Josh Santana

Biography
Josemar Rufino Santana / Josh Santana was born and raised in one of the largest and most important cities on the northeast coast of Brazil: Recife.
Josh was eager to learn and determined to master the skills and all the ins and outs of the fashion world. At the age of 16, he was full of ideas. To realise these ideas, he needed sponsors. With perseverance he started his search for sponsors. This search was finally rewarded and one year later he successfully put on his first fashion event.

But he wanted more. He was willing to create opportunities in Europe. Through Spain, Germany and Belgium, he ended up in the Netherlands. Since 2007 he found his home with his partner in Valkenswaard.

Josh Santana is a multi-talent with a mission.
As a model scout he shaped models and taught them about styling, cat walking, performance, photo shooting. As a stylist/event planner and fashionista he created a wide range of creative productions as fashion shows, annual model contests and other events. On top of that, he also published his own Glossy Magazine ByJosh.

After sharing his knowledge with others to help them to make a career, the time was there to present his own new collection. Another dream will come true. In 2020 Josh shook up the luxury lifestyle by creating Collection 2020/2021 #Luxury. These designs are introduced for resorts, cruises, yachts and private beaches. This collection enhances the beauty of the feminine form; wearable both in and out of the water.

“LUXURY is about beauty and lifestyle. Inspired by my native country of Brazil and everything I love in nature, art, fashion and architecture. Luxury means not only high-style but also high-quality and manufacturing
excellence.”

Stephanie Rens

Biography
Stephanie Rens was born in Brussels. At a very young age she travelled all around the world, discovering multiple cultures which greatly inspired her and contributed to her passion for design.

Amongst her travels, she fell in love with Miami in Florida. The colourful, exotic and sensual sophistication of the latin and American blends inspired her a lot.

She went on to study at “Miami University of art and design” and graduated with a Bachelor degree in 2008. Living in Miami followed by working in Paris for many years has made SR STEPHANIE RENS’s style one of a kind. It is a mix of Miami, exotic, sophisticated and glamorous style versus a more elegant modern chic and classic European aesthetic.

Her mission is to value the woman of today by making them feel confident, unique, seductive and elegant.

Young Chris

Biography
Originally from Congo Brazzaville, Young Chris (Mister Progress), is a true citizen of the world. He spent his early childhood in Stockholm (Sweden), then moved to France, where he spent part of his life before immigrating to Brussels, followed by Canada, where he lived for 9 years – between Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto.

Stylist, image consultant, and makeover artist by training, he became a designer, and artistic director a decade ago, and at the same time started a career as a textile consultant for one of the top Canadian fabric retailers, a position he held for 7 years.

To date, he officially has five clothing lines (and unofficially – eight), plus a publishing house (Next-Image Publishing), a platform which supports young fashion designers (Culture Mode), and a brand consulting agency (Update Media).

In addition to his brands, Chris still officiates, offers his consulting services, his expertise as a stylist, and acts as artistic director for other brands and organisations. A real all-rounder of fashion, he defines himself as a giver of pleasure at the service of the culture!

Suzy Gydé

Biography
It’s in Belgium, at St Luc Tournai, that Suzy Gydé learned fashion design and model making.

Soon, she got the idea to create her own brand and she launched Oh Suzy!, wanting to offer her own vision of fashion: a modern city look with retro accents.
From the creation of exclusive patterns Oeko-tex labeled…to the mastery of the cuts…to the selection of fabrics and materials…to the production of the pieces themselves: the production process is thoroughly, ethically Made in France and Europe with respect to sustainability and to the rights of workers producing each garment.

Ndiaga Diaw

Biography
En 2005, Ndiaga Diaw ouvre son premier atelier et crée la Marque Fitt (2005-2012) dont la première collection lui vaut le lauréat du SIRAVISION Jeune Créateur du Sénégal 2006. Reconnu d’emblée comme l’un des plus talentueux styliste de mode sénégalais, il participe dès lors à de nombreuses manifestations.
Ses collections défilent aux Biennales et Fashion Week de Dakar, au Labo Ethnik à Paris, Mode et Design à Carthage, mais également au Luxembourg, à Berlin et Stuttgart.
En 2007, il ouvre un concept-store avant la lettre à Dakar où l’on vient discuter, boire un verre, tout en essayant les derniers modèles du créateur. Il décide de quitter le Sénégal pour l’Europe en 2012, d’abord à Berlin, puis en Belgique. Installé récemment à Bruxelles, Ndiaga Diaw à ouvert son nouvel atelier, un espace de création mais également d’exposition et d’échanges artistiques, où il collabore avec des cinéastes, musiciens ou peintres.

Toni Captain x ADN Street

Biography
Passionate about art and technology, Ruddy Toni has more than 8 years of professional experience in fashion, marketing and the cultural sector.
Drawer since the age of 6, Ruddy holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising creation (ESA St-Luc Brussels), a master’s degree in cultural management (ULB) and a master’s degree in museology (University of Montreal).
He founded in Liège the art gallery «La Superette» (current «SUPERVUE») whose main activity is the organization of evenings, festivals, debates, exhibitions, concerts and which offers artistic installations for all types of events, such as the Ardentes, Dour Festival or Art Truc Troc (BOZAR).
In Brussels, he worked for a year in the advertising agency FAMOUS as a creative on TV spots, bus shelters and brands for Jupiler, Diekirch, William Lawson, Gaia, Post-it, Neckermann and many others.

His expertise includes design, fashion, image analysis, events and cultural diplomacy. Montreal, 2015. An idea was born: DATA CLOTHING.
Ruddy has mixed his long-standing passion for technology and design, to present contemporary clothing as a universal communication medium.
In 2016, he worked for Unicef, as well as for the private sector across Belgium as artistic director.
In 2017, he officially launched his clothing and eco-design brand: TONI CAPTAIN. Based in Brussels, the brand supports local manufacturing to minimize the supply chain and the environmental impact we have as a company on the planet.

TONI CAPTAIN’s ambition is to become 100% local and to continue to design refreshing and useful looks for connected world citizens.

Belgian with Congolese origin (DRC), Ruddy lives in Brussels where he spends his free time skateboarding, inventing technologies and giving computer lessons to newcomers and people in difficulty.

KUMESU

Biography
Betu Kumesu is the brainchild behind the luxury African handbags label @ Kumesu

Kumesu is on a mission to revolutionize the luxury leather industry. Our aim is to place “made in Africa” as a new benchmark for luxury and hopefully inspire others to follow.
Founded in 2015, Kumesu is an African luxury handbag brand based in Nigeria, the African capital of the leather industry. Brain child of Betu Kumesu, her eponymous brand caters to women’s desire for a timeless and elegant line of handbags with a luxury feel.

Brand founder and creative director Betu Kumesu discovered the untapped wealth of the Nigerian leather industry, and how it supplies the most luxurious fashion brands around the world, when she relocated to Lagos with her husband. Every year, some of the best French and Italian fashion houses dispose of their unused leather, part of which is shipped back to Nigeria.

K Vision: “Be the leading African Handbag Luxury brand”

Camila Banegas

Biography
Bonjour, je m’appel Banegas Espada Camila, j’ai 24 ans et je suis d’origine Colombienne.
Je suis en dernière année d’étude en Stylisme de la Haute École Francisco Ferrer.
J’ai fait mon stage chez une grande styliste espagnol Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada à Madrid. J’ai fait 3 année de suite l’édition de la robe en chocolat de Bruxelles et j’ai fait des petits défiler ceux de mon école et des musée tels que le Bozart, Adam, G3 Contemporain de Bruxelles.
J’ai 2 défiler en perspective la fashion week de Liège et Acte qui est un défiler d’Europe.
Ayant toujours été curieuse sur les différents style que tout le monde peut avoir dans le monde, j’ai décider de mettre en place ma marque Alimac.
Ma marque Alimac a comme objectif d’imposer sa personnalité tout en restant neutre sur le genre, c’est à a dire que mes coupes définissent la silhouettes de la personne qu’elle souhaiterait être et non les stéréotypes donnés par la société.
Alimac est une acceptation de soie.

Josh Santana

Biography
Josemar Rufino Santana / Josh Santana was born and raised in one of the largest and most important cities on the northeast coast of Brazil: Recife.
Josh was eager to learn and determined to master the skills and all the ins and outs of the fashion world. At the age of 16, he was full of ideas. To realise these ideas, he needed sponsors. With perseverance he started his search for sponsors. This search was finally rewarded and one year later he successfully put on his first fashion event.

But he wanted more. He was willing to create opportunities in Europe. Through Spain, Germany and Belgium, he ended up in the Netherlands. Since 2007 he found his home with his partner in Valkenswaard.

Josh Santana is a multi-talent with a mission.
As a model scout he shaped models and taught them about styling, cat walking, performance, photo shooting. As a stylist/event planner and fashionista he created a wide range of creative productions as fashion shows, annual model contests and other events. On top of that, he also published his own Glossy Magazine ByJosh.

After sharing his knowledge with others to help them to make a career, the time was there to present his own new collection. Another dream will come true. In 2020 Josh shook up the luxury lifestyle by creating Collection 2020/2021 #Luxury. These designs are introduced for resorts, cruises, yachts and private beaches. This collection enhances the beauty of the feminine form; wearable both in and out of the water.

“LUXURY is about beauty and lifestyle. Inspired by my native country of Brazil and everything I love in nature, art, fashion and architecture. Luxury means not only high-style but also high-quality and manufacturing
excellence.”

Vivian Ellefsen

Biography
Solicitor in international public law for fifteen years, I changed career completely, after becoming aware of the way society was going.

Having had a good artistic background (from my Scandinavian family and a few years studying fine arts) and a Belgian talent coach, Wim Adriaenssens, I embarked on the conceptualisation of my first creations.

We work with local distribution networks. We design and produce each creation in our small Atelier in Belgium. Each creation is numbered and produced in small quantities. We only choose high-quality materials produced in Europe and preferably organic. We are also developing a recycling system, restyling vintage clothing or workwear.

We produce two collections a year, favouring ‘slow fashion’.

Makbulu Byron

Biography
Design of wedding and cocktail dresses, ready-to-wear.

POLITICAL CATWALK

Biography
The aim of Political Catwalk is to get young people to look at politics & democracy in a new way by stimulating them through a special cultural and educational approach, by addressing them to their creative and artistic talents and by having them work intensively with each other and with politicians.

The essence is that young people design fashion for politicians. These politicians then show these outfits on the catwalk during our professional Political Catwalkfashion show. Young people delve into the theme and enter into discussions with the politician for whom they make the design.

Through the project young people, who have no professional fashion background, develop a wide range of skills, such as design, presentation techniques and organizational, they increase their confidence, learn the tricks of the fashion trade and participate in a professional fashionshow.

Remilio Caupin

Biography
Remilio started his brand PlainAmstrdm @plainamstrdm.

Young and driving ambitious team that finds passion in simplicity. We understand that no matter how much quality we provide, no matter how much time and energy we spend on developing new items, and no matter how beautiful we make it, it’s not only on you it’s also in YOU.

Young Chris

Biography
Originally from Congo Brazzaville, Young Chris (Mister Progress), is a true citizen of the world. He spent his early childhood in Stockholm (Sweden), then moved to France, where he spent part of his life before immigrating to Brussels, followed by Canada, where he lived for 9 years – between Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto.

Stylist, image consultant, and makeover artist by training, he became a designer, and artistic director a decade ago, and at the same time started a career as a textile consultant for one of the top Canadian fabric retailers, a position he held for 7 years.

To date, he officially has five clothing lines (and unofficially – eight), plus a publishing house (Next-Image Publishing), a platform which supports young fashion designers (Culture Mode), and a brand consulting agency (Update Media).

In addition to his brands, Chris still officiates, offers his consulting services, his expertise as a stylist, and acts as artistic director for other brands and organisations. A real all-rounder of fashion, he defines himself as a giver of pleasure at the service of the culture!

Lee & Jack

Biography
Lea&Jack is a belgian based small brand of tailor-made and customizable LEAther JACKets, founded by two friends, Raoul Sainanee and Leïla Deneyer, two friends with a passion for fashion & challenges.

Do you dream of a leather jacket but can’t find one that suits you? Do you want to make it your own? That’s part of what the brand has to offer! Lea&Jack starts from scratch and designs your jacket with you.
The brand also offers leather travel/work bags.
Customization is possible in terms of measurements, materials and why not let yourself be tempted by a hand painted jacket?

Rafael Dorian

Biography
The brand Rafael Dorian was born following his studies in Fashion Modeling and training in ‘Haute Couture’.

His deeply seated passion for art has always been omnipresent since his childhood.

Over the years, this passion has become more specifically geared towards fashion, the art of pencil drawing, the silhouette, scissors and cutting … and finally creation in its purest form.
At the beginning, he only created evening dresses and cocktail dresses, but following a return to his roots, and his first participation in the “Caftan” event in Morocco, Rafael Dorian has become increasingly specialized in Caftan and in traditional outfits.

Born in Brussels of Maroccan and Andalusian decent, Rafael fell in love with gold, lace, the richness of certain colors, the sobriety and elegance of others and a fusion of Belgian and European style.

“I am inspired by time, eras to create and renew. Using pure materials such as silk, lace, velvet, I combine them with different materials according to my inspirations.”
“I love the caftan, the heritage of the art of Moroccan embroidery.”