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BELGIAN FASHION DESIGN
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ENTOURAGE ( c a t a l y s t s ) |
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 ELKE
HOSTESomewhere in a studio Elke Hoste draws and cuts the patterns for a long list of Belgian designers. Dirk Van Saene, Lieve Van Gorp, Walter Van Beirendonck, Jurgi Persoons, Wim Neels, Cristophe Charon, Anne Kurris ... ; they send her a scribble with indications and Elke manages to work out a pattern. The next stage is the production of a toile, a first version of the garment in raw cotton. Together with the designer the pattern is then altered to perfection. Elke Hoste is a teacher at the Fashion department of the Academy of Fine Art of Antwerp and runs her own company, 3 Quarts. The company not only produces patterns, but manufactures limited editions too, like Dries Van Noten's costume designs for the dance group Rosas, or the clothes Walter Van Beirendonck designed for the band U2. "It wouldn't be healthy to say: this jacket fits perfectly." Elke Hoste quoted by Lene Kemps in Weekend Knack, 4 March 1998, p. 58. U2 singer Bono dressed by Walter Van Beirendonck. |
