SHOW/OFF 2

show/off #2 magazine

Show/Off #2 is a unique magazine about the Fashion Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen.

It features highlights from the Fashion Department: the end of year collections of the Master students, works by the Bachelor Year students, information about various projects and workshops...

Show/Off #2 is a collector’s item made with the same creativity that is so all-important to the Academy - and in the fashion world.

Show/Off #2 is published for Hacom and the Fashion Department by Sanoma Magazines Belgium. The magazine will be for sale during Show 2009 and distributed internationally.

Show/Off #2 – 138 pages - ISBN 9789078980506 – € 10,00

Distribution: Idea Books, T: +32 20 6226154, www.ideabooks.nl

CONTENT

3 Editor’s Letter by Walter Van Beirendonck

6 The contributors

8 Paper Dreams – Students sketch their passion for fashion

18 Ann Demeulemeester – An interview with a designer & company

20 Future fashion – The best outfits from this year’s harvest,

chosen by Walter Van Beirendonck

36 Peter Philips – A chat with the top make-up artist

39 We watch you unfold – Frederik Heyman and Dieter De Swarte

documenting the Masters

53 Suzy Menkes – Meet the doyenne of fashion journalism

56 Accessomatic – Take your pick from the best accessoires

62 Hirofumi Kurino – About the Japanese-Antwerp connection

85 Personal Power – Discover the graduates’ collections

94 Jeanne Detallante draws the Masters – A very persona

take on fashion

104 Geert Bruloot – A conversation with the man who was there

from the start

108 Kiss and Make Up – Students’ visions come to life in colour

114 Costume Mix Up – Dirk Van Saene mixes and matches his

favourite pieces from the Bachelor years

126 Bernadette Wittman – Talking to the driving force behind the

denim skirt project

128 Info – Workshops, awards, projects

130 Paul Termeer – Dutch shoe label Sacha challenged the students

to take a creative look at shoes

133 Play list – Music to love

136 The graduates versus the teachers

138 Colofon