A.F.Vandevorst x B. Åkerlund
To commemorate their 20-year anniversary, A.F.Vandervorst and B. Åkerlund have collaborated to create a t-shirt capsule using imagery from iconic archive designs.
Olivier Theyskens: Body of Work
Tomorrow, the Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens will sign copies of his new book, “She Walks In Beauty,” at the Rizzoli store in New York City.
CAPARA: “TAKE LUXURY AND FUCK IT UP”
Graduates of the prestigious Antwerp Academy fashion program, the Capara sisters have worked with Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela, and Raf Simons, before launching their eponymous line out of Antwerp.
She Walks in Beauty: Olivier Theyskens
If you find yourself in Antwerp in the coming months, or need a reason to go there, a visit to the “Olivier Theyskens: She Walks in Beauty” exhibit at the ModeMuseum (MoMu) will take you back to the time when fashion with capital “F” was still important, when that fickle enterprise still had sweep and grandeur, before the paralyzing effect of irony and false self-deprecation that accounts for much of fashion’s blandness today had set in. It was a time when couture was made thoroughly modern by the likes of Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Martin Margiela, those designers who still bothered to learn the fashion playbook before tearing it to shreds, sometimes literally.
Shop:Case – Ann Demeulemeester Flagship in Antwerp
It was with great trepidation that I first walked into the Ann Demeulemeester flagship store in Antwerp in 2001. It was on my first trip to Europe. I was twenty-five, and I was backpacking, reclaiming my American right of passage, about seven years too late, but I had no money before that. It’s safe to say that I was probably the only backpacker this summer to stop over in Antwerp to go shopping for fashion. But it was the highlight of my trip. I stuffed my backpack into a locker at the magnificent Antwerp train station, and made a beeline for Louis, followed by Dries Van Noten, and then a long walk down Nationalstraat to Ann Demeulemeester, saving the best for last. I don’t remember why, but I only bought a belt there, which I still wear. “Just the belt?” the salesperson ask, probably not meaning to embarrass me.
Dries Van Noten at the New Yorker Festival
Don’t have weekend plans yet? This Sunday the Belgian designer Dries Van Noten will be speaking at the New Yorker Festival in New York City with the New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear. Tickets are still available at the link below. And, yes, we will be there.
Veronique Branquinho Pre-Fall 2016-2017
We would like to present to you Veronique Branquinho’s Pre-Fall 2016-2017 collection.
The Belgians: An Unexpected Fashion Story
It’s day three of the StyleZeitgeist book week, where we review the Fall books we think worth your attention. The Belgians: An Unexpected Story: In case you missed the Belgian fashion exhibit, “The Belgians: An Unexpected Story,” at the BOZAR in Brussels earlier this year, you still have a chance to experience it through the eponymous catalog published by the German publisher Hatje Cantz ($60).