workshops 2008

  • dries van noten
  • stephen jones
  • olivier rizzo

Dries Van Noten is a Belgian fashion designer who graduated from the fashion department of the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts.
Dries Van Noten talks about the early years of preparing his own collections, about the way his firm has grown, and how he surrounds himself with the
right people to help him complete his collections. For many years now, DVN has employed young fashion graduates.
He explains what motivates him to work with new talent.

Stephen is a renowned British hat designer who makes hats under his
own label and for other designers such as Dior, John Galliano, Comme
des Garçons, Walter Van Beirendonck, Marc Jacobs, etc .
Stephen Jones explains how he produced his own hat collection after
graduating as a fashion designer and what motivated him. He also
discusses his collaboration with other designers, the expectations
involved and the results achieved.
Stephen Jones looks at the work of inidividual students and gives advice
on accessories.

Olivier Rizzo graduated from the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts and then became an assistant to Walter Van Beirendonck .
After that, he did stylings for Knack Weekend in Belgium and later for international magazines such iD, W, Another Magazine and Dazed and
confused.
He became an exclusive stylist for Louis Vuitton and Prada.
Olivier talks about how stylists do their work for magazines, advertising campaigns, fashion shows and designers.
He discusses the styling aspects of individual collections of the Fashion
Academy students.