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Jan-Jan Van Essche

Start Date 07 December 2024
End Date 08 June 2025
Venue MoMu
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Jan-Jan Van Essche (Guest Curator), Romy Cockx (MoMu)
Graphic design Jelle Jespers
male mannequin with round ball for head in blue shirt and trousers, in gallery with atmospheric bronze lighting
male mannequins with round ball for head in shirts and trousers, on display in gallery with atmospheric bronze lighting
male mannequins with round ball for head in shirts and trousers, on display in gallery with atmospheric bronze lighting

MoMu offers insight into the world of Antwerp fashion designer, Jan-Jan Van Essche.

A Time and Place for Everything

Based on his 2025 Spring-Summer collection, Khayal, MoMu offers insight into the world of Antwerp fashion designer, Jan-Jan Van Essche. The exhibition is an invitation to experience both the past and the future, all in the now.

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Jan-Jan Van Essche graduated from the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. In 2010, he founded his own label, based at Atelier Solarshop, a shop he shares with Pietro Celestina.

Garments designed by Van Essche embody a quiet dynamic. His generous approach does not follow the Western tradition of restricting freedom of movement. He offers every body, regardless of gender, age or norms, the space to shape the garment. Executed in artisanal fabrics made of natural fibres, his discrete creations stimulate our conscious awareness. Taking great care, he searches around the world for materials and collaborations that often evolve through travel, personal relationships and shared understandings.

 

Images Courtesy of the MoMu, Antwerp.