Vlaanderen. Kunsttijdschrift. Jaargang 63

[p. 17]

Yens Cuyvers

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Everything inspires me. Whenever I see something fascinating, I write or sketch it down or take a picture of it and then google it. Boys are my one and only eternal fascination. I'm not entirely sure why I decided to go for fashion. But at the time, it seemed to be the logical choice since everything I liked to do was combined in this one study. So at 16, I made up my mind and decided to study fashion. I went to the school's open house and from then onwards worked hard to be admitted. I took sewing classes, extra drawing classes in the local academy... I still don't regret my decision. The Antwerp Academy is pretty famous in Belgium and everyone in my family knew about the school and its reputation. But at the same time everyone felt the urge to warn me that it wouldn't be easy to be admitted, to stay in or to succeed! But that didn't scare me off at all, it was Antwerp or nothing. I felt that when I'm not good enough for Antwerp, then I'm not good enough in general and then I shouldn't be a fashion designer. I took the hard way I, know, but as I believe in the job and in myself, I really hope to become a happy and successful designer one day.

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