Lawin Ramelinck

Lawin titled his collection Aux Merveilleuses. Marvelous women. The Merveilleuses where the female counterparts of the Incroyables, a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris in the late 18th century. Merveilleuses greeted the new regime with an outbreak of luxury, decadence, and even silliness. These women are known to be rebellious. They held hundreds of balls and invented new trends in fashion and mannerism. ‘Luxury was at their height. To me, it represents femininity in its highest form’, states Ramelinck.

For example, the herringbone dress was inspired by the traditional corset, with an emphasis on the shape of the hips and waist, to create this hourglass look. The black pants are made from a black French lace, burned and re-stitched. The big white gloves are a contemporary reference to the traditional court gloves that women wore during the end of the 18th century.

Photography Team Peter Stigter
Photography backstage by JW Kaldenbach