Showing posts with label Antwerp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antwerp. Show all posts

Nr°43_IMAGE OF THE DAY

Sergio Herman's restaurant The Jane in Antwerp home page art work by Rahi Rezvani  blogpost by Kate Stockman_The Squid Stories

Sergio Herman's restaurant The Jane in Antwerp home page art work by Rahi Rezvani  blogpost by Kate Stockman_The Squid Stories

Sergio Herman's restaurant The Jane in Antwerp home page art work by Rahi Rezvani  blogpost by Kate Stockman_The Squid Stories

Sergio Herman's restaurant The Jane in Antwerp home page art work by Rahi Rezvani  blogpost by Kate Stockman_The Squid Stories

(The) Jane is dressing herself.

Visiting the website of the soon-to-be-open_long-expected Antwerp restaurant of star chef Sergio Herman and Nick Bril, you are entertained by a strange moving swirl, or shall I say by fairy dust sparklings on the home page.
The Jane (that will be the name of Sergio's restaurant) is been constructed at this very moment in a magnificent chapel, shown on a black & white picture, the background of the fairy dust animation.

This animation is an art project called "Reversed Striptease" by Rahi Rezvani. When the website just launched in November 2013, I took this screenshot, intrigued by the full frontal naked 'Jane' surrounded by builders scaffolding. At that moment you don't realize Jane was going to be transformed. 
Off course she does.

So today, checking out the waiting list for reservations (the Jane opens March 25 th and is already fully booked for the next 3 months), there she was again: Jane, now wearing underwear, and after some extra sparklings, a small part of her dress or skirt appears.
A very fun and surprising evolution, and I love it. Jane and The Jane are dressing themselves, to be ready for the 25 th. Simple, strong and attitude. As I like it.
That's why Jane made it to my 'Image of the day' post.

As Nick Bril,Sergio Herman’s right-hand man at Oud Sluis and responsible for the kitchen at The Jane mentions in the press release: "‘We felt from the start that the restaurant should have a woman’s name, but it took us a while to decide which woman’s name. Jane is the name of a fictional woman with the same qualities as our restaurant. The Jane will be sensual, exciting and chic. It will have an attractive international air, but also a hint of darkness. It will be tasteful and sophisticated, but also rock-’n’-roll. Like our perfect woman.’

About The Jane
The Jane restaurant opens at the 25th of March 2014 in the chapel of a former military hospital in Antwerp. The restaurant is an initiative by Sergio Herman, his right-hand man Nick Bril and designer Piet Boon. ‘We want to create a cosmopolitan atmosphere at The Jane,’ explained
Nick Bril. ‘Guests will be welcome throughout the evening. Whether you are looking for a cocktail and a snack – which we will be continuously preparing and serving in The Upper Room Bar – or a comprehensive tasting menu, we’ll be open for everything and everyone. Our plan is to develop The Jane into an Antwerp classic.’
About the Upper Room Bar
The food and cocktail bar associated with the restaurant will be called The Upper Room Bar. When choosing the name, Sergio Herman was inspired by his favourite places in London and New York. The Upper Room Bar will serve cocktails and quick snacks, prepared behind the bar. Like The Jane, it will be open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
Rahi Rezvani (1978) was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, where he studied graphic design. At the age of 19, after making a reportage perceived insubordinate, he was forced to leave his family. Rahi ended up in the Netherlands and started a second study at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.

Don't look for The 'naked' Jane. She's gone. That's the nice part of this artwork. Everyday the reversed striptease goes on, and Jane, she doesn't look back, or restarts her dressing up. That was for the lucky early birds.

http://rahirezvani.com

©ALL photos by Rahi Rezvani for The Jane

Diane Pernet with ASVOFF in Antwerp_a life inspiration story

ASVOFF6 Diane Pernet Belgium Antwerp 2013
©ALL photos by Kate Stockman & Ivan Missinne_THE SQUID STORIES 

Last Tuesday October 15th the “creme-de-la-crème” of the Belgian_International fashion scene was present for the 6th edition of ASVOFF.(For the first time in Belgium) 
Tim Van Steenbergen. Check. Walter and Dirk. Check. Filip of A.F. Vandevorst, top duo Ronalds Stoops and Inge Grognard. Yep. Geert and Eddy (Coccodrillo, Louis,…), Paul Boudens, all front row.
What was this all about? Asvoff_'A Shaded View On Fashion Film'_ launched in 2008 by the eccentric Diane Pernet, a NY based designer turned taste-maker who became the godmother of the world's emerging fashion talented, was in Antwerp. In person. 

Pernet's fashion blog with almost the same name (A Shaded View on Fashion) became a obligatory bookmark for all stylish and fashionable. Pernet pioneered online fashion writing and is now advancing the genre of fashion films. Her prominent and returning question is if fashion is well, creative and strong enough presented in the worlds of art and film.
So Pernet's traveling fashion festival ASVOFF, Invited by the Antwerp Fashion Museum and the city of Antwerp landed in the Augustine Chapel in the Kammenstraat.  
The chapel was fully loaded, the crowd very serious and professional. 
We saw short movies, clips, art house experiments and some advertising shorties. The fist part before the break was honestly quite boring and not very promising for the rest of the evening. But, the best was yet to come! 
“Les Stars”, a 16 minute documentary slash beauty shoot by Serge Lutens, the very fun ‘behind-the-scenes Sister Act’ of fashion photographer Ellen Von Unwerth, Daphne Guinness performing Julien Landais and Hollywood actress Marisa Tomei in “she said, she said" by Stuart Blumberg (my favorite short movie of the evening: Vote 1)
Memorable was also the appearance of Fashion pope Karl Lagerfeld in a typical hilarious 'me-know-nothing-situation'.
The winner of the public's vote that night (my second best vote written on my ASVOFF beer carton)was “Monster Love” of the French singer Soko. A poetic horror-farce-fairytale of a monster looking (and finding) love in a town full of ordinary people. Very funny and tender at the same time.



The cherry on the fashion cake was a short but very intens gig of the fabulous trio SX. Black Video, Gold and other hits gave the fashion chapel a soundscape every one enjoyed, even if the fashion crowd didn't want to dance at all...
Last small detail but so right: the Famous belgian Vedett bottles_the official drink of the evening_ were printed with Diane's iconic persona on it's labels. She loved it, I'm sure.


ASVOFF in Antwerp_

ASVOFF6 ANTWERP Diane Pernet 15 and 16/10/2013



On October 15th and 16th ASVOFF6, the sixth edition of the fashion short film festival of Diane Pernet will come to Antwerp.

ASVOFF6 ANTWERP is organized in collaboration with MoMu – Fashion Museum province of Antwerp and the city of Antwerp and will take place at AMUZ, situated in and around the 17th century baroque St. Augustine Church, located in the centre of Antwerp. The building combines an impressive historical setting with all the technical features of a modern concert hall.
ASVOFF6 ANTWERP is organized in collaboration with MoMu – Fashion Museum province of Antwerp and the city of Antwerp and will take place at AMUZ, situated in and around the 17th century baroque St. Augustine Church, located in the centre of Antwerp. The building combines an impressive historical setting with all the technical features of a modern concert hall.
The programme includes a selection of short movies selected from the ASVOFF6 edition around the theme of DREAM. Highlights in the selection include ao ’Les Stars’, directed by Serge Lutens, fashion and film icon Daphne Guinness starring in ’Shakki’ directed by emerging French director Julien Landais, and ’Sister Act’, directed by Ellen von Unwerth.

ASVOFF6 - TEASER1 from Diane Pernet's ASVOFF on Vimeo.


Together with the ASVOFF-festival, MoMu will present MOMU3 , a series of 3 fashion films in collaboration with Bulo, created by Antwerp photographer and artist Frederik Heyman in which he infuses a selection of historical and contemporary silhouettes from the rich collection of the MoMu with digital life by using 3D scans and manipulations.

Pictures of the event later on this blog. Promis!

Nr°36_Image of the day

Driving, walking or biking trough Antwerp these days? Check out the 12 XXL containers with the most 'iconic garments' by Antwerp fashion designers photographed in super large formats everywhere in town.
Each time I pass by one, I'm touched by the absolute beauty of each visual, each model, each outfit. The impressive stapled containers turn these 'fashion icons' into 'fashion giants', exactly what they are in all senses. Call them towers, totems or modern statues.
Each 10-meter-high photograph represents the work of a celebrated graduate from the Fashion Department of the Antwerp Academy.
The legendary, let's say 'as-iconic-as-can-be-team' behind this all: Dirk Van Saene-styling, Ronald Stoops-photographs, best friend sand partner AB-FAB makeup artist Inge Grognard. More? Hair: Ed Moelands / Models: Lisa Verberght & Benoni Loos / Photography assistance: Jef Jacobs / Production: David Flamée – MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp & Joris Goorden – Antwerpen Open 

Check them out before it is too late!
'happybirthdaydearacademie' fashion containers Antwerp city
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'happybirthdaydearacademie' fashion containers Antwerp city
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'happybirthdaydearacademie' fashion containers Antwerp city
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OVERVIEW DESIGNERS AND LOCATIONS:





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The Recollection_a life inspiration story

Recollected
A Memory, a souvenir
Lived trough atmospheres
Blathered paint, Oxidation
Reinterpretations
the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories 2
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 Very high brow words to introduce the Antwerp based new 
concept store ‘The Recollection’.
The idea: the 3 TRC curators with a 'big' love for the pure and poetic gather their favorite design, fashion, books and art objects in a white-washed gallery-like space. The integrated flower corner reflects perfectly the contemporary interest for XL ‘forgotten’ plants and flowers.(We know these flower arrangements from 70 ties porn books and Wallpapers* installation this year on Milan's Salone di Mobile)
New? No. 
Similar projects are happening in every 'creative' city. Paris has Merci http://thesquidstories.blogspot.be/2012/11/merci-merci-life-inspiration-day.html, Brussels has Hunting and Collecting http://www.huntingandcollecting.com/shop/, London and NY Dover Street Market http://www.doverstreetmarket.com to name just a few. The 3 curators present a lot of things and objects we all ready collected at home during city hopping in Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels...
But that is the concept off course: collect for others what you like, and sell it back together with other beautiful stuff.
Very surprising? No. A nice collection of names, yes. Happy that we can buy Aesop in Antwerp, yes. (Only store so far was Senteurs d'Ailleurs in Brussels)http://thesquidstories.blogspot.be/2013/02/gourmand-scents-quest-life-inspiration.html
A happy reunion with Lore Ongenae. Oh yes! Fan from the first hour when she still had her shop 'Loreley Rocks'.




the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories 2
©Photo Kate Stockman_the squid stories

the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories 2
©Photo Kate Stockman_the squid stories

the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories  Saskia The Wicked PR
©Photo Kate Stockman_the squid stories

the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
©Photo Kate Stockman_the squid stories

the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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The recollected object labels? Martin Margiela Furniture en Line 13, a selection of the Piet Hein Eek collection www.pietheineek.nl, and my favorites the highly recommended cosmetics of the Australian label Aesop http://www.aesop.com/.

Upstairs a super white, clean gallery space called Studio Attenzione. The studio selects young artists who can show their work and installations. Studio Maarten Kolk en Guus Kusters are the first duo who bring original ceramics inspired by the tides of the Waddenzee.
Uber & Kosher http://www.uberandkosher.com/splash.php Antwerp’s hip graphic design studio did a nice job with the signature look of The Recollection and curates the TRC's blog.


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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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the RECOLLECTION store Antwerp_07sept The Squid Stories
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 The Recollection (TRC)

Piet Hein Eek - Maison Martin Margiela - Petite Friture – The Recollection - The Gentle Factory - Jars - Studio Simple - Les Rebelges - Labels Inc. - Nico Uytterhaege - AESOP - ‘t Stad Leest - Kees Berkelmans flowers - Collected by BVVD - Styled by Uber & Kosher - Young talent by Studio Attenzione 3D

Address
The Recollection
Kloosterstraat 54
2000 Antwerpen


Check out the curators' moods to grasp what is dear to them on the TRC blog. 

http://recollection-blog.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/therecollectionstore

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