NATHALIE LEBORGNE
Costume Designer, Period & Historical Costume
Feature Film, International series
Historical range: 1815 → late 20th century
19th Century · WWI · WWII · Post-War · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s–90s
Trained in fine arts, fashion design and styling in Brussels and Antwerp, notably a Master at La Cambre – ENSAV, Nathalie Leborgne has developed over more than thirty years a multidisciplinary expertise combining costume design, fashion, textiles, colour, materials and silhouette research.
Her artistic education also included training in jewellery and jewellery-making at Les Ateliers Lothaire and the Institut des Arts et Métiers in Brussels, where she learned to work with precious metals. This knowledge of materials, craftsmanship and accessory-making became a natural extension of her approach to costume and character design.
She also studied fashion illustration and design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, under the direction of Walter Van Beirendonck, before completing five years of higher education at La Cambre – ENSAV (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels) in Brussels, graduating in Fashion Design and Styling.
During her studies at La Cambre, under the direction of Franc'Pairon, she contributed to the creation of fashion and textile trend concepts and audiovisual presentations for professional textile fairs including Decosit and Textirama.
In late 1992, she moved to Paris, where she first joined Nelly Rodi before working for seven years with Peclers Paris, one of the leading international fashion, textile and trend forecasting agencies.
From 1999 onwards, she also worked as a freelance Textile Stylist and Trend Consultant for Première Vision, one of the world's leading international trade shows for fashion fabrics and materials.
Her work within these trend agencies involved the research and development of fashion trends, colour ranges, fabrics, materials and textile concepts, through trend books, textile presentations, audiovisual concepts and trend forums for international professional trade fairs.
From 1995 to 2001, she also contributed to the scenography of several exhibitions in Paris, Chicago and Geneva, including exhibitions held at the Rothschild estate in Pregny, for Les Grands Ateliers de France, an association bringing together some of France's finest craftspeople.
These projects included collaborations alongside Jean-Pierre Ollier, textile designer and embroiderer whose work has been created for fashion houses including Christian Lacroix, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy.
Since 1996, Nathalie Leborgne has worked primarily as a Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor for film and television productions in Belgium and internationally.
She designs and supervises costumes for feature films, television series, historical productions, period films and contemporary drama, from the initial visual research through to filming: script and character analysis, historical research, costume concepts and moodboards, fabric and material sourcing, manufacturing, purchasing, rentals, fittings, silhouette development and supervision of the costume department.
Her career has led her to collaborate with numerous Belgian and European production companies, including:
Artémis Productions, Scope Pictures, Climax Films, Versus Production, Umedia, Caviar Films, Eyeworks Films, Entre Chien et Loup, Nexus Factory, Samsa Film, Menuetto Film, Potemkino, Lunanime, Stromboli Pictures, Saga Film, Be-FILMS, RTBF, Sequel Prod and Les Gens Studio, among many others.
WORKED WITH
Throughout her career, she has designed, supervised or created costumes for actors including:
Harvey Keitel, Djimon Hounsou, Gérard Depardieu, Rossy de Palma, Aaron Eckhart, Aja Naomi King, Barkhad Abdi, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Anthony Delon, Moritz Bleibtreu, Mark Ivanir, Audrey Tautou, Juliette Binoche, Mélanie Laurent, Bérénice Bejo, Laura Morante, Jérémie Renier, José Garcia, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Benoît Magimel, Jean Reno, Gérard Jugnot, Hippolyte Girardot, Issaka Sawadogo, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle and Michèle Morgan, among others.
INTERNATIONAL FILMING EXPERIENCE
Her work has taken her to productions and film sets across Europe, Africa and North America:
Belgium · France · United Kingdom · Ireland · Netherlands · Germany · Luxembourg · Spain · Italy · Portugal · Greece · Croatia · Romania · Bulgaria · Morocco · Rwanda · Ghana · Canada
This international experience has enabled her to work with a wide variety of production structures, creative teams, working methods and filming environments.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2019 — MAGRITTE AWARD — Best Costume Design
Bye Bye Germany
2019 — Magritte Awards Nomination — Best Costume Design
Bye Bye Germany
2012 — ENSOR — Best Costume Design
The Invader
2012 — Ensor Nomination — Best Costume Design
2022 — Ensor Nomination — Best Costume Design
Cool Abdoul
Her creative career also began with several distinctions in the field of fashion:
1992 — Nomination — International Festival of Fashion and Photography, Hyères
1990 — Fashion & Technology — Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
1984 — Belgian Young Fashion Designer of the Year — Femmes d'Aujourd'hui
Today, Nathalie Leborgne continues to work as a Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor for film and television, while also developing projects in textile design, professional uniforms, material research, sourcing and creative direction for companies and brands wishing to benefit from her extensive experience in fashion, textiles and costume design.