Fashion Designer Course Year 2, Day 6
Fashion Designer Course
Year 2, Day 6
We had no class, but we went to the fashion show of Spullenhulp / Petit Reins. Spullenhulp is an organisation that collects old clothes (and other stuff) from people, and gives those to poor people. Every year, to bring themselves in the news, and to raise money for their organization, they ask some fashion designers to design some items that are then auctioned off. This year the proceeds of that auction will be used to build low cost apartments.
The evening started on the parking lot of a local supermarket, where little busses ran on and off to take people to the center of Spullenhulp. Once there, we were to go into a reception where little drinks and snacks were sold. At 8:30 the doors of the big hall opened, so we went in. Our class got split up, and I and moira went to sit on the first tribune we saw, while the rest of the class was working their way to the other side of the hall. A few minutes later, we hear somebody talk behind us, look and see our teacher. Then we looked in front of us, and there was Prince Laurent. That's the prince that goes to all the cultural events.
The show started with a long clown performance - a good performance. Also, they kept coming back during the rest of the evening, between designers, sometimes while models were walking. You know how a fashion show goes: a model comes up, walks around the catwalk and goes back off. We saw some really good designs, and a special note goes to Christophe Coppens, who designed 3 caddies and had them presented by 3 black women on the tones of The Supreme Sisters, very good stuff.
The main page: http://spullenhulp.be/verzamelingopbod.htm
Edouard Vermeulen, of Nathan, created a few classic dresses and coats
Christophe Van Liedekerke made some dresses from shirts, that were interesting designs
One of the clowns here
Celine Pinckers
Chantal Thomass
Florence Moreau (works for spullenhulp)
After the show, a Dutch guy that works for Sotheby's in London came on the stage to auction off 22 items. Then we went home. I heard that some cars got broken into and GPS systems got stolen. Of course, it was a deserted parking lot, on a friday night, pitch black dark. And nobody returning for an hour and a half. Plenty of time for thieves. Also, the parking lot is 500m from the ring around Brussels. Next year, my car is not on that parking lot.
It was fun, and I will be going back next year. And now I know what to expect. Also, the hall was too small for all the people they sold tickets to. I had some good people around me, so I could still breath, but in front of me was a bunch of girls (I expect 16-20 years old), and a guys ("Ah, belle fille! Hahahahaha.") came to sit next to them, and then invited 2 more people to squeeze into half a place on his other side. Must have been fun. So next year, I sit on the edge of the row, and not somewhere in the middle.
Year 2, Day 6
We had no class, but we went to the fashion show of Spullenhulp / Petit Reins. Spullenhulp is an organisation that collects old clothes (and other stuff) from people, and gives those to poor people. Every year, to bring themselves in the news, and to raise money for their organization, they ask some fashion designers to design some items that are then auctioned off. This year the proceeds of that auction will be used to build low cost apartments.
The evening started on the parking lot of a local supermarket, where little busses ran on and off to take people to the center of Spullenhulp. Once there, we were to go into a reception where little drinks and snacks were sold. At 8:30 the doors of the big hall opened, so we went in. Our class got split up, and I and moira went to sit on the first tribune we saw, while the rest of the class was working their way to the other side of the hall. A few minutes later, we hear somebody talk behind us, look and see our teacher. Then we looked in front of us, and there was Prince Laurent. That's the prince that goes to all the cultural events.
The show started with a long clown performance - a good performance. Also, they kept coming back during the rest of the evening, between designers, sometimes while models were walking. You know how a fashion show goes: a model comes up, walks around the catwalk and goes back off. We saw some really good designs, and a special note goes to Christophe Coppens, who designed 3 caddies and had them presented by 3 black women on the tones of The Supreme Sisters, very good stuff.
The main page: http://spullenhulp.be/verzamelingopbod.htm
Edouard Vermeulen, of Nathan, created a few classic dresses and coats
Christophe Van Liedekerke made some dresses from shirts, that were interesting designs
One of the clowns here
Celine Pinckers
Chantal Thomass
Florence Moreau (works for spullenhulp)
After the show, a Dutch guy that works for Sotheby's in London came on the stage to auction off 22 items. Then we went home. I heard that some cars got broken into and GPS systems got stolen. Of course, it was a deserted parking lot, on a friday night, pitch black dark. And nobody returning for an hour and a half. Plenty of time for thieves. Also, the parking lot is 500m from the ring around Brussels. Next year, my car is not on that parking lot.
It was fun, and I will be going back next year. And now I know what to expect. Also, the hall was too small for all the people they sold tickets to. I had some good people around me, so I could still breath, but in front of me was a bunch of girls (I expect 16-20 years old), and a guys ("Ah, belle fille! Hahahahaha.") came to sit next to them, and then invited 2 more people to squeeze into half a place on his other side. Must have been fun. So next year, I sit on the edge of the row, and not somewhere in the middle.