Paris showroom invitation
PROJECT#1 - PROCEED
January 18th - 23rd 2013
10 am - 7pm
Galerie Martine et Thibault de la Châtre
4, rue de Saintonge 75003 Paris
Jan-Jan Van Essche is a menswear designer from Antwerp, Belgium.
He is a 2003 graduate from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, winning several grand prizes including the prestigious Dries Van Noten award.
Jan-Jan Van Essche, unlike most designers, designs and produces one full collection a year,
he proposes the wearer annual wardrobes to be worn throughout the year by layering up and down,
adapting oneself to the seasons as they pass by.
In June 2010 he launched his first collection, COLLECTION#1 ‘YUKKURI', Japanese for 'taking it easy'.
A concept capturing the philosophy behind his approach to create contemporary fashion.
Since then he has successfully produced two annual collections, COLLECTION#2 - SATTA AMASSAGANA (2011) and COLLECTION#3 - IN AWE (2012)
And now, alternating with his annual wardrobes, Jan-Jan Van Essche will present PROJECTS.
Autonomous concepts claiming their own identity alongside his annual wardrobes,
emphasizing the philosophy of Jan-Jan Van Essche's personal view on menswear.
The Jan-Jan van Essche aesthetic can be perceived as one influenced by all of the world’s corners,
blending together in a discrete symbiosis of western and ethnic traditions in fashion.
The combination of his particular but natural loose forms, refined patterns and usage of natural colors are important keys in the Jan-Jan Van Essche story.
A story encouraging universal freedom to the wearer of his garments.
