Hey, all. I just wanted to share my musings over the new young belgian fashion team, Les Hommes. It's the second season that I've seen their creations, and I am very impressed. The clothes are innovative, sharply tailored and of the highest quality. Even though their designs remind a little of Ann, Raf and Xavier, they definitely have a different, trademark, feel to it. These guys are a breath of fresh air in men's fashion, at least for me. Unfortunately I don't have much info on them, save for the page from www.modenatie.com (which should be bookmarked for any belgian fashion guru )
LesHommes
LesHommes
The fashion-house ‘LES HOMMES’ has recently been founded in Antwerp, Belgium.
‘LES HOMMES” stands for the two fashion designers Tom Notte and Bart Vandebosch. Both graduated with honour from the well-known fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp. The Antwerp Academy is famous for its strong vision and avant-gardism, which determines and influences the modern international fashion scene in a very personal, individualistic way. Antwerp designers stand for identity and vision. Tom and Bart form an inseparable duo since they first met at the Fashion Academy of Antwerp. Both are very charismatic designers, with a strong personality to match. Strongly supported by their press agent Kuki de Salvertes (of the Girault – Totem agency in Paris), who is known for his nose for discovering and nurturing new talent, they have combined forces and created the luxury label ‘LES HOMMES’.
‘LES HOMMES’ is a contemporary men’s collection. The feeling of luxury is always very present; slick tailoring and a perfect fit, in combination with movement and nonchalance, are also very important. It is all about volume, structure, fit and clean lines and this results in an elegant, nonchalant chic, while at the same time a sense of fluidity and movement gives a poetic feeling to the collection. Therefore Tom and Bart like to describe their collection as Modern Nostalgics.