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Christelle Bukasa
A showroom, a sewing workshop, a photo studio and portraits of women from the region: in Neufchâteau, she has brought it all together under three letters, BKS. In 2026, she took twelve looks all the way to the catwalk in Arlon.
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Photos Vincent Gallez
Based on articles published by info-lux.com from 2024 to 2026
Christelle Bukasa is a textile stylist, art director and personal shopper with more than ten years' experience. She trained at Francisco Ferrer in Brussels, then in management, and has settled in Neufchâteau with her family.
Since childhood, she has been transforming fabrics, ribbons and second-hand clothes.
Making fashion a tool for expression, empowerment and local impact.
Christelle Bukasa, 2025
A showroom with a photo studio
On Rue Lucien Burnotte in Neufchâteau, BKS Shop Design brings several trades together: personal shopping and styling by appointment, textile customisation, a sewing workshop (made-to-measure, alterations, event dresses), a pop-up space for local designers, and a photo studio for hire for professional photo shoots. The venue also hosts exhibitions, conceptual photo shoots and visual collaborations with artists.
She stands by her choice of town: “This is where I live, and I want to help drive the province forward. Neufchâteau deserves an inspiring fashion & art space, open to everyone.”
We take our time, we adjust, we personalise. Here, we don’t disguise people. We reveal their light.
Christelle Bukasa, 2025
Designs on the region’s catwalks
In September 2024, her creations are already on the catwalk in Neufchâteau: the Culture Fashion Day at Espace 29 thanks “Bksbindaf by Christelle Bukasa” among its designers.
Her 2026 designer profile sums up a career that has taken her “from the workshop to photo shoots, from private clients to big stages”. In it, she describes BKS as “a place where couture, fashion, image, artists and designers meet”.
“Le Fil Sacré” premieres in Arlon
On 18 September 2026, she walks the Lux Fashion Week runway for the first time, one of the edition’s four newcomers, with the eleventh of the thirteen collections. “Le Fil Sacré” is presented as “a collection of twelve looks conceived as a path”, echoing the twelve apostles: “twelve different presences gathered around a single legacy”.
The materials echo one another: wax print, bazin, lace, beads, sheer fabrics, feathers, sequins, tulle. The palette follows the story: white for light, burgundy and deep red for life and the journey, gold for what remains precious, emerald green for rebirth. The models were of different ages, including one with white hair.
Each outfit is a stage. Each fabric carries a trace. And together they become an act of gratitude.
Presentation of “Le Fil Sacré”, 2026
The thread, the profile explains, is the sewing kind, and also “what connects”. On the catwalk, the sequence alternates long evening gowns, red lace, floral burgundy and white sequins, before a finale of trains.
“Invitée BKS”, portraits of women
In 2026, BKS also launches an editorial series published by info-lux.com: “Invitée BKS”, portraits of inspiring women from the region, shot at its venue in Neufchâteau. Christelle Bukasa conducts the interviews; the photos are by Christophe Van Bellingen.
The first guest, in June 2026, is entrepreneur Diana Pierret-Kerger. The second, in September, is Ann Martin, who has been a piercer in Neufchâteau for nearly thirty years.
Christelle Bukasa in the media
The venue, the catwalk shows and the portrait series, as published by info-lux.com, from oldest to most recent.
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Neufchâteau > Culture Fashion Day > Photos
Her creations among those shown on the night, at Espace 29.
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Neufchâteau > BKS Shop Design: when fashion becomes a way of life, by Christelle Bukasa
A portrait of her showroom and her project.
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Diana Pierret-Kerger, the entrepreneur who built when nothing had yet been built — BKS guest
The first portrait in the series, interview by Christelle Bukasa.
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Ann Martin, three generations under the skin in Neufchâteau — BKS guest
The second portrait in the series.
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Christelle Bukasa at Lux Fashion Week 2026: “Le Fil Sacré” in pictures
A first Lux Fashion Week: 25 photos by Vincent Gallez.
“Le Fil Sacré” in pictures
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18 September 2026 · Lux Fashion Week, Arlon, by Vincent Gallez
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On info-lux.com (in French): BKS Shop Design in Neufchâteau (2025) and Christelle Bukasa, “Le Fil Sacré” (2026).
Sources: portrait of BKS Shop Design (September 2025), Ville d’Arlon designer profile republished by info-lux.com (September 2026), reports on the Culture Fashion Day (2024) and the Lux Fashion Week (2026), “Invitée BKS” portraits (2026). Photos: Vincent Gallez for info-lux.com; each photo is credited in its caption.
