The Belgian Daniël Ost is one the most famous floral design artists in the world. He never ceases to delight the public with his most spectacular floral creations and sculptures. Daniël Ost manages to depict life through flowers, creating in the process absolute beauty by his passion and artistry. He has managed to create his own world filled with amazing floral works of art and in the process built up an international following of loyal clients.
Kaat Tilley: a Flemish fashion designer.
Tilley is a former student of the Antwerp Fashion Academy, where she graduated cum laude, having selected as theme for her end collection "Mahler and Venice". Her creations are mainly romantic, imbued with a touch of the fairylike. Her work straddles the worlds of fashion and art. She has designed outfits for, amongst others, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith, Halle Berry.
Over the years she has become an established presence on the fashion scene, witness her retrospective exhibition in the Castle of Gaasbeek during the fall of 2005. In 2007, Tilley organized at her living and work place in Asbeek (Asse) an exhibition with the sale of a large collection of her prototypes and paintings. She insists, in fact, that she is first and foremost a paintress, a fashion designer second. While in secondary school at Sint Lucas in Brussels, she enrolled in painting classes there. Ultimately, she opted for fashion design since, according to her, it is a field with greater need of communication. "As a paintress, you turn introspective; in a profession such as fashion designer, you become more of an extrovert."
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