Special Envoy to Brussels
Standing in the entrance of his very beautiful shop in the chic district of Brussels, "Monsieur" as his collaborators call him, recounts the day in 1983 when, in search of a small space to present his work as a decorator, he rang the door of the private mansion, at 158 avenue Louise.
“Sir, where did you see that there is something for rent in this building?
», Answers the tenant on the ground floor.
This lady, Jacqueline Léonard, who took over the sewing workshop founded in the 1920s by a certain Paul Natan, finally sold the entrance hall to the 26-year-old young man at a derisory rent.
Edouard Vermeulen, quite proud to have his pied-à-terre in the prestigious Louise district, set up his samples there and gradually built up his clientele among the faithful of the beauty institute on the first floor.
In the wake of Queen Paola
Two years later, when the seamstress retired, the decorator took over the space and, to simplify the process, kept…
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