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Stijn De Boeck 2008
Stijn De Boeck Profile at the Fashion Industry Network
About Stijn De Boeck - fashion designer from Belguim
Mr de Boeck as the latest addition to a long tradition of fashion as performance art that stretches back through Lacroix and Mcqueen. Stijn de Boeck soon will make headlines with his opulent, fantasy creations. He quotes widely from other styles—from fashion history (the corset and the crinoline). He favored the soft colors of the belgian and french region. He is known for his experimental fabrics and shapes.He is a master at creating shapes and silhouettes.
In the year 2005 I was selected for the finals of the fashion contest Moda Mondo in Brussels. That year I was envolved with an art project on the metro/tram for the city in Gent. I designed and made the costumes. During that period I gave my first show for "petit riens" in Brussels. . My designs were shown togheter with a few big belgian designers like Christophe Coppens, Maison Delvaux, Gérald Watelet, Edouard Vermeulen.(natan) and many others. One piece of me was sold by Sotheby’s for the benefit of the poor. I gave a show in the museum of textile. The last two years we started an organisation for belgian emerging designers. I participated at three fashionshows.I also do the marketing and the pr of that small enterprice. At this moment there is an expo of my work in the fashionmuseum in Hasselt. I also gave a show there. A few weeks ago I gave a show in the International concress center in Gent..(togheter with young french/ belgian designers graduated of la cambre/ academy of Antwerp/Gent/ Amsterdam/ Maastricht. I gave an interview for the belgian commercial television. (seen at the news prime time) I've been contacted by a new azian fashionmagazine 'R magazine'.
I finished my masterdegree in art with big distingstion. Later I finished also the master years of grafical design.They asked me to start a doctorat in art. I developed a system to investigate old and contemporary art. I was a trainee art director with an marketing agency DVN in Gent. At the age of 22 I became art director. Beshides of my fashionshows, I also gave an expo of my artistic work. (silk screens).