Czech & Slovak Fashion Festival

9-nov.-2018 - 11-nov.-2018 SAVE THE DATE:Czech & Slovak Fashion Festival Fresh ideas, superb craftsmanship and ethical manufacturing are common traits of the work of contemporary young Czech and Slovak fashion designers. Fashion design from experimental to minimalist, for women and men, statement accessories, design toys, outstanding jewelry… 18 Czech and Slovak shooting stars at a designers market in Halles St. Géry, all of them personally present. The designers will also lead a workshop in upcycling on Saturday 3 pm, so bring your old pieces and give them a new life with modern embroidery or creative resewing. B2B program included and soon open for registrations. Free entry entire weekend!   Young Czech and Slovak fashion design at Halles St. Géry Young Czech and Slovak designers are coming to Sint-Gorikshallen on the weekend of 9-11 November, bringing their creative silhouettes, sense of humor and superb craftsmanship. Czech & Slovak Fashion Festival will also include upcycling workshops, and meetings with the Belgian fashion scene. 14 Czech fashion designers and 4 Slovak labels will present their work in Halles St. Géry/Sint-Gorikshallen from 9 to 11 November. Bold accessories and extraordinary jewelry, modern embroidery and stark minimalism, female and male fashion - the carefully curated selection offers a sneak peek into the best of the fashion scenes of the two countries. Moreover, the fashion offer will be accompanied by gift items and off-beat home accessories. In partnership with MAD, the festival also brings Belgian guests to professional and public events in a dialogue with Czech and Slovak designers. “Values significant for the contemporary Czech and Slovak fashion are highly precise local manufacturing, traditional crafts and techniques, focus on textile design and folklore motives, combined with playfulness, bit of provocation, recycling and upcycling approaches, urban culture and minimalist aesthetics,” says the curator Darina Zavadilová. Besides the designers’ market, the festival also includes a B2B event, three workshops on fashion upcycling by the designers (Saturday November 10 at 3 pm) and free babysitting with children workshops. Designers, bloggers and journalists, buyers and curators and other professionals from the field of fashion and design are warmly invited to join the B2B session on Friday, 9 November, at 11 am, with prior registration at ccbrussels@czech.cz. Opening hours: November 9 (Friday) 12:00 – 20:00 November 10 (Saturday) 12:00 – 20:00 November 11 (Sunday) 12:00 – 18:00 Organizers: Czech Centre Brussels, Representation of South Moravian Region to the EU, Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU Partners: Halles St. Géry, MAD, Visit Brussels, Embassy of the Czech Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium, Delegation of Prague to the EU, The City of Brno