Jan-Jan Van Essche, the mystical Belgian designer who has garnered a cult following around the globe for his timeless and poetic series of garments is joining Dominique Nzeyimana at the loft. An award-winning Antwerp Fashion Academy alumnus, Jan-Jan is the co-founder of experiential treasure-hunting store Atelier Solarshop. His namesake work is sold at design temples from Ginza to London and counts fans among culture-shifters like Rihanna and Oscar winner Barry Jenkins. On this episode of...

The simply singular Jewelry and Accessories phenomenon Stephanie D’heygere takes Dominique on the oddissey of how she broke into fashion. On her first ever podcast, the designer melds together her career from multiple rejections to securing major-league internships with JC de Castelbajac, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, Zac Posen and Jeremy Scott to then steering the Jewelry departments at iconic labels like Maison Margiela and Dior to flying out of the gate ultra-strong as creative director of her...

Ray Fuego is a once-in-a-generation artist & phenomenon and Dominique is honoured to finally have him sit down at the loft as she's been trying to get him on the show since its inception. As an original member of Amsterdam activist art collective and cultural movement SMIB, award-winning solo artist,  Ploegendienst frontman & best-dressed man according to GQ, Ray Fuego is a singular stage-killer and cultural waymarker streaming meaning and music from The Netherlands to the globe. ...

In the span of the past couple of months, Karina Zharmukhambetova has walked Pieter Mulier's first ALAÏA runway show, conceptualised supportive structures and programs for minoritized and underrepresented youth, all while building an archival fashion platform with one of her best friends - previous The Most guest Maude Van Dievoet. Dominique and Karina discuss how modern work-circumstances for models can be improved, how losing a steady job in the very early stages of the pandemic felt, why...

Maude Van Dievoet is a Belgian archival fashion entrepreneur, stylist and model.  She is the co-founder of archival designer and vintage store and platform ‘STOF’ (together with Karina Zharmukhambetova) and as a passionate champion of Belgian design she dedicates herself to unearthing extremely rare pieces and making them accessible for new audiences. Maude talks to host Dominique Nzeyimana about how her parents’ affiliation with the Belgian and international fashion world deeply influenced...

The abundantly talented painter Bahati Simoens sits down with Dominique Nzeyimana at the loft for an extensive talk.  From growing up happy-go-lucky in Burundi to a less comfortable life in Belgium, Bahati shares how she finally found her footing becoming a raved-about artist within 2 years of first putting a brush to canvas. Channelling and reflecting her Black gaze on the bodies she brilliantly paints with palpable tenderness & light, Bahati Simoens’ figurative work self-contains an...

As an annual holiday tradition Dominique invites a special guest to look back at the year past and to put some intentions towards the future. This year who better to invite than recently published author, husband and business partner Stefaan Pauwels for a talk about taking up space in museums, publishing the traditional way, new mantras learned from The Most guests, the loss of Virgil Abloh and of course Stefaan's stellar poetry debut and event. Dominique also ponders some things she really...

Tune in for a sitdown with the ultra-magnetic rapper & stellar performer Miss Angel. Since blowing up with her debut single in '18, Angel landed slots at top European festivals and stages, released 2 EP’s and got hand-picked by Spotify to light up Times Square NY. Angel and Dominique bond over navigating the world of teaching at a young age and the artist retraces feeling lost and unseen to finally stepping into her purpose and landing high and mighty in the "concrete jungle where dreams...

Widely known by his alias & artistic clothing label Denim Tears, Tremaine Emory is also the co-founder of multi-disciplinary nightlife collective No Vacancy Inn. Having previously joined forces with his friends Frank Ocean, Virgil Abloh and Kanye West on various music and fashion projects, the cultural current shifter is now single-handedly injecting a conscious freshness into brands like Converse and Champion, challenging all white-centric and heteronormative storytelling along the way.

Australian-born, Antwerp-based designer of digital fashion company Mutani, Shayli Harrison sits down for a critical and crucial talk about the future of fashion. Shayli's work is inherently revolutionary - from her Antwerp Fashion Department designs to the ‘phygital’ fashion she’s unleashing on the metaverse today. She discusses growing up with survivalist interests in the unique nature-scape of Perth, how she cut her teeth in the fashion industry and how she learned to trust her own instincts.

Internationally renowned curator, researcher and programmer Amal Alhaag sits down with Dominique for a deep-dive into a remarkable life. Based in Amsterdam, Amal's projects and collaborations question and deconstruct set narratives within global politics, post-colonialism, counter-culture, oral history, pop, hiphop and visual culture, archival work and more. Amal talks about the "dirty work" that institutions require, how she is embracing her rude auntie-era and why it is time to build our...

Premier tastemaker Robin De Flô aka Flo founder of former Antwerp streetwear cult label A Cut Above and now also of high end sustainable repurposing project Arkaiv joins Dominique Nzeyimana for a beginning-to-future talk. Flo opens up about runway memories & re-appropriation stories with Raf Simons, a life of success, stumbles & forever growth. The two discuss the importance of self-reflection, good music, how to move on after loss, falling in love with vintage, wedding-saving &...

In 2004 Guillaume "Gee" Schmidt and Edson Sabajo opened the sneaker store Patta in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. What started out as a small shop insiders would frequent to get their fix of rare imported sneakers, turned into an absolute global phenomenon. Over the past 14 years Patta became the Black-owned brand that boasts some of the most iconic & coveted collaborations in footwear & fashion history. On this episode you can hear Guillaume "Gee" Schmidt retell Patta's origin story...

Director and Chief Curator of MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp Kaat Debo is internationally respected as an absolute authority on Belgian fashion and independent avant-garde designers. As a huge fan of MoMu Dominique is keen to talk to Kaat about how she collaborated with several Antwerp Six members on their respective retrospectives, what to expect from the grand reopening of MoMu and its accompanying exhibitions & events this September and how she is looking to diversifying MoMu's team,...

Quinsy Gario, the Award-winning performance poet, writer, visual artist & activist visits Dominique Nzeyimana. Quinsy's most famous art project took on the racist figure of Black Pete bringing about a true shift in the Lowlands. But there is a lot more to talk about of course: like Sint-Maarten memories and the cliché reason that got him into poetry. Quinsy also talks academia, the art of archiving and his recent performances at Beursschouwburg. All with that brilliant laugh peppered in...

Internationally acclaimed graphic designer Paul Boudens who is intrinsically linked with the Antwerp Six talks to Dominique Nzeyimana about working with some of fashion's biggest names, the inception & eventual loss of (N°) A Magazine and how he aims to embody the personalities of his clients without losing his own way. The two also discuss how much blood is needed to design a 90s Jurgi Persoons invitation and what it is like to have Jun Takahashi's team biking through your...

Artistic and General Director of Beursschouwburg, Brussels most cutting-edge art centre, Melat Gebeyaw Nigussie, tells her story from first not feeling seen as a kid of the diaspora to how Black critical theory introduced her to a new world of thought. She also shares her opinions on the many inclusivity hurdles the art world faces and the practices that help her and her team create a transparent, welcoming space for underserved communities.

Visual artist and graphic novelist Brecht Vandenbroucke talks being a kid growing up on a farm while also running his precocious little publishing house. He opens up about having to mature quickly, why he once took a break from pop culture and how he tries to deal with the tension between chaos and order. The artist also discusses the challenges of weaving the storyline of his latest book 'Shady' and the importance of humility and self-improvement.

Award-winning playwright, theatre director, actor and singer Sachli Gholamalizad and host Dominique Nzeyimana don't hold back as they discuss Sachli's path from first realising she had a talent as an introverted kid in poetry class to writing, directing and performing a trilogy based on her family history. The fearlessly dedicated artist delves into her love-hate bond with acting, moving past gatekeepers, creating during a worldwide pandemic and the important themes that she wants to work on...

'A Magazine Curated By' editor-in-chief and overall force Dan Thawley has taken on fashion from every angle, including working in retail & modelling, providing him with a rather rare holistic view of the industry. Now helming one of the most exciting and future-proof publications, Dan talks to Dominique about growing up in Sydney, the origin story of what was then called N°A Magazine - conceived by previous The Most guest Walter Van Beirendonck- and re-printing the infamous Maison Martin...

Clare Rojas whose work has been acquired by MoMA and the Whitney Museum in New York talks to Dominique Nzeyimana about snakes, attending high profile art schools as a scholarship-kid, The Cure, writing and producing her fifth album ‘Grocery Store Flowers’, growing up in a Peruvian-American household in Ohio, the quest for like-minded and ambitious gallerists, spending her working and waking hours between compulsive painting and obsessive songwriting and shedding her alter ego Peggy Honeywell.

The incredible DJ Grazzhoppa joins Dominique for a conversation about life and career. Hear the internationally lauded DJ, turntablist & producer talk early beginnings and the lightning strike that hit when hip-hop entered his life. Grazz talks lessons learned, working with the most respected names in the business, press, workflow, longevity and how his beats and cuts make it into Rosas pieces and onto records with Griselda's Benny The Butcher and Reggie Washington.

Inès Eshun talks to Dominique about directing and writing her short film that won big at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival, making her debut as a TV showrunner and her journey from being a gifted kid growing up in between Catholic schools and social housing and parenting herself as well as her younger siblings to carving out a strategy and vision for personal and spiritual success. Inès also talks working with BAFTA Winner and Oscar nominee Raoul Peck who bought the rights to her latest...

Multi-hyphenate Dalilla Hermans accepted Dominique’s invitation to come back on the show to keep up with a The Most Christmas tradition set in motion last year. The two friends can’t help but engage in overly candid conversations, so find out what happened when Dalilla invited 30 Black women - including your host - to spend a weekend in the woods as an inspiration for her play HER(E) that premiered 6 weeks later. The duo also tries out some new segments Dominique came up with like ‘Can I...

From creating looks for Arca and FENTY, grabbing multiple covers among which POP Magazine and 032C, to recently being named one of the 50 most innovative young creative talents around the world by The British Fashion Council; career wise 2020 has been a good year for rising make-up marvel Cécile Paravina. She and Dominique talk her early days botching her studies at two renowned fashion schools to switching it all-around and becoming the go to beauty-visionary for her fellow students to where...