Flanders Talks of Creativity

How can one build a global fashion brand in 2026? Listen to Charlotte De Geyter, co-founder and creative director of fashion brand BERNADETTE, and Hanan Bešović, fashion critic behind the popular platform @ideservecouture, at the Fashion Talks conference in Antwerp.

Today we revisit the conversation between Karen Binns and Recho Omondi at the Fashion Talks conference in Antwerp. Karen Binns is the world-renowned stylist, creative director, consultant and Global Fashion Director from New York. Recho Omondi is the founder of The Cutting Room Floor® platform.

In this episode of our podcast we look back at our last Fashion Talks 2023 conference that took place in the beautiful city of Antwerp. The closing talk of our main stage was an inspiring conversation between designers Meryll Rogge, Stéphanie D’heygere and journalist Eugene Rabkin.

In this podcast we go back to the conversation stylist and fashion consultant Tom Eerebout had with fashion journalist Alexander Fury on the stage of our last Fashion Talks conference in Antwerp. Tom and Alexander discuss the growing role of fashion stylists in the industry, the influence of social media on celebrity culture, and the importance of authenticity and protecting your personal vision.

At our Fashion Talks conference in Antwerp in November 2019 Jasmien Wynants talked about sustainability in the fashion industry. She illustrated this topic with real and tangible local efforts, leaving the audience inspired and ready to take action. Jasmien Wynants used to work for Flanders DC and was the driving force behind Close The Loop, the platform that stimulates the fashion industry towards more sustainability. Today Jasmien is working as Sustainability Manager for Xandres and as a freelance expert in sustainable fashion.

“Be yourself and don't be afraid to challenge the system, because fashion likes change!” says Raf Simons, the Belgian fashion designer who is as notorious for his pioneering designs as he is for his independence. At our Fashion Talks conference in 2019, Raf had a conversation with fashion journalist Alexander Fury. He talked about creativity, the fashion industry and what it means to be a fashion designer. Listen to this fascinating conversation between Raf Simons and Alexander Fury.

Dries Van Noten really needs no introduction. As a member of the legendary Antwerp Six, he helped to put Belgian fashion on the global fashion agenda in the eighties. Today, Dries Van Noten is still one of the most important designers worldwide. In this first episode of the Flanders DC Talks podcast, we go back to 2017, a tipping point for Dries: he was turning 60, had 100 fashion shows behind him and was looking back on his career with a documentary, and a book. At our Fashion Talks conference in Antwerp in November 2017, Dries sat down with Vanessa Friedman, the fashion director from The New York Times. Listen here to the fascinating conversation between Dries Van Noten and Vanessa Friedman.