Brand profile

Ester Manas

Brussels-based label making size-flexible, body-hugging dresses and knitwear, shown on the Paris Fashion Week calendar.

BrusselsOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$Price

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What to know about Ester Manas

Ester Manas is a Brussels-based womenswear label founded in 2019 by Ester Manas and Balthazar Delepierre, who met studying at La Cambre and trained at houses including Balenciaga, Rabanne and Acne Studios. The brand builds size-flexible garments using swimwear and lingerie techniques: ruched jersey, tulle, lace and cutout dresses that stretch across a wide size range rather than being graded up. The duo won the Galeries Lafayette prize at the Hyères festival, an H&M Design Award and ANDAM backing, and show during Paris Fashion Week.

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Rui

$$$Body-con knitsNew York City, United States

Sheer machine-knit second-skin dressing with cut-outs

What changes: More conceptual/sheer, no size-flexible engineering

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Isa Boulder

$$$$Sculptural swimwearBali, Indonesia

Hand-knit body-contouring pieces from swim/lingerie logic

What changes: Resort and swim focus, smaller production, less runway

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PH5

$$$Statement knitwearNew York City, United States

Colour-saturated sculptural knit dresses and sets

What changes: Graphic colour play over stretch fit and size flexibility

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SHUSHU/TONG

$$$$Runway femininityShanghai, China

Runway corsetry and ruffles with a body-aware edge

What changes: Sharper, girlish subversion; standard size grading

Brand facts

Founded
2019
Origin
Brussels, Belgium
Made in
Belgium, France
Price
$$$
Focus
Womenswear
Styles
Avant-garde, Minimalist / Contemporary, Y2K

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