Ribbon development

Heleen Janssens

Patent leather open toe boots, embroidered with the ‘Mijlstraat’ a street in Duffel, Belgium and a brick covered cube heel, 2022.

Part of the collection โ€˜ARCHIBELGEโ€™, 3 pairs of shoes, 2nd year SASK, dโ€™Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas in Belgium. Inspired by Ugly Belgian Houses, that’s about building in Belgium: ‘Better to be ugly than to be boring’.

Photo’s Hessel Waalewijn.


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