingarea has a great mix of different fashion-goals. You'll find a children's shoestore, an optician, a cosmeticary-store and many other small & lovely shops.


(An Demeulemeester-Marina Yee-Walter van Beirendonck)
(Dries Van Noten-Dirk Van Saene-Dirk Bikkembergs)

Did you know that two of the Antwerp Six, Dries Van Noten and Dirk Van Saene, had their very first shop in this gallery back in the eighties? Well, now you do!

Jimmy "Red Carpet" Choo

No red carpet at the Meir last saturday altough the young luxurybrand Jimmy Choo launched a more affordable collection for H&M. Brussels and ofcourse Antwerp were the only cities in Belgium where you could queue for some madness. The first person at the door was already there for over 24 houres (!!). The whole collection was sold out in no time. What did you expect?






Astrid (21) didn't queue with all the freaks, she was smiling at all the craziness on this early saturdaymorning. As a fashionstudent of the famous Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, she was just interested as a spectator, not as a buyer. My eyes couldn't resist her shoes. "I bought these at a little granny-shop somewhere at the seacoast" she told me... Grandma's can look cool, I tell ya.

Let's Fall in love...

Whenever I feel like a little break on one of my shoppingsprees at the most expensive street in Belgium called 'Schuttershofstraat', I go to this wonderful place to have a nice break: "The Botanique" aka botanical garden of Antwerp. In this two hundred years old garden you will find some herbs that are protected by the law! It's located in the heart of the Quartier Latin with the Bourla in the middle (the old French operahouse).



The garden is open from 8 am till 6 pm. Go & enjoy the Fall! I know I will...