BIOGRAPHY
Graduated at Polimoda in fashion design in 2019 where she was one of the 20 selected students for the fashion show. Afterwards she interned for Ann demeulemeester. Quickly after her internship she decided to start her circular endeavors. That have always been her dreams.
Valentine: "I have always seen a lot of beauty in waste. That has inspired me. As a teenager, I used to cut up my clothes and reassemble them with dozens of pins. When I studied at Polimoda Fashion School in Italy, I saw how much reusable fabric ended up in the dustbin and how much waste the fashion industry pollutes the world with. That's when I decided to take responsibility as a young designer to minimise and upcycle waste. Because by reusing discarded clothes, you have an inexhaustible source of raw materials."
She works for various companies as a freelance designer, coach or consultant. For example, for Saamo where she runs the sewing studio, Okret and New Order of Fashion where she is a freelance designer and teaches workshops.
She also runs her own upcycling studio where she transforms her clients' old pieces into new designs.
