Laetitia Sabiti

Valentijnsdag is niet noodzakelijk alleen een dag voor geliefden. Ook als zaak mag je best aan je klanten de liefde verklaren. Vooral in tijden van Covid-19, waarin de onvoorwaardelijke steun van je klanten een extra bedankje verdient.

Once again, we pulled it off! Together with a very committed team of Antwerp residents, we created for you yet another great issue of This Is Antwerp magazine. Not only because we love our city; we also want you to experience our city the way we do every day. No fake tourist stuff; real life people creating and reinventing their city every day (and night), turning it into the inspiring Walhalla that it is.

Anchored in the city of Antwerp, Arternative will be launching its SS ’15 capsule collection this weekend. This is Antwerp got a chance to sit down with the founder and artistic director Bertony Da Silva to get a first look at the collection. Hands up and wave!

In de holst van de nacht, wanneer de medina in Marrakesh nog bruist van het leven, trekt Kechlight erop uit om hun stad te vereeuwigen op light paintings. Met Marokko als canvas en het licht als penseel, trachten ze op die manier een culturele uitwisseling neer te pennen die een brug creëert tussen Cisco’s Franse origines en de Marokkaanse belevenissen van de andere leden binnen dit collectief.

Kinzora is a new Antwerp based brand inspired by powerful woman. From the Moroccan woman who’ve woven the fabrics for this brand’s beautiful clutches to the girlfriends of different ethnicities that have shown their support.

Bazara’Pagne takes its SS ’15 collection back to the roots, back to the place of birth and back to the essence of the brand. All for the love of African wax prints and the woman who’ve been wearing this fabric for generations.

Moonlook celebrates its anniversary in style by inviting customers on a trip to fashionable Africa while shopping at the Parisian pop-up store.

Out of the 14 Nieuwe Natie pop-ups treasurable hidden at De Nieuwe Gaanderij, there’s one particular that caught my eye: Broke Bikes Deli. A pop-up store where you can have your bike built on the spot while having a drink and a little snack at the counter. Lenny, one of the shop owners told me they have really good coffee and delicious organic iced tea. While you’re at it, why not have a piece of freshly baked brownies as well? Because seeing the wide range of possibilities, I’m guessing it woul

There’s a new snack bar in town, its name is Chips and it was love at first bite. I normally don’t kiss and tell, but it would be selfish to keep these Antwerp fries all for myself.

For those who don’t know whether an afro can actually be combed. Those who doubt whether braids are appropriate for a professional setting. And those who believe dreadlocks are nasty.

And because you can’t be polite about justice, Jay Katelansky and 000sportwear/// collaborated on an artistic clothing project in honor of those who didn’t get the justice they deserved. Because they shall be remembered too.

Loza Maléombho reminisces about the Zaouli folklore traditions while dreaming of ballerinas and western circuses. The result is a 14 pictures SS ’15 lookbook that colorfully responds to the duality of the collection’s theme.

As the saying goes, third time’s a charm. The Ethno Tendance Fashion Weekend however succeeded in charming us for a third time in a row and ended up to be an even greater success.