Maarten Castelein
EDUCATION
ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Antwerpen 01.09.00 – 30.06.03 bachelor degree
ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Sint-Niklaas 01.09.03 – 30.06.05 master degree
COLLEGE SAINT-ALOYSIUS, Menen 01.09.93– 30.06.99 greek-latin
human sciences
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
FASHION CONSULTANT
30.04.2015 – NOW
Working with different designers on their collection, advising on sketches, volumes, fabrics and colours. Assisting in fittings and helping out on the coherence of their collection.
HAUTE ECOLE DE L’ART ET DU DESIGN GENEVA: TEACHER
23.09.2013 – NOW
Teaching the 3rd year students developing an entire collection with moodboard, plan de collection, fabrics and colours. Guiding the students on their draping and moulage-techniques.
2016: selection Festival de Hyères : Laura Boned
ISAL PARIS: TEACHER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
24.06.2015 – NOW
Teaching the 1st year and 3rd year students on fashion design.
Artistic Director of the label ISAL PARIS, working with some last year students on the collection: designs, patterns, marketing, production and communication with fashion shows in Beijing and Shanghai.
YIQING YIN: STUDIO DIRECTOR
14.04.2014 – 30.04.2015
Research and sketches on the collection, giving feedback on the collection through fabrics and colors, assisting at the fittings, in charge of the interns for the studio and the workshop.
IKKS: SENIOR DESIGNER
01.03.12 – 15.01.2013
Working on the new line IKKS PURE EDITION: moodboard, sketches, fabric research, colour forecast and fittings
Working on the main line IKKS WOMEN: sketches, fabric research, colour forecast and fittings
MARTIN GRANT PARIS: FREELANCE DESIGNER
01.09.11 - 31.12.11
Research on the show and commercial collection with sketches and fabric selection.
ANNE VALERIE HASH PARIS: SENIOR DESIGNER
01.04.06 – 31.07.11
As senior designer: Research on the couture collection and the commercial collection; concept of the season, fabric selection, sketches, fittings, ideas for the show (shoes, press-pieces etc).
As junior designer: Responsible for the jersey-collection; designing and realizing the collection in its entirety with full autonomy: 30pieces per season, moulage/draping, pattern making, fabric and colour selection at première vision and followup production.
CHLOE PARIS: INTERN
01.09.05 – 31.03.06
Research pre-collection and collection autumn-winter 2007;
designing a jersey group, embroidery design, research, sampling and placements.
BRUNO PIETERS ANTWERP – PARIS: INTERN
01.07.04 – 30.09.05
Internship in Antwerp, follow up for production and sales person for the showroom in Paris