2008-2010: MA Fashion Menswear, Royal College of Art, London , United Kingdom
2003-2007: BA Fashion Design, Menswear,  ArtEZ, Academy of Arts, Arnhem, the Netherlands
1998-2003: A-level (Atheneum),Jeanne D’Arc College, Maastricht, the Netherlands

10/2007 - 10/2008: Ann-Sofie Back Ltd, London, RTW-womenswear,Studio & Production Manager

2010: Shortlisted for the IFF Fragrance Awards

ITS#NINE: Royal College of Art

Fashion project presented at ITS#NINE

2008: Working for Sander Lak, assisting with completing his MA graduation collection at Central Saint Martins
2007: Backstage Assistant + Production Assistant for Ann-Sofie Back show, London (UK)
2006: Internship with Ann-Sofie Back, London (UK)

2010:
Fashion 156 Blog, Online Style Blog, Full article with publication of images
Arts Thread Blog, Online Arts Blog, Publication of Imags and mention

2009:
Stylesalvadge, Online style Blog, Publication of Images and mention
Wallpaper Online Blog, Televised Interview + publication of Images
Les Echos, TV-interview
TIME magazine, Style & Design, magazine
New York Times Blog, The Moment, Online blog about my experiences with Brioni in Italy

2007:
TV Gelderland, Modemaandag, Local TV magazine
NOS Journaal op Nederland 3, Daily newsmagazine, interview and presentation of graduation collection
Graduation Catalogue, ArtEZ, Academy of Arts, Arnhem (NL)
NPS Arena, Live Television Show, Interviewed by Hadassah de Boer and presentation of graduation collection

2010: winner of Conran Foundation Design Award, London, (UK)

Workshops:
2009: Brioni Tailoring Workshop, Italy UPS Project UMBRO Project 2005-2006: Collection Arnhem (www.collectiearnhem.nl) 2005: HEMA design workshop with Fransico van Benthum (Wolf menswear) Design your own Rock band workshop with Pascale Gatzen (www.pascalegatzen.nl) Design workshop with Diederik Verstraten (Diesel)

Exhibitions:
2010: Work in Progress Show ’10, Royal College of Art, London (UK)
2009: Work in Progress Show ‘09, Royal College of Art, London (UK)
2007:
Fashion show, NieuweOntwerpers.nl, Mode tent #2, Rotterdam (NL)
Graduation Show Arnhem, ArtEZ, Academy of Arts, Arnhem (NL)
2005: HEMA contest, Menswear jacket, exposed in the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (NL)

Languages:
Dutch (Native), English (Excellent), French& German (Good)

Computer:
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Indesign CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Microsoft Office (Including: Word, Powerpoint, Excel) (Excellent)