Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter are the co-founders and partners of menswear label Botter.
Rushemy Botter graduated with an MA in Menswear from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under the tutelage of Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk Van Saene. During his time at the prestigious school Botter won many accolades including the award for the most promising student and the VFiles Runway 7 prize.
Lisi Herrebrugh studied at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and interned with Viktor and Rolf working on their Autumn/Winter 2013/14 Haute Couture collection. Herrebrugh also won the Belgian Fashion Award for most promising designer.
Collaborating with Rushemy throughout his MA, the design duo decided to launch Botter in 2017 to instant critical acclaim, winning accolades from Dries van Noten and Ann Demeulemeester, gaining a finalist spot in this year’s LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers and most recently the winning the prestigious Grand Prize at last years Hyeres Festival.
Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter made their runway debut as Creative Directors at Nina Ricci for Autumn/Winter 2019 Ready-To-Wear.
Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter, Creative Directors of Botter and Nina Ricci, Presidents of the jury Défilé HEAD 2019 who will give Prix Master Mercedes-Benz, the Prix Bachelor Bongénie and the Prix La Redoute X HEAD.
PROGRAM RELATED TO THE FASHION SHOW
Jeudi 7 – vendredi 8 – samedi 9
HEAD, Genève Boulevard James-Fazy 15
SHOP & SHOWROOM MODE SUISSE
During the time of the fashion show, HEAD also organizes a Shop & Show Room, in partnership with Mode Suisse, on Thursday 7th, Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November at Bd James-Fazy 15, where the conference takes place, with several of our graduates, but also some Swiss designers. To be presented : Afterwork Studio, Garnison / Luka Maurer, Vanessa Schindler, Forbidden Denimeries / Mikael Vilchez, WoRN / Magdalena Brozda & Pauline Famy, Archivesmadi/ Visual Society, Mädi / Jennifer Berger, fabrique a.
Shop & Showroom Mode Suisse / Free access / Public event
Thursday 7.11. 16h-21h
Friday 8.11. 12h-19h
Saturday 9.11. 10h-16h