Monique van Heist (Haarsteeg, 11 May 1972) is a

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fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

. Heist mainly focusses on women’s wear and

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wardrobe pieces. Some of her fashion lines are available for long periods of time. In 2003 she studied at the

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and graduated in 2004. In 2009 she presented one of her fashion lines in a dimly lit gay bar in

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using ordinary people as clothing models.17 APRIL 2011, in Modeontwerpers by Georgette Koning, Independent Fashion Daily
Monique van Heist: “Er is veel slechte kleding”
Retrieved October 20, 2014

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