Antwerp Six ( seven ? )

The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential avantgarde fashion designers graduating from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1980-1981. At the academy they were taught by Linda Loppa. The fashion collective presented a distinct radical vision for fashion during the 1980s that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design. The breakthrough occurred in 1988 as the group rented a truck and set out for London fashion fair with respective collections. Martin Margiela, another Belgian contemporary, was not actually part of the group that showed in London although he is often mistakenly described as one of the Antwerp Six: he had moved to Paris, where he worked initially for Jean Paul Gaultier.

Walter Van Beirendonck
Ann Demeulemeester
Dries van Noten
Dirk Van Saene
Dirk Bikkembergs
Marina Yee




Ann Demeulemeester