Meet our ambassadors
What is a Young Patterns-ambassador?
Our ambassadors helped design this project. As a student or young employee in our fashion industry, they share their ideas and concerns with the team.
- And they promote Young Patterns! They are:
- Motivating young people to get started in the fashion industry
- Promoting Young Patterns
- Making their own job / study visible
- Advising Young Patterns on the needs of young employees
- Present at all very relevant gatherings
- The organisers of “Fashion Flows”, the netwerkevent
- The ambassadors are the voice of generation Y & Z.
Some of our former ambassadors
- Beau Bergmans, independant personal coach (after her career as employeee at Café Costume, Antwerp)
- Ann-Sofie D’ Hollander, employee at MRFG, Hasselt
- Florence Philippron, employee at ONLY – BESTSELLER WHOLESALE BELGIUM BVBA Antwerp
Our current ambassadors
Sarah Jeurissen
“Connecting young people to share their story”
Job: production and quality at Bioracer
Contact: Instagram
Gives you advice on: production, first weeks at work, work experience, study experience ‘Modetechnologie – HoGent’
Marie Houtain
“Never Stop Learning Because Life Never Stops Teaching”
Job: Graphic Quality Manager at Advert Hype
Contact: Instagram, mail or LinkedIn
Gives you advice on: the duo-internship, the first weeks at work, job choices, studies before and during work
Paulien Van Dam
“I want to build bridges between young people and the Belgian clothing companies. How? By creating dialogues.”
Job: assistant technical production at BVBA 32 Ann Demeulemeester
Contact: LinkedIn
Gives you advice on: production, product development, the duo-internship, study experience ‘Modetechnologie – HoGent’, job interviews
Jitske Van Assche
‘Finding the job of your dreams can be a real struggle. Keep your head held high and one day, you’ll find it.’
Passion: pattern drawing
Traineeship at Flanders Fashion Makers
Contact: Instagram
Gives you advice on: different types of schools & courses Mode & Creatie secondary school / Modetechnologie – HoGent / current study: pattern drawing at VDAB
Sophie Reuther
Job: production and development at Bioracer
Contact: Instagram
Gives you advice on: production and development, study experience ‘Modetechnologie – HoGent’ with no previous experience in fashion,
Laurie Buczynski
“The day you plant the seed, is not the day you eat the fruit.’
Job: Sales agent for the brands Dream Cather, Djules and Hale Bob
Contact: Instagram – mail – LinkedIn
Gives you advice on: her experience during the duo-internship, her foreign internship & her studies ‘Modetechnologie – HoGent’
Eline Rymenans
Eline has a master’s degree in Journalism & a strong passion for creation. From creating attractive content to creating clothing from thrifted fabrics. Which makes her the perfect social media manager for Young Patterns.
Job: social media manager and content creator for Chase Creative
Contact: Instagram / eline.rymenans@chase.be
Hester Vanacker
Hester just started a Master in Fashion and Luxury Management in Paris after graduating as a Fashion Technologist. She wants to focus on technical innovation and sustainability within the fashion industry. She spent the past year in London and Stockholm and is currently discovering the fashion capital.
Gives advice about: studying or doing an internship abroad
Luna Boumans
“If you want to be successful in this world, you have to follow your passion, not a paycheck” -Jen Welter-
Studies: Creatie & Mode – St. Jozef Instituut Kontich
Gives you advice on: her choice of study & her ambitions
Fleur Vermeersch
Starts bachelor ModeTechnologie – HoGent in September 2020
Finished Creatie & Mode in June 2020 – Prizma Campus IdP Izegem
Contact her by mail or Instagram
Gives you advice on: her choice of study
Chanel Couckuyt
“Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be” – Coco Chanel
Creatie & Mode – Prizma Campus IdP Izegem
Gives you advice on: her choice of study & her ambitions
Zoë Dooghe
“NO to fast fashion , YES to conscious style”
Creatie & Mode – Prizma Campus IdP Izegem
Gives you advice on: her choice of study, her school, her ambitions & sewing
Merel Thys
“People will stare, make it worth their while.”
Creatie & Mode – St. Jozef Instituut Kontich
Gives you advice on: her choice of study.