Category Archives: Designed By Valentine

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My Little Printed Dress

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Luckily, the sun remade an appearance on Saturday, after a week of “tropical” rain, so I jumped at the chance to wear my newly made little printed dress…   As you must know by now, if you have been following me here and on Instagram, …

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My Little Red Dress

  First of all let me wish you all, a beautiful Easter holiday! I hope you had a great time with your family and/or friends!   For my part, I decided to take the little red dress I made recently, out for a walk on the beach..! As I spent my Easter holiday in Puglia, …

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From the Sketch to the Dress

Hi Everyone! If you have been following me on Instagram you might have noticed that I had been working on another dress aside from the wedding gown.  Actually I was making a dress for myself to wear at the wedding ceremony. I wanted something unique and colorful and as we say, if you want something …

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Another Wedding Dress

So, as I told you yesterday, this weekend I attended a very special event… I went to a wedding, but not just any wedding; the bride was wearing one of my design..!   You can only imagine how happy I was to finally see my dress in action after being working on it for several …

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Lime and Lemon

Hi everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying the sunshine. For my part, those high temperatures gave me the opportunity to wear the little skirt I made earlier this week. I was quite happy with the result as it looked exactly how I wanted. I think it will instantly become one of my favorite …

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And so I made a Skirt

With the temperature slowly rising, I now feel like ditching my jeans for some less covering items. So when I saw, in my local textile store, this piece of fabric laying in the clearance basket, I thought it would be just perfect for a little summer skirt…!   I was first attracted by its color …

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The journey of a dress… from Brussels to Marrakesh

When you’re a designer and your best friend is getting married there are some unwritten/unsaid rules that each of you must respect. For example, it would be a crime for her to look in other places than you for her dress… And it would be an even bigger crime for you to refuse.   Luckily …

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Zara: Pure copy or simple coincidence…?

Yesterday evening I discovered that I either had an extremely good eye for new trends or that Zara really appreciate one of my designs… In any case I admit it is quite flattering! Now the question is… do you see any similarities between the two dresses or am I just another victim of the “pretentious fashion …

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Beautiful Belgian Bloggers: The dress…

    This month I was featured in the Belgian ELLE along 8 other bloggers (including 2 pairs) in an article about… Well, Belgian blogs of course.   For that very special occasion I wore a dress that I made.   There are many different ways to create clothes including these two… You can start from …

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Antwerp Fashion Night …

Yesterday I was invited by the AFA (Antwerp fashion agents) to a event celebrating the work of two very different fashion icon: Madeleine Vionnet and Roberto Cavalli. The exhibition took place at Verso, the concept store. Throughout the store static mannequins were dressed in Vionnet and Cavalli which made it easy to look at the …

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