Walter van Beirendonck

Op-Ed | To Democratise Camp Is to Kill It

6 May 2019 • By Eugene Rabkin

Op-Ed | To Democratise Camp Is to Kill It

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s large-scale, Gucci-backed show on Camp may be pushing the inherently subcultural sensibility closer to extinction, argues Eugene Rabkin.

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A New Urban Spirit at Jil Sander

22 June 2018 • By Angelo Flaccavento

Luke and Lucie Meiers have managed to translate the house's founding principle of purism into shapes that are as essential as they are metropolitan — and all the better for it.

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A New Urban Spirit at Jil Sander

Luke and Lucie Meiers have managed to translate the house's founding principle of purism into shapes that are as essential as they are metropolitan — and all the better for it.

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A Meditation on Extremes at Walter van Beirendonck

18 January 2018 • By Tim Blanks

This season, the designer embraced the world as it is with an acknowledgment and embrace of the dark side that gives his clothes their unique spine.

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A Meditation on Extremes at Walter van Beirendonck

This season, the designer embraced the world as it is with an acknowledgment and embrace of the dark side that gives his clothes their unique spine.

Menswear - Autumn 2017

Demon Chasing at Walter van Beirendonck

25 January 2017 • By Tim Blanks

There simply isn’t another soul in fashion with Van Beirendonck’s ability to blend the joyous and the ominous.

Menswear - Autumn 2017

Demon Chasing at Walter van Beirendonck

There simply isn’t another soul in fashion with Van Beirendonck’s ability to blend the joyous and the ominous.

The State of Education

Top Fashion Schools in Belgium: Examining Antwerp's Approach

28 August 2016 • By Kate Abnett

The State of Education

Top Fashion Schools in Belgium: Examining Antwerp's Approach

In BoF’s second annual global fashion schools ranking, Antwerp’s Royal Academy came fourth at both BA and MA level and was the only Belgian school to make the ranking. So how does Antwerp do it?

The Reunited States of Belgian Fashion

20 May 2016 • By Elisabeth Clauss

The Reunited States of Belgian Fashion

As a show of solidarity against the terror attacks in Brussels, Walter van Beirendonck of Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Tony Delcampe of La Cambre meet for the first time.

Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

5 February 2016 • By Imran Amed

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.

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Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.

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Menswear - Autumn 2016

Walter Van Beirendonck’s Fury

23 January 2016 • By Tim Blanks

WVB built puppets into his clothes conveying the idea of people playing with other’s lives

Menswear - Autumn 2016

Walter Van Beirendonck’s Fury

WVB built puppets into his clothes conveying the idea of people playing with other’s lives

Menswear - Autumn 2016

A Man’s Identity Redefined in Paris

23 January 2016 • By Tim Blanks

In the current climate of fluid identity politics, Tim Blanks examines images of masculinity offered on the Paris runways.

Menswear - Autumn 2016

A Man’s Identity Redefined in Paris

In the current climate of fluid identity politics, Tim Blanks examines images of masculinity offered on the Paris runways.

Op-Ed | Fashion Schools Should Focus on Creativity

25 August 2015 • By Walter Van Beirendonck

25 August 2015 • By Walter Van Beirendonck

Fashion houses want creative designers, so schools should focus on creative teaching — students can learn the business side later, says Walter Van Beirendonck, head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

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Op-Ed | Fashion Schools Should Focus on Creativity

Fashion houses want creative designers, so schools should focus on creative teaching — students can learn the business side later, says Walter Van Beirendonck, head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

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