We would like to gather as many friends as possible and have a warm non pretentious New Year party together in Brussels downtown new club Mr Wong: a beautiful ArtDeco style venue with enormous potential of becoming one of the city center’s hotspots for new music, concerts, parties, clubbing or just having drinks on a night out.
The venue has the right size, not too small, not too big, but just the right size for the right amount of right people.

It has been an exciting year for Brussels, as the city has been able to place itself again at the top of world’s capitals as a great destination for fashion, culture, food, nightlife and more.
There is a new Brussels going on full and we feel it is just the beginning!
It has been an exciting year for many of us and it has also been an exciting one for Hunting and Collecting and we will celebrate this with you.

Hunting and Collecting’s MIDNIGHT Private Dinner at Mr Wong. The Tables  and The Guests.

Hunting and Collecting shoots a lookbook every season. For this FallWinter 2011 we shot in Paris, with the crew of De Jeunes Gens Modernes as models, in a Parisian private wintergarden designed by Gustave Eiffel…Photograpy by Hicham Riad

PREMIERE of the HUNTING AND COLLECTING FW11 LOOKBOOK “JARDIN D’HIVER”
at Libertine Supersport – 12th November at 10.30pm
+ PARTY 11pm : DILLON (LIVE! New Album Showcase) / JULIETTA / DANCEMACHINE / RICK SHIVER / DARYL / NEVERASKMETHISSONG

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Surface to Air trunk show at Hunting and Collecting – 17 september 2011

This winter, HUNTING AND COLLECTING embarks on a world tour with its brands…
We start in New York, where the male fine-tunes his outfit at Patrik Ervell, followed by an excursion into the composed atmosphere of Assembly. Picking up blue-collar work-wear updated for the modern male by Adam Kimmel for Carhartt, he will cultivate his youthful elegance in 3.1 Phillip Lim, with footwear provided either by the refined brogues of Mark McNairy, the minimalist sneakers of Common Projects, or the fur lined boots of Opening Ceremony. The women, clad in Opening Ceremony heels and a Pamela Love necklace, will demonstrate a true mastery of the art of sexy-chic with VPL lingerie, the latest obsession of the New York female. Heading over to Brooklyn to track down the exquisitely soft cardigans of Lauren Mangoogian, our female will accessorize with the hairpieces of Jennifer Behr, whose work has recently made a distinct mark on the red carpet.

Travelling West, the pair form the customary Lost Angeles hippy-chic couple with their THVM jeans, before setting out for Oregon, where they lose themselves in the fashion legacy left behind by Pendleton with its classic shirts and desert boots.
Our duo head north to Canada, where they envelop themselves in the oversized silhouetted garments of Complexgeometries. Our male picks up the Corduroy trousers and Wax jackets of Dana Lee, our female the interweaving jewellery of Arielle De Pinto and the feathered necklaces of Maryam Keyhani.

Heading to Japan, the pair will embark on an urban hike with the help of White Mountaineering, ending up in Shenzhen where they will discover the conceptual unisex brand Fixxed.

As well as providing them with the Heritage fashion of Whillas and Gunn, Australia offers them the out-there prints of Perks and Mini, as visually far-fetched as they are rooted in street culture. Our female will demonstrate her true radiance (as well as her cosmically-inclined fashion sense) in Something Else.

Back in Europe, they will make their first stop in Germany where they will be blown away by two designer duos: Anntian with their lavish tapestry-influenced prints, and Juliaandben with their washed-out visual darkness. She will take the time to check out the exquisite jewellery of Saskia Diez.

Britain takes its hold on the male in the form of Lavenham’s quilted coats, the tongue-in-cheek humour of Peter Jensen’s cartoon-esque design, and the shirts of Christopher Shannon, whose Inca motifs take direct influence from David Attenborough’s Human Planet documentary series. Yet our female too gets a taste of the bestial with the work of Emma Cook.

He will pass through Vienna for a taste of sophistication with the impeccably cut clothing of Petar Petrov, while she will make a trip to A Coruña in Spain to experience the urban female influence that transcends through the clothing of Masscob.

Scandinavia will offer the duo clothing that neither will be able to resist: they will fall in love with the knitted wool sweatshirts of Carin Wester, embrace the winter influence of the Jacquard sweatshirts at Wood Wood, and be drawn in by the charm of the leather bags of Yvonne Kone.

Her style will be brightly coloured in Rodebjer, restrained in Stine Goya, glamorous in Veronica B Vallenes, sleek in Kokooon, and minimal in Back by Ann Sofie Back. The blogging ladies of Anywho.dk will offer her a jacket, their collaborative effort with Danish brand Kobra. Meanwhile, he will take on the air of an officer in Soulland, be casual in both Norse Projects and Libertine Libertine, and track down the perfect chino at Hope.

Italy will proudly demonstrate the legacy of dandy fashion with Consuelo Castiglioni’s beautiful designs for Marni, and will provide both male and female with mountaineering boots from Diemme.

In Paris, our male will proudly wear his unique Monsieur Lacenaire sweatshirts, the darkly humorous printed designs of Maison Chose, and the work-wear of Bleu de Paname, whilst keeping warm in a chapka hats, kindly provided by the team at Pigalle. She will fall victim to the beautiful dresses of Maria Luisa and play the high fashion secret agent in Carven, whilst wearing a Maison Michel hat. The next day, she will most certainly be the “Belle de Jour,” dressed from head to toe in the clothing of multidisciplinary fashion collective Surface To Air. The pair will also sample a taste of the androgynous with Silent by Damir Doma.

We end our trip back in Belgium, where the pair experience a true sense of exclusivity in the clothing of Jan-Jan Van Essche, a feeling enhanced by the splendour of Mouton Collet jewellery. She will be radiant in Céline Collard, and demonstrate her structured femininity in Wolf. By Sofie Claes, complimented suitably with a Vanessa Aerts bracelet. For special occasions, she will be dressed in Christian Wijnants, sporting abstract prints and luxurious mesh structures… it looks set to be quite the season!

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Hunting and Collecting will also offer a selection of design products: handmade Dream Catches, designer bed sheets, Totem cups and bowls, printed carpets and cushions, chairs, magazines, and candles to help that evoke the ever-distant memory of childhood…

There will also be a lifestyle section: Marshall headphones, Kitsuné compilation CDs, accessories for the latest electronic gadgets, electronic cigarettes (a Belgian exclusive!), and a corner curated by the Bozar Museum Shop.

Continuing our series of events, exhibitions, and parties, this September will see the launch of the Raw Edges exhibition at Hunting and Collecting, part of the Belgian ‘Design September’ month, and a party with the Parisian label Surface To Air.

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