2002-2004: MA Womenswear at Central St. Martins

1998-2002: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag, Netherland

1994-1996: School for hairstylist

1989-1994: Secondary school

From 10/2004: Womenswear designer at Viktor and Rolf, Amsterdam, Holland

5/2004- 9/2004: Worked at Alberta Ferretti, including Philosophy by Alberta Ferretti, Cattolica, Italy

08/03/02: Assisted at the presentation of Jurgi Persoons fall/winter collection 02/03 Paris, France

23/10/99: Designed a ten silhouette collection for a fashion show, Corso Theatre

2003: Innovation Fur award finalist

ITS#ONE: Koninklijke Academie Van Beeldenden Kunste

Fashion project presented at ITS#ONE

3/2002: Moulage course at G+N, Gerrit Uitten Boogaard

9/2001-11/2001: stage at Jurgi Persoons summer collection in Antwerpen, Belgium

12/2000-1/2001: stage at Miguel Adrover in New York City fall/winter collection

ITS#ONE  Best Womenswear Collection 

2004: ELLE Style Award for Best Young Designer

2003: Central Saint Martins/Lancome Innovation Award, London

2002: Public prize and Design prize, Zuid-Holland Prize

2002: First Prize Blvd- magazine contest

2002: Won a Photoshoot

2004: Selected by Central St. Martins and invited by St. Petersburg to show collection at St. Petersburg Fashion Week, Russia

2003: Culture Night exhibition, the Dutch Fashion Museum

2003: City exhibition, Brussels

2003: Design Prize, Booimans van Beuningen, Rotterdam

2003: Exhibition Centraal museum, Utrecht

2003: Exhibition Pulchri Studio, The Hague

2002: Exhibition De Waag, Leiden

06/07/00: Exposition of hats at the Dutch Fashion Museum