Profession / role:

Designer

Company / organisation:

SENNES

Website (if you have one):

www.sennes.org

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Entrepreneur

I am looking to discover or buy

Sustainable fashion buyers

About me / About business or organisation:

SENNES is North and South, linen and wool, ecological and sustainable, tradition and innovation, natural and urban, a new experience with old knowledge, silent exclusivity and pure distinction.

Clean cut aesthetics and functionality in home accessories, travel bags and outerwear, for women and men,a custom made range of fabric qualities, sizes and colors.

All SENNES items are conceived and manufactured between ANTWERP (Belgium) and the SERRA DA ESTRELA (Portugal).

Career history / Company history:

Nele De Block is Belgian and studied Textile Design at ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels. She develops her passion and technical skills for weaving at first as a textile designer for automotive. She then becomes Art Director for BETET SKARA: (Antwerp, 1999-2007) originally created as a social integration program for political Assyrian refugees. In this weaving studio she conducts the process of woven prototyping and production for fashion designers, artists and architects such as Haider Ackermann, Christian Wynants, Bruno Pieters, Stijn Helsen, Tim Van Steenbergen, Bernhard Willhelm, Dries Van Noten and Peter Pilotto.