De Antwerpse Zes - Belgische Modeontwerpers

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dem shirt racks

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[rublev]

I loved the exhibition. I think my favourite thing was perhaps the video screens showing current students through the years. Very inspiring stuff!

That or the Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe AW99 collection video which i watched a couple of times. Really wish i could find images from that collection as i fell in love.

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Marie Claire Belgium, Nov 1984:



(click for high-res)

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No Man Walks Alone has a nice selection of online. The pictures really give you a better sense of some of the items than the lookbook did, lot of lovely little details that you'd otherwise miss. I'm in love with the hooded cardigan, will definitely be on the hunt for it when sales roll around. Love the thread of darker grey woven into it, the material just looks great too.





I really like this scarf a lot too.



Really think this was a strong SS for Schneider, nice to see some stores with good buys from it. Still haven't seen anyone who picked up the short-sleeve sweater though, that looked excellent in the lookbook and I'd love to see closer pictures.

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This coat though



Looking forward to hitting up antwerp after next payday and seeing what's what!

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Schneider upped their shopping bag game



Leather straps with the brand name printed on in gold. v lux.

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Sus p stocking a .

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Ann Demeulermeester, 1996 Carte Blance. Tables designed for Mechelen based furniture company Bulo.





The table is covered in a white painter's canvas, an invitation for heavy use and for it to be painted on, drawn on and worked on. The concept of art, design and process transferring to everyday items. The canvas can be painted white again to reset it back to its purer form.

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Margiela 5 zip puffer (xpost to speckle thread)

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[JtotheWhat]

This might be my favorite forum thread ever (on any forum) I have found myself coming back to look at the whole thread more times than I can count.

[Iliam]

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thought this was gonna be about Matthieu blazy

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Schneider AW14 stuff is starting to go up on stockists like WrongWeather and Browns. Some decent pieces already.

This jumper isn't my cup of tea as a piece but looks really very good worn on the model. Reckon lots of lads could do this piece fierce justice.







This coat is a bit weird but the material looks really funky.

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Pretty jealous of how good the Dries Van Noten AW14 women's collection is starting to look. Excited to see this stuff in person, more so than the men's.

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Old storage boxes from the factory.



Standing clothes rack with wheels mounted high on the wall.





In-store cinema playing videos of collections.





Tabi wax candles on the table. Note the wallpaper, designed as a paint-by-numbers.



Old suitcases and trolley painted and repurposed as tables.



Shoeboxes used to display shoes.

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What do you all think of

I mean, she's kinda arguing that Blazy should get credit for the work but revealing who he is kinda goes against the whole Margiela design philosophy. Although, the fact that he was the designer is apparently common knowledge so IDK if she's even breaking any news at all.

[Iliam]

i think you're right. this push towards naming and praising blazy individually does seem contrary to margiela's reclamation of the "anonymous artisan" and the value of the collective. i won't be surprised to find that it's mostly a financial decision. from a marketing point of view, it's so much easier to build and sell a brand's identity when it's attached to designer's persona than it is to "sell" anonymity. revealing blazy also creates attention for the brand in the form of news stories, media reports and so on and clearly signals a "new era" and narrative for MMM. everyone likes the young rising star narrative, and obviously suzy menkes is buying it. in the end though, as long as the clothes are interesting, should we care who's designing them?

might be worth sacrificing it just for this image though

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thanks for the article link and the photo. how does the tokyo store compare with the one in brussels?

[Iliam]

yes, 'they' (Renzo Rosso?) are allowing access to blazy at any rate

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The Maison Martin Margiela Atelier during Couture ()

[pirxthepilot]

it is a tricky one because the idea of margiela as collective was a deliberate attempt to emphasise the industrial nature of fashion production and a reaction against the legacy of romanticism that stresses the visionary individual as the fount of creativity, which i completely agree with... at the same time, the people who do much of the actual work within fashion houses are often under-paid and recognised, perhaps menkes was simply trying to address that.
(in this connection, great to see nadege vanhee finally getting what she deserves..!)