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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 creative flame alive and how to connect with people for real. 

Get an inside look at the making of TEARS and Naud’s vision on dealing with pitfalls and mental health standoffs - distilling beauty from chaos while figuring out how to move at your own pace.

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Aster Nzeyimana is an outstanding Belgian sports journalist, presenter and TV-host. 

As the youngest-ever sports anchor on Flemish prime-time news, Aster has carved out an impressive media career budding from prodigy-status to multi-talented screen and airwaves mainstay. Today, he impresses audiences both in UEFA Champions League studios and global smash formats like ‘The Voice’. 

Sitting comfortably at the loft, the two Nzeyimana’s hit replay on some of his major highlights & crunch-time challenges. 

The pair discuss complex family tales, Aster's beginnings on student radio and moving through media spaces with poise and verve. 

Aster opens up about his own version of the ‘inner saboteur’, the thrill and lesson-learning behind major-league football journalism and what it’s like plugging into 100-crew-strong live audience shows. 

From broadcasting to fostering a future for newly launched fashion brand Mélange, co-founded with fiancée Lize Feryn, Aster's story is one of trust-falling and hitting your cue when it truly matters.

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Coely is an award-winning artist from Belgium. A 21st century virtuoso with a golden voice and ultra-magnetic flow, who makes waves in whatever lane she decides to pull up in. Singing, rapping, beatboxing, writing, coaching and now also designing - Coely does it all.

Offering: “I told my people: ‘Immediately yes. We have to do ‘The Most’,’” upon entering the loft, Coely then takes Dominique on a trip from early-day audiences to alchemising her scars into international success, uncovering new skills along the way. Together the pair discuss turbulent upbringings, finding community and the power of a great artistic team. 

You also get the story and intention behind Coely’s first-ever fashion collab with Belgian retailer Zeb. Finally, she dissects some of her album-craft and expands on how her resilient sophomore record ‘Alive’ grew from falling into deep depression to healing her inner child.

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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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As creative director of SHOWstudio and other independent clients, Calum Knight is used to overseeing the output, collaborations and projects of some of the biggest names in fashion, music and culture. Born to cult-parents Charlotte and Nick Knight, Calum grew up in the trade of fashion and music story-telling and worked alongside their family from an early age, probably holding the record for youngest “consultant” to Lady Gaga ever.

Joining Dominique Nzeyimana for an open, heartwarming and fast-paced conversation, Calum discusses how inhabiting multiple positions within the fashion industry from assistant buyer to model to producer, couture intern, content editor and critic has positioned them firmly at the intersection that fuels their vision as a creative director. 

The duo also discusses Calum's lessons learned from working with John Galliano, carving out new lanes for queer perspectives and how working on The Met’s upcoming exhibition ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ alongside mega-curator Andrew Bolton and legendary imagemaker Nick Knight has reignited their deep love for the art of fashion. 

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This is a preview of 'THE MOST EXTRA' episode 001. 

A PATREON ONLY  1-hour episode that will drop every other week in which Dominique and members of The Most Friends and Family talk Obsessions, Fashion, Pop culture, Trash & Genius TV, MESS, Inspirations, OPPS (which stands for Other People’s Problems), what it’s like doing The Most and so much more. 

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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 West. 

You’ll also get the story behind his deep bond with gallerist Tim Van Laere and how their partnership came to be.

From Rinus’ first fantasies of creation, learning to advocate for his art to producing internationally raved-about exhibitions across continents: you’ll hear all about it from the man behind the masterpieces himself. 

A true Modern Great! 

To visit Rinus Van de Velde ‘I’m Done Singing About the Past’ at Tim Van Laere Gallery Rome go HERE.

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Inge Onsea is a total embodiment of joie de vivre which makes her the perfect guest during The Most wonderful time of the year. 

As the co-founder and creative director of global brand ESSENTIEL ANTWERP Inge has lived quite the rollercoaster of a life. A self-described "woman without a plan" Inge's career flowed from gigs as a background singer to magician’s assistant to ‘mannequin de cabine’ for big names like MUGLER and Max Mara before founding her own label in 1999 with her business partner and father of her children Esfan Eghtessadi. 

As she and Dominique sit down for a long conversation, Inge describes the road from starting out designing a few T-shirts to growing a global brand with 165 employees, 30+ flagship stores (from London to Paris to  Seoul to New York) and 780 salespoints worldwide including Neiman Marcus and Anthropologie – while still remaining independent. 

Inge also has no qualms talking about the beautiful chaos that is her private life and how her travels and home contribute to living an unapologetic life. 

This episode of The Most is brought to you by MAISON NOILLY PRAT, the original vermouth crafted by the sea in the South of France. 

Enjoy responsibly. 

Happy Holidays! 

Inge Onsea 

ESSENTIEL ANTWERP 

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Vincent van de Waal, creative director of global streetwear juggernaut Patta came fully willing to talk and as he starts out by telling Dominique they can discuss everything she wants, your host couldn't be happier. 

Listen in as the duo traces back Vincent's journey from hanging outside the local community centre and parole office in Leiden to his big move to Amsterdam at the tender age of seventeen and getting his first jobs selling ties and later on nuts at the market. 

The true quest into where his passions lie lead Vincent to a succesful run at the prestigious Rietveld Academy where he found multiple mentors and associates for life. 

The two also discuss his lifetime commitment to Patta, team work, his style influences, the evolution of his visual art practice, the aspirations of his post-punk band OWN and - drumroll - future Patta plans. 

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Dominique is convinced that there are very few people more talented and cooler than today’s The Most guest Martha Canga Antonio aka Martha Da’ro.

As the award-winning - among which ‘Best Actress’ for her debut movie role in 2015 - multi-disciplinarian artist sits down in the loft, the two dive into an honest conversation about self-discovery, growth, breaking away from “feeling lost in the sauce”, the protection she received while filming a brutal story and the road to her STELLAR brand new album ‘Philophobia’.  

‘Philophobia’ by Martha Da'ro Out Now! 

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