The Master's graduation show at La Cambre Modes in Brussels featured work from just 10 first- and second-year students. Held to mark the faculty's 40th anniversary, the event drew a jury of prominent alumni including creative directors from Chanel, Saint Laurent and Rabanne.
The small cohort presented collections that emphasized experimental techniques and concepts drawn from outside fashion. Several designers sliced materials into raw-edged strips or incorporated elements from architecture and furniture.
Gaspard Lasne created chair-men figures woven into wooden cafe seating frames. Marie Scerri layered contrasting floral wallpaper prints with animal motifs that moved as models walked. Lalou Weyrich referenced pop-up books in youthful silhouettes featuring tweed coats and plissé skirts.
Theodora Hadj Moussa Lauble shifted toward more wearable coat and jacket forms while retaining delicate fabric-covered slats. Manon Schied drew on a Zoe Leonard poem to explore lesbian clothing styles from the 1930s to 1970s and included 3-D text slogans on shirts. She received a job offer from Ester Manas immediately after the show.
