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The globally acclaimed photographer and rebel eternal Willy Vanderperre visits Dominique Nzeyimana at the loft. 
From pastoral Belgium to the world, during an ongoing and decades-spanning career, Willy Vanderperre has lensed highly influential fashion editorials and campaigns season after season. 
When i-D magazine first published young Willy’s work with Raf Simons and the Antwerp Six, it attuned the fashion world at large to his gift. In the following years the most coveted houses and labels like Raf Simons, Jil Sander, Dior, Calvin Klein, Prada, Alaïa and many more all leaned on Willy Vanderperre’s eye for creating culture-shifting and cerebral imagery. As a favoured cover snatcher and editorial contributor, Willy Vanderperre - who has been good friends for years with print god Jefferson Hack - has been published on the pages of DAZED, Another/Another Man, System, DUST, LOVE, W Magazine, Vogue, 032C and more. 
Willy Vanderperre has captured modern muses like Frank Ocean, Rihanna, Arca, Lupita N’yongo, A$AP Rocky, Solange, Dev Hynes, The XX, Maharshela Ali, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Willow Smith, FKA twigs, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Margot Robbie – the list is endless and incredibly impressive. 
His art prompts instant recognition: a Willy Vanderperre shot connects rock hard and squarely. His eternal fascination with youth, yearning, isolation, angst and pop culture has burgeoned into a visual language that extends to all senses, whether they’re expressed through stills or moving parts. Various works of his have been on view at prestigious museums like the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and MoMu in Antwerp. 
At this particular moment in time, Willy Vanderperre’s first feature film ‘Heartlands’ is setting the underground alight.

In a future-classic sit-down, Dominique and Willy discuss the renegade’s upbringing, self-defining spirit & contrarian nature as he has lived his life questioning barriers from rock bottom moments to the top. 
Hear how the artist started drawing from a young age & leaned into his own queer expressiveness through fashion and music. Willy also voices his admiration and views on the new generation(s), and how his lauded filmography went through naked, wasted and sacred stages to bloom into ‘Heartlands’ - his breathtaking debut feature film. 
A timeless conversation on everything to know from the man himself, sharing priceless morsels on a life and career forged in your own way, with your own unique voice. 
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After giving Dominique a private tour of 'Non-Profit At All Cost',  the exhibition she curated at NEST, The Hague, visual artist, curator, fashion & print designer and writer Farida Sedoc takes some time out to look back on her life and practice so far. 
From a difficult couple of years at Fashion University over a devastating park brawl that acted as the fire-starter for her multi-layered cult-label ‘HOSSELAER’  to showing work at some of the best museums in The Netherlands & beyond, Farida Sedoc knows what it means to dig deep and persevere. 
Her artistic work, interventions and curatorship are crucial in challenging the collective consciousness by centring the often unseen or avoided. With forever ties to big city life, her Surinamese heritage and Hip-Hop culture, her work explores, pushes back & reflects on western dogmas and the influence of money, identity, globalism and politics. 
The exhibition ‘Non-Profit At All Cost’ is on until November 6 2022 at NEST The Hague. Info & tickets here.
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Bad Boys For Life at the loft!
Directors Adil & Bilall take time out of their packed schedule to talk to Dominique Nzevimana about their latest fantastic theatrical release 'REBEL'. 
The three examine creating art at the intersection of culture, religion and race but still making it pop. 
Over the years Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have made seismic waves and box office gold with their big, bold films that don’t flinch in the face of explosive action as well as put forward commentary on class and crime. From Brussels film school to Marvel to Disney to Netflix to NAACP Awards & half-a-Billion-dollar-generating movies, they are the blueprint of undeniable talent meeting hard graft and manifestation.

The duo discuss why they make the movies they do and how they knew they were ready to make their paranoia inducing whirlwind feature 'REBEL'.
Dominique wants to explore their poignant portrayal of motherhood and family and dive into their proces for writing convincing & complex Muslim characters. 
Of course you will hear all about what it meant making ‘Bad Boys For Life’ and we get to hear some pivotal lessons from Will Smith.
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WATCH 'REBEL' in cinemas now!

Watch ‘Image’, ‘Black’, ‘Soil’ and on Netflix.
Watch ‘Bad Boys For Life’ on iTunes.
Watch ‘Snowfall’ and ‘Ms. Marvel’ on Disney+.
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Owner of one of the best singing voices in the world and triple threat Monique Harcum aka Mo is at the loft.
The powerhouse keeps Dominique on the edge of her seat with stories about high-stakes auditions, signing to Boyz II Men's label, working with Spike Lee, performing in front of Brad Pitt, being a part of the singular and NAACP Award-nominated Zap Mama as well as the history behind Mo & Grazz. 
As a fierce collaborator and relentless make-it-worker, Mo also elaborates on what true success means to her and how she handles last-minute requests to go on stage at The Eurovision Song Contest or to replace Rita Ora live in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers.
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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 Most, Jan-Jan talks his love for music, contemporary dance, working with luminaries like Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as well as Jurgi Persoons and he shares his hopes for the brand as he prepares for the upcoming Paris Fashion Week.
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Jan-Jan Van Essche will present his SS23 collection at Paris Fashion Week on June 24 2022.

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 ANDAM Accessories Prize-winning and Dover Street Market-coveted brand D’HEYGERE. 
Stephanie details collaborating with arguably the most important fashion protagonist working today: her good friend and mentor - and previous The Most guest -  Y/PROJECT and Diesel Creative Director Glenn Martens.
She and Dominique also discuss the seemingly unlimited Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture-budget and the reach-for-the-stars dreams Stephanie is still harbouring. 
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