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FILIP ARICKX

The Most

Release Date: 02/22/2024

NACY FRANCIS show art NACY FRANCIS

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Prodigy time! Nacy Francis is a rising star in Belgian fashion known for her innovative and empowering sportswear-inspired designs. As a fashion designer with a rich personal heritage, Nacy transmutes her experiences and inspirations into pieces that speak literal volumes.  In this episode, Nacy and Dominique explore the intricate paths that led NF to establish her independent namesake label that fuses architectural beauty with street-smart sensibilities. Nacy’s story is rooted in resilience, having harnessed her creative spirit to navigate through personal struggles, including the loss...

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NOSEDRIP show art NOSEDRIP

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Record label boss,  DJ and radio host Ziggy Devriendt, aka NOSEDRIP, enters the loft to discuss his journey as a lifelong curator and musical storyteller. From his early, moody Ostend days over discovering skate culture and life beyond his hometown to playing sets "30 miles from Santa's House".  He also reflects on pioneering Belgium's original online radio station STROOM.TV a decade ago and how he made his first successes happen. He shares the challenges of facing both the system and the self and what it means to actually own and operate an independent label.  This is a...

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LEONARDO VAN DIJL show art LEONARDO VAN DIJL

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Hot off a '100% Fresh' (!) rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the announcement that his film is Belgium's official submission for the 2025 Oscars, director Leonardo Van Dijl enters the loft for an in-depth conversation about his already acclaimed debut  'Julie Keeps Quiet'. Together with Dominique, he dives into his time at Vice and film school, his provocative award-winning short 'Get Ripped', the importance of the queer gaze and the anxieties & breakthroughs that come with the honest search for your voice.  Leonardo opens up about the elaborate process of securing funding for...

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NAOMI WAKU / NAMGLAM show art NAOMI WAKU / NAMGLAM

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Bright viral make-up star and image-maker Naomi Waku aka NamGlam might still be young, but she knows a thing or two about life coming full circle. In less than 48 hours she will be proudly presenting the result of a collaboration with at its sold out 'Alter Ensor' event- located in the exact same building she once left cradling her broken teenage dream of becoming a fashion designer.  Together with Dominique she recounts her journey of self-discovery, how she uses her face as a canvas for complex storytelling, the importance of friendships carrying you through and the strategies that...

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MOUS LAMRABAT show art MOUS LAMRABAT

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Welcome to a brand-new season of The Most!  Today's guest is Mous Lamrabat, who as far as Dominique is concerned is not just a photographer, but a visual alchemist spinning gold through his lens.  The award-winning Moroccan-Belgian image maker has become a global sensation known for his colour-drenched, culture-infused art photography and dreamy fashion magazine covers. GQ, YSL Beauty, ELLE, Vanity Fair, Burberry, Chanel – Mous Lamrabat has left his mark on them all.  Having first met and collaborated years ago, Mous and Dominique discuss his journey from growing up with...

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RINUS VAN DE VELDE show art RINUS VAN DE VELDE

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Belgian contemporary artist Rinus Van de Velde joins Dominique Nzeyimana in the loft. With a career spanning over 20 years, Rinus has enchanted the international art world and is hailed for his powerfully fluid drawings and texts. His artistic practice spans drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and film - opening portals to multiple realities. Rinus and Dominique have a meeting of minds about the artist’s changing relationship with nostalgia, expansion, the magic of drawing, learning from his artistic forefathers and the enduring impact of Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon and Franz...

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GHINA BAZZI show art GHINA BAZZI

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Ghina Bazzi is the first world-class chef to be featured on The Most. Classically trained at the highest level, the Lebanese-born, Antwerp-based food entrepreneur joins Dominique at the loft to recount her earliest days moving to Sierra Leone from Beirut and how that shaped her personally and professionally.  The two dive into Ghina’s formative years in the high-demand kitchens of multi-Michelin-star chefs, the heart-breaking decisions she had to make and the hard times that led her from hosting sold-out culinary nights to the inception of her current dream and Antwerp's newest hotspot,...

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KIANGANA MUPATSHI show art KIANGANA MUPATSHI

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Kiangana Mupatshi is a designer, vocalist and the founder of concept label BLESS.  On this episode, Kiangana and Dominique talk growing up in Antwerp, family histories, self-definition, overcoming left-field knock-backs and finding your voice again and again, whether it’s in music, fashion design or community work.  Kiangana shares memories of growing up alongside Jan-Jan Van Essche's family and witnessing the early days of Jan-Jan and Piëtro Celestina building Atelier Solarshop. She then opens up about making a mark as a reggae and dub vocalist and what lead her to launch her...

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COLIN H. VAN EECKHOUT show art COLIN H. VAN EECKHOUT

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Even after 25 years of being part of venue-scorching post metal phenom AMENRA, arguably one of the best live bands in the world, Colin H. van Eeckhout isn’t planning on ending his quest towards fully embodying his highest self. The artist opens up about the enduring imprint of being a 20 year-old watching your father take his final breath and how that shaped everything after. He then delves into some of AMENRA’s distinctive performance rituals and gives a couple of hard-learned strategies for keeping a touring 5-piece headstrong band together and thriving. Colin also shares his...

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NAUD VERBOEKET / TEARS show art NAUD VERBOEKET / TEARS

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Naud Verboeket is the designer and founder of cult clothing and footwear brand TEARS.  The now 26 year-old founded his label TEARS in 2016, making art out of the personal pain he was feeling at the time.  Embodying creative and social push-back while growing a close-knit community, Naud’s work with TEARS and his designs for iconoclasts like ‘Europapa’ Joost Klein and Belgian's own Nathan Vandergunst aka Acid have made a searing mark on the lowlands' style and music scene. Naud and Dominique muse on the marathon that is dream-building, unconventional ways to keep the...

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Filip Arickx also known as the 'F' in A.F.VANDEVORST, is a Belgian fashion designer, a creator and renegade innovator. 

As part of the second wave of Belgian designers alongside Raf Simons, Veronique Branquinho and Jurgi Persoons; An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx were responsible for making Antwerp a fashion mainstay destination in the late 90s. Seated at the loft, Filip takes Dominique on an enchanted journey from being a precocious teenager who wanted to be heard (and was, by none other than Antwerp Six member Dirk Bikkembergs) to his homecoming-run at the Antwerp Fashion Academy, where he met his future wife and design partner on the first day. 

Filip also delves into the blending of influences that made up the A.F.VANDEVORST aesthetic and the road from self-funding a fashion label to working with investors.

Later in the episode, Filip discusses his brand new endeavour NIGHTFALL, the collaborative platform and adult toy company "worshipping pleasure at the altar of eros" he founded together with business partner Eveline Rigouts. Going into detail about its mission and intention, Filip discusses elevating eroticism and pleasure principles to new heights and how he wishes to define another era worth remembering . 

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