De Antwerpse Zes - Belgische Modeontwerpers

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raf would take public transit for the inspo

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raf seems like he'd elegantly shrug when he gets caught in traffic for 3 hours.

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Kate Moss modelling a couture dress and the bridal toile for W Magazine

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Yeah it's the same mohair dress in both

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Oh shit, Antwerp stock sales are happening next week - I had no idea



Dries, Schneider, Jan-Jan, Ann, Margiela, Haider.... No Raf this time around though which is a pity.

Must rush to take a day off and move some money around for this.

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New documentary about Martin Margiela comes out tomorrow!

Here's an interview with the director: .

Here's the film's site with a trailer: .

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Margiela fw91

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last day for jan jan's stock sale (andresen too) for anyone interested

https://instagram.com/p/1xsDBUipk0/?tak ... op_antwerp

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I went on thursday and there were only about 4 pieces left for Jan-Jan, not especially worthwhile (though the shop itself is). The rest of the stock sales in Antwerp were better (Margiela's was a colossal waste of time)

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http://www.yoox.com/project/theartistisabsent

this came out today at midnight, haven't watched it yet

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Grebe Can Broken on fake concepts:

For me, if you want to make dreams, make haute couture and show it without pretending that you’re doing something that people can find afterwards even though you don’t sell it. For me, that’s not right. I really want to show reality, not some kind of theory, like, “This is the way that fashion could look like, but you’ll never be able to get it.”

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I went to Antwerp for 48 hours with my son Theo last week -- highly recommend the Dries show at the MoMu (Mode Museum), which has pieces from his archives along with the art and other tangible influences on his decades of design. The Dries flagship store, the Het Modepaleis, is right down the street in a gorgeous 19th century domed triangular building.
Antwerp is great for walking or biking with Velo-Antwerpen, the city's bicycle sharing system (the cars and pedestrians give way); my favorite trip was in a pedestrian-bikes only tunnel under the Scheide river (the vintage wooden escalators are fantastic).
The bikes are also helpful to get to Ann Demuelemeester's flagship store (a 10-minute ride from the city center) in a spare and modern space (a contrast to Dries's), where some pieces from previous seasons are deeply discounted. Also away from the city center, so the bikes are useful, is Atelier Solarshop, a store curated by Jan Jan Van Essche and his partner -- the only place to find his designs in the city. We found a leather satchel and antique little green-glass bottle. We also liked DVS's second-floor shop with a good collection of Walter van Beirendonck.
Then there are the quality vintage shops, including Labels, Inc.where we found a BLESS t-shirt (for Theo) and CDG jacket(for me) for 150 euros combined -- not to mention great coffee shops on every charming street (we especially liked Abol, right near the Cathedral, where the Ethiopian coffee is fantastic).

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thanks, I do appreciate the interest interest, but the site is not yet letting me post photos. I will as soon as I am allowed (though I don't know how to reach that marker).

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Album Link:

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http://1granary.com/interviews/mastermi ... t-bruloot/

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Dazed, 2014

'Is Walter an alien? Who killed fashion?' – We take a closer look at the rare printed ephemera from the Belgian designer's archive

A strong graphical output and even stronger subversive statements have been at the core of Walter Van Beirendonck’s world for almost three decades. As we explore rare and never-before-seen printed ephemera from the designer’s archive, Walter looks back on his five boldest designs.


Walter Van Beirendonck 'Walter Worldwide News', 'Fashion is Dead!' Newspaper Invitation for Presentation SS90 Collection
Photography by Ronald Stoops, taken from 'Belgian Fashion Design', edited by Luc Derycke and Sandra Van De Veire, published by Ludion in 1999
"This is the cover of the newspaper I made as an invitation for the 'Fashion Is Dead Collection' (SS90). It included a series of interviews with my longtime collaborators Inge grognard, Ronald Stoops, Paul Boudens, Anne Kurris, Elza Arras, and also a series of fake stories such as 'Is Walter an Alien?'. I also presented a fake perfume, 'EXCESS = his Master's Choice', which was a bottle (made by Raf Simons – also the mask on the cover is made by him – who was interning at that time in my studio). My dog Sado is on the top of the bottle and on the fake publicity image. The 'Fashion is Dead Collection' was my reaction to the fashion-system. I was very disappointed with the lies and difficulties of working in fashion."

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More!!

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Highly recommend - incredible collection of footwear.

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AW15

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Today was the start of stock-sales in Antwerp so we went hunting for garments of questionable health

First up we got a ticket reserving us a spot in Dries at 12:30 so to kill time until then we did AF Vandervorst



Dries was pretty good this season - mostly AW14 stuff which wasn't a good season for me as a customer but plenty of other bits too. Didn't get pictures in the blood frenzy sorry.

Next up was Ann/Haider who moved conveniently to nearby Dries at the quay. Also no pictures. Haider stuff was nice but stupid money even in stock sales. Ann stuff was really good but more-so for women then men. Prices were better than expected for Ann but still high.

Then onto Christian Wijnants who I should really post about in this thread because he's rad. Only womenswear but did well out of it.



This season also saw Walter doing a stocksale which is unusual so we went but sadly we were five minutes too late to get in. Looked like a huge archive clearance from our brief peek across the threshold so that's a shame.

Lastly in the evening we snuck into the Stephan Schneider sale which doesn't officially start until tomorrow but Those In The Know can waltz right in.



Almost no customers, had plenty of time to browse everything. Prices are unbelievably good there as always.

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Fernando Cabral modelling Dries Van Noten SS14 for





Crosspost to Casual Tie

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