title: Tim Coppens
text: # Tim Coppens
  
  Tim Coppens is a Belgian fashion designer who currently lives and works in New York City. He is an ANDAM and LVMH Prize finalist, as well as three time CFDA nominee, and winner of the 2014 CFDA/Swarovski Award for Best Emerging Menswear Designer.
  
  ## Career
  
  Born and raised in Belgium, Tim Coppens graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1998. Apart from his services to various luxury and athletic brands as Adidas and Ralph Lauren, Coppens founded his own namesake fashion label in 2011 which is sold globally. Barneys New York immediately ordered his first collection and international retailers suit, including Isetan (Japan), Lane Crawford (Hong Kong), Matches (London), Mr Porter (Online) and Dover Street Market (London).
  
  