Start it Fashion
Grow your fashion network
Grow your creative business
2024 Applications are closed! Pre-register for our next edition
Bring your creative vision to life in the city of fashion
Start it Fashion is a program designed to launch pre-startups, advanced startups and scale-ups navigate the fashion industry.
The power of Start it Fashion
Take from our Alumni
I've never grown so much as I have in this last year in the first fashion accelerator program. It was amazing to see all the interest and support from the community in what we have achieved, and who we have become!
Start it Fashion provided not just business guidance and support, but a hashtag#network of like-minded individuals who understand the wild ride of entrepreneurship.
Why apply?
Expand your network, business, skills, and market reach with personalized coaching and bootstrapping support, all with no strings attached.
A unique one-year program, navigating the fashion industry:
- 43 hours of personalised coaching, spread across 12 months (16 more than the standard program)
- 6 workshops specifically focused on fashion & creation on top of regular training offer
- Networking evenings exclusively focused on fashion startups, organised by the City of Antwerp & Start it @KBC
- A fashion SIG (Special Interest Group) focusing on themes such as hardware development, sustainability & SAAS platforms
Fashion in Antwerp
A specialised program added on top of the existing Start it @KBC accelerator program, tailored to the specific needs of fashion startups.
Powered by the City of Antwerp
Application process
Full one-year program
Read about our fashion cohort
Antwerp fashion entrepreneurs Lies Mertens and Anton Janssens looking for new 'Antwerp Eight'
#BehindTheScenes at Start it Fashion & Creative Bootcamp: Designer boots hit the ground running
