Five industry moves that rocked the fashion world in 2012
Hedi Slimane @ Saint Laurent Paris Some designers have an aura that seems to go beyond their creative capabilities. Such is the case with Hedi Slimane, who has almost become a mythical figure in the...
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View ArticleRoos Vandekerckhove and the power of colour
I love what you’re wearing today. It’s refreshing to see someone go for colour. I couldn’t imagine my life without it, to be honest. Colour is all about self-expression. It affects your mood and your...
View ArticleWhy should you pay for something you’re used to getting for free?
1. Because the magazine you once knew as The Word is no more: a new, slightly smaller format, a new design, twice the number of pages (give or take 200) and two new editorial sections (photography and...
View ArticleHome and away with Esprit’s Spring/Summer collection
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View ArticlePreview: an interview with Belgian photographer Julie Calbert
How did it all get started for you? I started photographing when I found an old camera from my parents. I was 18 at the time. At the beginning I photographed mostly empty places – and never people,...
View ArticleThe Word Magazine All*Stars: Damien and Olivier
Damien Aresta Artistic director, Micro Festival We launched a festival three years ago called Microfestival. A lot of my job involves running around backstage in muddy water, making sure the bands...
View ArticleKomplot, rooftops, Parr and prodigies. This weekend in Belgium.
Brussels 1. Martin Parr, Galerie Paris-Beijing Life’s a beach, Last Resort or Bored Couples are just a few titles of series by world-acclaimed photographer Martin Parr, who is currently being featured...
View ArticleThe Word Magazine All*Stars: Max and Randa
Randa Wazen Guitarist, Bierges I bought this pair in New York in late 2010 and have literally been wearing them ever since. I guess that explains why they’re so grubby and worn out. They really are my...
View ArticleRaves, runways and a scorcher heat-wave. This weekend in Belgium
Brussels 1. Jef Geys and Monit Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Wiels Wiels is putting on a dual exhibition that brings together both early and recent works of Belgian artist Jef Geys and Iranian artist Monir...
View ArticleBrainbox, Richard Serra and Happy birthday dear Academy
Brussels 1. Bernd & Hilla Becher at Fondation A Stichting Fondation A Stichting is hosting a show of the fascinating industrial megaliths photographed by German duo Bernd and Hilla Becher. For...
View ArticleA weekend of Warhol, Wilde Things, MAD and MØ
Brussels 1. Adam McEwen at Rodolphe Janssen Gallery Contemporary pop and consumer culture provide the inspiration for Londoner Adam McEwen‘s boundary-breaking work, which features such banal subjects...
View ArticleArea codes: DIFT founders Yves and Bert’s Ghent
Our studio is situated in Ghent, but we don’t live there anymore. Looking for space and nature, we moved away a few years ago. Even though we’re at the Dutch border now, we’re still only a 20-minute...
View ArticleArea codes: Ingrid Deuss’ Antwerp
I used to pass this building often when going to my previous job, and it always appealed to me. We first moved into the apartment on the fourth floor, and when the ground floor came free, I moved my...
View ArticleArea codes: Jon and Maša’s Antwerp
Broer Bretel is probably where we hang when we’re not at home. They serve a damn good cup of coffee, and the interior just feels like a cozy living room. Since we visit so often, Toon has become one...
View ArticleArea codes: Stephanie Specht’s Antwerp
Photography Eva Donckers. Like a lot of things in my career, opening a studio sort of just happened to me. I tend to live in the here and now, I don’t really have a tight plan about the future. I see...
View ArticleArea Codes: Frederik Vercruysse’s Antwerp
Photography by Eva Donckers I enjoy going out for breakfast on the weekends, but my favourite spot is still here: in my own house, on my own terrace, enjoying those first rays of sunlight. When I do...
View ArticleCurator talk: Didier Vervaeren on The Belgians at BOZAR
This exhibition is really my baby, I started to think about it in 2006, at the time when it was L’année de la mode et du design. After all the work that year, I realized we needed to organize a...
View ArticleMichael Marson on Behind the Blinds
Can we start by talking about your background and why you began this new project, Behind the Blinds? I went to La Cambre and then I made my own collection. But fashion photography is my first love,...
View ArticleThe covers we thought of running with, but didn’t
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