Jean Paul Gaultier Expo

I went to the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition during my 2 days in Rotterdam and, to say it in a nutshell, I was amazed. Though JPG hates the term, it’s a retrospective exhibition with a different aspect of his universe in every room. Kunsthal Rotterdam did a really good job with original presentation ideas. Some of ...

Wolf. by Sofie Claes

Since the first time I saw the work of Sofie Claes it immediately appealed to me. Wolf. by Sofie Claes is a brand with subtle yet beautiful hues, tones and shades. The lines and drapings of the silhouettes are clean but creative. Just as I like it. I had the opportunity to see (and feel) ...

The Big You 3

It has been a while, but recently we went to an event with all three of us again, and not just any event: The Big You 2013. It was one big fun experience with all kinds of workshops, organized by Unlimited PR in the beautiful Felixpakhuis in Antwerp. Make up tips by MAC Cosmetics, coffee ...

FAP Calendar Project

Filles à Papa must be one of my favourite upcoming Belgian brands. Most of that is due to its strong visual identity: rock’n’roll glam for sensual and strong young women. Founders Carol ans Sarah Piron have now taken that concept to the next level: a nude calendar, with shots by their house photographer Grégory Derkenne. ...

Paris: Friendship, Love & Fashion

Oh, Paris: always a pleasure. My excuse to jump on the Thalys this time was ASVOFF5. A Shaded View On Fashion Film is a short film festival completely dedicated to fashion, beauty and style, organized in Centre Pompidou by Diane Pernet. I was one of her interns two years ago, so it was the perfect ...

Café Costume: renewed Antwerp store

Men in suits. I think these three simple words are the beginning of many a daydream. Only, at Café Costume these dreams can become reality. We already got a taste of what the tailoring company is all about during their event in Ghent and now it was the time for the boutique in Antwerp to ...

Urbanears Plattan Tweed Edition

Meet my favourite accessory of 2012: the Urbanears Plattan Tweed Edition. These headphones are simply genious. They look awesome, are collapsible and the sound quality is phenomenal. But wait! There is more: First of all I’m a total sucker for fabrics with a story and especially for tweed. And this isn’t just regular tweed: it’s ...

SS13 Musthaves!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. And since we’ve no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Yeah. People who know me well are probable already annoyed by the fact that I’m a BIG winter fan and a true Christmas fanatic. Also, it’s a ...

Second Hand Second Life 2012

Just like last year, we were invited to Second Hand Second Life. The annual charity fashion show of Les Petits Riens/Spullenhulp invites Belgian designers to create a micro collection that can be put up for auction. The participating fashion designers were Atelier Marchal, Aurore Brun, Carine Gilson, Delvaux, Édouard Vermeulen (Natan), Elvis Pompilio, Emilie Beaumont, ...

Sumo & Pure’s SS13

Brussels is promising. That’s what I learned during the press days of the PR agencies Sumo and Pure. Besides the obvious amount of whites and pastels, I discovered some other – dare I use the word? – trends amongst their brands. For Sumo I was especially attracted towards the collections of agnès b. and Lacoste. ...

Dutch Design Week ’12

Hey everyone, how was your weekend? A few weeks ago, I spent my weekend at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, and boy it was so worth it. I wish I’ve had more time to enjoy the event though, because there was so much to see and I ended up visiting only 1 of the ...

The Antwerp Stock Sales

The stock sales of Antwerp: gotta love’m. It’s the main reason why I’m not completely broke yet. During the last stock sales I couldn’t resist buying this statement coat of Tim Van Steenbergen. The shirt is a vintage Raf Simons from Rosier 41, by the way. I don’t know why exactly, but I really like ...

The new and improved: Garde-robe Nationale

Good news if you enjoy a good Antwerp shopping spree from time to time, because our beloved womenswear boutique ‘Garde-robe Nationale’ has opened its doors again! Garde-robe Nationale is a respected store between the inhabitants of Antwerp (and far beyond) and it’s been in business for about 11 years now. That’s why Nathalie Lachat -the driving ...

Café Costume x The Broken Circle Breakdown

Real gentlemen: they’re rare but we found them at a vernissage in the Café Costume boutique in Ghent. Ghent’s gents are a species of their own. Even in a smart suit they never lose their stylish nonchalance. The reason for our trip to Ghent was the opening of the exhibition of Thomas Dhanens, the set ...

AFN: the Strutter View Route

Finally! Antwerp Fashion Night has started! We were really looking forward to this, especially because we were already asked to participate a couple of months ago. Antwerp Fashion Night has its own magazine, which you can find today all around town and Strutter View has some pages too. Of course we had to do a ...

Rio: Vogue Fashion’s Night Out

Yes! My first Vogue event! Vogue Brasil organized its first edition of Fashion’s Night Out in Rio de Janeiro and since I was on my trip to Brazil, I simply had to go. My incredible CouchSurfing host Chico was the one to inform me and we went together to the very pretty Shopping Leblon for ...

Why we love Essentiel Accessories

1 word: know-how. If there’s a company that knows how to get something done, it definitely is Essentiel. Strutter View has been a fan of this Belgian brand for a while, especially Julie since her closet consists of Essentiel dresses for the biggest part ;).  She actually wrote about her unconditional love for Essentiel in ...

Denim talk: My first pair of Levi’s

Hi everyone! I’m so happy because I have some exciting things in line for you the next couple of weeks, but every cloud has a silver lining and so it is in this case. Some of you maybe you know it already: I (temporarily) remain completely alone in our little Belgian country. Julie has now begun her ...

Bal Costumé at MoMu

This month only I already had 3 costume parties, but the best one had to be Bal Costumé at the MoMu during the Antwerp Museum Night. With everybody masked, dressed up and ready to party, there was such an exciting atmosphere. We also had the opportunity to visit the exhibition ‘LIVING FASHION. Women’s Daily Wear ...

The Public Image

Meet this hot couple Nele and Jeru and their completely renewed store The Public Image. Never have I seen that much interest for an opening of an independent store in Antwerp since RA13. Both the concept store and half of the street was crowded with curious fashion lovers. I really like the design of the ...

The Big You – Summer Edition

When I received the invitation for The Big You I immediately wrote the date down in my calendar. Unfortuanally I had to go by myself because Britt was in NYC and Vincent was working. Of course you’re never alone at a bloggers event! If I had to describes the day in one world it would ...

Super Powers : the making of

The amazing cameraman and friend Gregory Van Buggenhout followed us during the complete Super Powers photo shoot and here is the result. Enjoy the look behind the scenes and see how the magic is created! Julie & Vincent

Photo Shoot : Super Powers

Martial arts battles, conversion to the ‘Dark Side’, super powers and vicious duos. The Strutter View team dug into their comic book and fantasy film influenced imagination and gathered a magnifiscent Leage of creatives for this night shoot. Check out the adventures of Samurai Clash, Darkette, The Shifters: Mr. & Ms. Black, Neon Girl, The ...

Antwerp Show 2012 : Men’s Collections

It’s the end of the collection presentations of the Belgian academies (with the Antwerp Jewellery Graduation Show closing the row) and of Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The perfect moment to have a little second look on the men’s collections created by this year’s Antwerp fashion students. My personal favourites? Florian Feder (video 1:06) and Miquel ...

Flying High with Eastpak

Maybe some of you noticed already, but Eastpak has experienced some really interesting changes the last couple of years. Who doesn’t remember the long-lost years of adolescence, when we went to school every day with the typical Eastpak backpack (or is it just me)? Now, we can safely say that Eastpak is so much more ...

La Cambre 2012 : Photo Report

It’s a very busy period behind the scenes for Strutter View right now, but I don’t want you to miss my selection of this year’s La Cambre fashion show. So here it is with a slight delay! To me, these two looks somehow summarize my view on La Cambre: the experiment with materials, colours, forms, ...

Rowenta Fashion Focus

When they told me I could keep and test the new Rowenta Fashion Focus I was actually quite pleased! It is the first time that I have my very own iron. The timing couldn’t be better because I’m probably going on Erasmus in September! A girl needs to iron her clothes, so why not with ...

Antwerp Show 2012 : Women’s Collections

Boy oh boy, I had such a blast this year during the show of the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. I was more alert than during the other years, since Strutter View was asked to participate in a live tweet session with the hashtag #AntwerpFashion. It was a project ...

No more cold feet this winter

We haven’t seen that much sun in Belgium these last months. That is why I was curious to see the winter collection of Sorel. Nothing is worse than cold feet during the winter. Well girls, these boots will be your new best friend during the cold winter days. They make all different kinds of versions. ...

Les Petites FW12

If there’s one thing I tend to be picky about, it’s clothes. I secretly don’t like shopping that much, simply because I never find things that are completely my taste. But Les Petites is one of the only brands that I truly adore. Too bad my budget doesn’t really fit my taste… I’m sure most ...

OMSK at MAPP

What started as a launch event for the ss12 collection of OMSK, ended as a discovery with a wow-factor. The MAPP store in Brussels kinda stole my heart. Especially the men’s collections were strikingly beautiful. First of all: OMSK had a pretty colour and fabric pallet, acompanied by some nice prints. The designer couple Valeria ...

COMMA,

When we saw the name of this new store, it immediately made us think about the great times in high school, when the only thing you had to worry about was 1 or 2 numbers behind the comma in one of those tricky calculations on a test. You know what I’m talking about, right? Luckily, ...

Alice in Shoppingland

The renewed Naf Naf flagship store in Brussels is definitely for girls who dare to dream. The interior is one-of-a-kind with plenty of references to Alice in Wonderland, princesses and ballerinas. There was even a clock that reminded me of the tale of ‘the Wolf and the Seven Little Goats’. The selection of gowns would ...

H&M Bloggersday

For the first bloggers’ day H&M did an awesome job gathering creative talents and fresh newcomers from all over the country. We were kindly invited too and our expectations were high for the Designers Against Aids 2012 collection. The people of H&M clearly did what they do best: picking up exciting trends in fashion and ...

Press Days!

It was this time of the year again, Press Days, all the bloggers gather at the PR agencies to check out the new collections for next season. Unfortunately Britt and Vincent couldn’t join me because they had to work. But I was never alone at these events. I made a video to give you guys ...

Our Ray Ban Winner

Congrats to Hugo! With an impressive total of 260 likes on his picture for The Big Ray Ban Contest, he is the winner and hence the proud owner of the Ray Ban Aviator. We want to thank all the ones that entered the contest and everybody that casted their vote. You guys know how to ...

Light like Spring : the making of

We can’t post photos from a shoot without showing you the making of! The models filmed a bit while waiting so I made a video of their shots. This way you guys can have a look behind the scenes. I had a lot of fun during our very first Strutter View shoot. Working with natural ...

Get your sneaker freak on: the sequel

THIS, my dear readers, is my favourite part of today. Wanna know why? It’s because we can finally announce the winner of our Feiyue sneaker contest. We were so happy when we received all of your super creative answers. To us, it looked like you guys really made a story out of it, lovely! Of ...

Photo shoot: Light like Spring

The very first spring sunshine banished the winter weather and we wanted to honour it. And what better way to honour spring than to step outside and step outside of our comfort zone? Bye Bye city, hello country side. That’s why we decided to do a photo shoot in a beautiful location close to the ...

Finally: the big Ray Ban contest

As promised, we would launch a big contest once our Facebook page reached 300 likes. You guys were really supportive, so it went REALLY fast and we thank you for that. Now is the time to give you something back: a pair of original Ray Ban Aviator sunglasses! Winning is easy. Here is how it ...

10 Pieces 1 Store

We were at the launch of the 10 Pieces collection at the Marc O’ Polo store last Tuesday. The pieces will only be for sale for 10 days, so until the 23rd of March. My friend Bo and I didn’t have to hesitate about our favourite piece. The bright dress was really pretty, so I ...

Esprit du Temps

We heard the Esprit flagship store restyled its complete interior, so we had to check out the reopening. They have a great use of natural materials and the cutest interior objects and coffee table books are playfully scattered around the shop. Esprit’s interior is now completely adapted to the zeitgeist. I decided to have some ...

Get your sneaker freak on: CONTEST

We, the Strutter View team, love to give each other presents. There’s nothing more rewarding than giving your precious friends an amazing present that instantly puts a smile on their faces. With that in mind, we’re so delighted to announce that we’re giving away an amazing gift to our Belgian followers. It’s kind of difficult ...

Biutiful

Best things often come unexpected. That’s what happened when Julie and I discovered Biutiful on our way to Caffè Internationale, which is also in the Volkstraat in the South District of Antwerp. We were instantly drawn into the cute new shop with its beautiful prints. The clothes would certainly brighten up your wardrobe and the ...

The Big YOU

How can we say no to a pretty, pink UPR invitation, right? In fact, it was the first time we got invited to a UPR event and of course, we were very thrilled! The lovely people who organized the event stayed mysterious and obviously wanted to make us curious: mission accomplished! Unfortunately I had to ...

Happy Birthday Kipling!

We never really think about how fast time goes by, right? A couple of days ago I noticed an invitation for Kipling’s 25th birthday party and I must admit: I felt really, really old. Actually, I didn’t realize Kipling was 25 years old already… but then again I just turned 21 a couple months ago ...

We love Kirilove

Ravishing colours, bold prints and gorgeous details… the second Tiany Kirilove by Vero Moda collection looks dazzling. The clothes already looked lovely on pictures but when we saw Tiany herself, dressed up in her blue pants and red top, we were sold right away. Needless to say, these 2 items are our favourite pieces of ...

Vela Lingerie

  I had the opportunity to see the new collection of Vela Lingerie. This is a Belgium brand founded by Barbara Romano. For their fall and winter collection they choose to work together with Barbara Gandolfi. They both like to use all different kind of fabrics and have a weakness for vintage looks. This lovely lady ...

Pure Press Days

  Hey you guys. I know it has been a while, but I’ve been so busy working for school that I didn’t have the time to write something. Here are my favorite pieces from the Pure Press Days, even though it was almost a month ago. My first impression was : I like the colour scheme ...

Backstage at Second Hand Second Life

Last friday I had the opportunity to go backstage at Second Hand Second Life. So that is why I selected some pictures for you guys to see how it was! I’ll post  my favorite pieces of the show later this week. No words necessary for a reportage.   more  next week Julie

Art ’n Bloom : Photo Report

Finally: the big closing photo report of our Art ‘n Bloom trilogy! You could literally find every type of piece to satisfy all your life style desires, so here is our selection. Gervaise Gournay is such a fun designer. I loved her knitwear and the really cool pimped Vespa. By the way, she was standing ...

Art ’n Bloom : the reunion

The fashion edition of Art ’n Bloom at the Bloom hotel in Brussels was a great occasion to see two Belgium-based designers whom I love: Marko Galovic and Juliette Bogers. I know Marko Galovic and his perpetual other half Tanja Beljanski from Showroom Les Belges 2010 in Paris. You can see the little video report ...

Art ‘n Bloom : accessories

These designers showed their accessories at the 7th edition of Art ‘n Bloom. In all the rooms on the first floor of this lovely hotel were designers with their work. It took us a couple of hours to visit every room. We really liked the initiative, all different kinds of visions together at one place ...

Patrizia Pepe

Last friday night I went to see the new  collection at the renewed Patrizia Pepe store in Antwerp. Now they also sell their men’s collection so I was curious how that looked.   A sporty and modern look for the men with a real Italian feel to it. I really liked the knitwear, soft but with ...

TOGA at BolivART

In my previous post I already told you about Pieter Nulens and his great jewellery. I went to the launch of his new collection TOGA, which was specially designed for the location where it was presented: the BolivART gallery facing the new Antwerp Court of Justice. I’m a big fan of the hammer pin button. ...

Lady Justice, Kings and Queens

I really really really appreciate the work of Pieter Nulens since I met his wife during the Tosca press days half a year ago. The craftmanship of this jewellery designer from the province of Limburg is exquisite and he spices up traditional themes with contemporary elements. The vibrant woman behind the silversmith was so kind ...

Pinko: Mix it all up!

Fashionably late is the understatement of the week. That’s the least we can say. Last week, we had the opportunity to go to the annual Pinko trunk show in their flagship store in Antwerp. They delighted us with their knowledge of the winter trends this year and they gave us some useful tips to combine ...

Free Wally: MoMu tickets to win

We are so delighted about the exhibition of Walter Van Beirendonck at the MoMu Fashion Museum, that we want to give our Strutter View visitors a first-hand experience. Our friend and MoMu contact Christin was so kind to give us 4 tickets for our fans. What do you have to do? Be really fast and ...

Bergen in BRXL

Last thursday I went to Brussels to visit the pop-up shop Bergen. A project by the Norwegian Fashion Institute and curated by the artists themselves. Alexander Helle (creative director) and T Michael (tailor and also co-designer) of Norwegian Rain came up with the idea. They wanted to show what is going on in their city ...

Moose in the City

Good news for all you Scandinavia lovers! The new shop ‘Moose in the City’ is bringing the best of the North to Antwerp. We had a blast while discovering Scandinavian clothing for every occasion and every budget. We were instantly drawn towards the cute Happy Socks and the smart Filippa K selection. Julie even bought ...

Inside the city of Milan

Dear blog readers, first of all I would like to apologize, because I have really neglected this blog this week. As you all might know, Pukkelpop 2011 was a complete tragedy. I am not writing this post to give more details, it is painful enough as it is. This storm was a great shock to ...

Festival Fever

Yes! It’s finally that day of the year again. The day when most Belgian youngsters are leaving for Pukkelpop! Yes I know… I promised you guys to give you my ultimate top ten acts on Pukkelpop this year but some things came up and I decided to just share my 3 favourite artists with you ...

Replay Spring Summer 2012 collection

As you probably all know, we had the pleasure to go to the Replay fashion show of the Spring Summer 2012 collection yesterday! It was our first invitation as a team but sadly Vincent couldn’t join us because he is enjoying a pleasant holiday in Turkey. Fortunately, the collection was better than expected! Denim was ...

(RE)PLAY to win

Hi guys! We have some really exciting news for you. The strutterview-team is going to be present at the exclusive Replay fashion show + after party on Saturday the 6th of August. The good news is: we have 2 give-away tickets, so you can join us! Like probably all of the fashion bloggers, our first ...

It’s a festival, not a farm

My friend Nathalie was so kind to let me accompany her for free to the dj festival Tomorrowland, so I was really excited. Steve Aoki and Brodinski were definitely the ones I liked the most. The tricky thing about dressing for a festival is finding the balance between the esthetical and the functional. You don’t ...

An Englishman in Amsterdam

A week ago I was at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week and I wore this look on Thursday. Unfortunately I didn’t make the time to photograph my outfit on that day, so here it is. I’ve surrounded myself by some of my favourite objects. The book ‘A Short Story’ is a collection of several books, ...

Rainy Sunday Nights

AIFW: See them strut

Amsterdam International Fashion Week from Strutter View on Vimeo. When I was in Amsterdam for the International Fashion Week, I simply had to film some of the fashion show finales. ZEM, Roya Hesam, Individuals and Hunkemöller were some of the Dutch brands that let their models strut the runway. I can only encourage the fact ...