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Philippe Coudeyre, she was at the time his head of atelier and developed the patterns and sewn the dresses after fitting sessions with the Queen Mathilde of Belgium. Queen Mathilde of Belgium wore her dress during the 2014 edition of the celebration of the FĂŞte
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Valentine Avoh grew up in
Brussels in Belgium in the towns of Tervueren and Wezembeek-Oppem in the Flemish part of Belgium with her mother an accountant and her stepfather an economist. Early on, she was a creative child, she always loved fashion and sketch. She studied high school at the Institut
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Coveteur by Sana F. Khan, Avoh expresses the sources of her ideas: “The Atelier Valentine Avoh came as a desire to revive my love for haute couture in Belgium, and design refined fluid, and delicately detailed wedding dresses. My label is inspired by the golden age of cinéma,
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Italian partner, she moved to Milan and worked for fashion label San Andrès. She was also shooting street style photographs for her online blog. She then developed three wedding dresses to advertise her craft and debut her own label. Back to Brussels, she worked as a seamstress for
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Spanish wedding dress label Pronovias, she designed and signed her first commercial model called “Jackie” for the Brussels-based wedding dress boutique Love Sweet Etc. The design “Jackie” became very successful and confirmed her wish to evolve as a bridal designer.
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Valentine started designing her first wedding dress for a friend using ostrich feathers and developed more and more interest in this field. For a few years, she kept on working for design labels while designing and sewing wedding dresses for private clients.
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Nationale Belge during the
National ball. The Queen has worn this dress several times thereafter. In 2015, Valentine Avoh founded her eponym label in Brussels and then opened her own space in 2017 called “the Atelier Valentine Avoh”.
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jazz, and iconic women, yet my designs are for all those who wish to highlight their femininity without compromising ease. I want to create showstopping pieces which could easily be worn for a wedding or on the red carpet.”
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I think of my dresses as red carpet pieces, designed to make a strong impression, but more importantly, they are for all the women who wish to highlight their femininity without compromising ease.
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childhood, the idea kept flourishing in my head until 2015, when I finally decided to launch the brand and opened my atelier in
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