Cedric Jacquemyn graduated in 2010 from the
Antwerp Academy, walking in the footsteps of previous alumni such as
Martin Margiela and
Ann Demeulemeester. After graduating he decided to start a label under his own name in a continuing artistic dialogue with photographer
Yves De Brabander. In January 2011 he presented his first collection
The Last Glacier - A/W 2011-12 at
Paris Fashion Week in the showroom of pioneering concept store RA. The collection was a continuation on his graduation collection
The Last Glacier S/S 2011, based on human impact on nature. Jacquemyn's
Glacier collection was inspired by a trip to the
glaciers in
Iceland. During
London Fashion Week 2012, Jacquemyn was one of the "emerging fashion talents from Belgium" presented by the Flanders Fashion Institute, the
British Fashion Council and the
British Council, together with over 80 international emerging designers. In 2014 Cedric Jacquemyn was nominated for the
International Woolmark Prize in the category "Europe nominees: Menswear". Cedric Jacquemyn was included at the exhibition "The Belgians, An Unexpected Fashion Story" in 2015 at
Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels. In the fifteenth collection
Geworfenheit, pt II the label opted to focus for complicated tailoring and premium materials. The craftsmanship of Cedric Jacquemyn is appreciated by artists such as American designer
Andrew Yang, who referred to him as his favorite Belgian fashion designer, and the Belgian musician
Tamino, who regularly wears Jacquemyn's pieces during concerts. On the cover of his first full-length album
Amir, Tamino wears a necklace from Jacquemyn's jewelry collection. In September 2022, Jacquemyn started a position as Visiting Professor lecturing Fashion Design at the
Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. ==References==