Inflight Magazine of Brussels Airlines

IN VOGUE

Stéphanie Duval gives us the inside scoop on the latest trends from planet fashion

Ultimate undies

Belgian design duo team up with Marie Jo lingerie

Belgian lingerie label Marie Jo L’Aventure has launched a series of collaborations with external designers by inviting duo AF Vandevorst to create a capsule collection for autumn. Husband and wife An and Filip first made three wooden dummies dressed with felt corsages, using only copper split pins to attach or remove the different parts. Based on this work of art, the designers collaborated with Marie Jo’s team to draw up a line of super-soft lingerie printed with a trompe l’oeil impression of felt and decorated with vintage-looking studs. The collection will be available from 15 September in lingerie boutiques, with prices from €36 for knickers and €62 for bras. www.mariejo.com

She’s electric

E-Solex’s silent motor and leather details make for hot wheels  

Who needs a Vespa when you can race through the streets in style on an iconic Solex?

Designed by Pininfarina and given the royal treatment by Belgian leather company. Delvaux, this limited edition screams vintage elegance and luxury thanks to its saddle and handlebars covered with hand-sewn, fjord-grained leather. The new e-Solex also has a silent electric motor, making it kinder to the environment. Just 30 models have been built, and will be sold in e-Solex stockists at a price of €2499. Well, we never said the ultimate marriage between style and environmentally-friendly transportation would be cheap. www.e-solex.be; www.delvaux.com

Travelling light

Samsonite celebrates 100 years with launch of low-weight luggage

Samsonite was founded in 1910, when its luggage was first used in the US by gold-rush speculators travelling to the frontiers. Today, a century of travel know-how is poured into Samsonite’s lightest ever softside suitcase: the B-Lite. Every trick in the book has been used to give the maximum capacity for minimum weight – because we all hate to pay for excess baggage.

The cabin-sized B-Lite weighs just 2.2kg, a full kilo less than its peers.

Now the only dilemma you have to ponder is whether to take extra clothes with you, or bring more souvenirs back home! www.samsonite.com

Paper trail

Catalogue 3 Suisses ups the fashion ante to compete with the net

Long before e-commerce invaded the fashion world, catalogues such as 3 Suisses made ‘going shopping’ a much easier activity. But with the rise of the internet, the brand has realised it needs to work to keep shoppers’ attention – and the autumn issue is certain to become a collector’s item.

Not only has Karl Lagerfeld designed the cover and captured his favourite outfits in a brilliant photo shoot, but 3 Suisses also invited Parisian Maria Luisa – one of the world’s most influential fashion buyers and talent scouts – to present the work of her favourite avant-garde designers (pictured clockwise from top left): Charles Anastase, Natalia Brilli, Christian Wijnants and Bernhard Willhelm. www.3suisses.be

Getting perspective

Viktor & Rolf’s accessories mess with minds  

Viktor & Rolf love to play with volumes and proportions – you only need to visit the virtual world on their website, or witness the sometimes bizarre and surrealist shapes of their couture, to understand their fascination with perspective. It’s almost as if they want to make their models look out of balance and unreal. Similarly, Viktor & Rolf’s accessories have an asymmetrical quality that doesn’t stand out at first, but gives the classic designs of their bags an unmistakably compelling twist. You’ll do a double take when you see them for the first time. www.viktor-rolf.com

Trend: Dancewear

Stepping up the game  

You might have thought (and hoped) that all this Fame-revival business was a fad that would pass faster than your 1980s nightmares could return. Yet long after the remake has moved to DVD, the dancewear trend hangs on. There’s no need to worry, however, because it doesn’t involve leg-warmers and wristbands in neon colours, but instead is much more in tune with autumn colours and temperature-appropriate layering. Italian brand Freddy, with its dancewear roots, has the look down to pat: think comfortable yet slightly sexy, elegant but with a sporty twist. That way you should be able to cope should the trend decide to ‘live forever.’ www.freddy.it

If the shoe fits…

Rei Kawakubo and Pointer a match made in heaven  

You could count on Rei Kawakubo to focus a collaboration between her cult brand Comme des Garçons and sneaker label Pointer on materials rather than branding. Never known for following the crowd, the designer doesn’t see this as an opportunity to get her name out there, but rather as a creative exercise in bringing her unconventional and sleek aesthetics to a new canvas. The Pointer x Comme des Garçons capsule collection will be sold exclusively through Comme des Garçons channels, with prices ranging from €149 to €169. www.pointerfootwear.com

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