Quinten Mestdagh is a 2019 MA fashion graduate from the prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. The Emerging Atelier, in an interview with Quinten, states that ” It’s almost like a status symbol when you study fashion”. He wanted to do something else than the conventional silk screening and symmetrical compositions that have been a part of womenswear since the beginning of the style. His garments are not only spectacular and complicated, but they reflect modern obsession for messages and personality. His goal was to find a technique and an aesthetic that had nothing to do with each other but had a visual connection. Quinten said, ” I like to mistranslate the aesthetic a bit by using the ‘wrong’ sort of symbols that you would never normally associate with such a chic scarf; the idea is to make it a bit more street and fun.”
Both the collections; “Default by Bliss” and “Dodge this” were quite extraordinary. “Default by Bliss” was Quinten’s final collection and “Dodge This” was his Bachelor’s collection of 2017. Both of them were spectacular. The main elements that made the collections stand out were the concepts behind them. Who would have thought that a ripped off fashion poster could bring in the idea of an abstract silhouette? Who would have thought that the mother-of-pearl buttons could be translated into graphic bitmaps and typography? They have no relation between them but the only reason behind using them together was to try out different types of aesthetics.
Photograph by: Etienne Tordoir
Photograph by: Etienne Tordoir
Quinten’s “Dodge This” collection was inspired by ripped fashion posters and his love for fashion photography. He said, “I’ve always been attracted to highly stylized and iconic fashion images in magazines and advertisements, and they were the main inspiration for starting the collection.”
The color palette for this collection was black and white prints with pop colors to highlight them. Combinations of red and pink were majorly seen.
Photograph by: Michael Smits
Photograph by: Michael Smits
For his MA fashion collection, “Default by Bliss”, he did a lot of research into materials and techniques. Enfntsterribles.com states that Quinten’s goal for this collection was to find a technique and an aesthetic that had nothing to do with each other but should have a visual connection. With the mother-of-pearl buttons, he wanted to find both the contrast and the similarity between a technique and aesthetic so that he could merge them to get a whole new outcome.
Quinten Mestdagh (@quintenmestdagh) believes that Instagram helped him get a lot of attention because one can communicate and share their works visually and instantly. He believes that Instagram is like his online portfolio to showcase his work.
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