September 22, 2013

Fashion Academy Antwerp 50th birthday





 

"From 8 September 2013 till 16 February 2014 MoMu will present the exhibition '50 Years Antwerp Fashion Department'. The exhibition is one of the many projects of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp celebrating its 350th anniversary.
The exhibition will highlight various aspects of Antwerp fashion education during the first fifty years of its existence: the department's specific curriculum and its education and evaluation methods, the importance of graphic design in fashion, the various generations of students and their careers, the friendship and emergence of the 'Antwerp Six' (Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Walter Van Beirendonck, Marina Yee, Dirk Bikkembergs) and Martin Margiela, and the graduation projects of some of the most noteworthly alumni.
The exhibition illustrates how diverse the careers of the Academy's alumni are and how this programme has left a mark on the international fashion world".
I am showing work of Sabien Devriendt in photos 2 and 3, first of all because she is the sister of a good friend and second to illustrate the last quoted sentence, because Sabien graduated from the Antwerp Academy in the mid 80's and now lives in Milan, Italy where she is Dolce & Gabbana's bag fashion designer. 

21 comments:

  1. We mogen er terecht fier en trots op zijn. Heel mooi dat jij dit weeral wereldwijd in de kijker zet!

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    1. dank je Joke, wereldwijd is veel gezegd, maar daar gaan we nu ook niet over vitten..

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    1. I think that the reason is the fact that I am showing a historical overview, Janey... ?

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  3. I can tell . . . I'd love this exhibit.
    But whoah, some of these fashions are crazy!

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  4. wow great pics. would love to see this for myself!!

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  5. Speciale gasten, Anni !
    Lie(f)s.

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  6. C'est un peu n'importe quoi, non ?

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  7. Looks like there are lot`s of creativity going on in Belgium.
    Nice and interesting posting(s). Thanks for sharing.
    Greetings from Stavanger.

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    1. my pleasure
      and yes plenty of creativity in the air
      greetings to you too

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  8. This is amazing! Exactly why I love Belgium!!

    rafwillyolivier.blogspot.com

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  9. whoa awesome display! so unusual

    curlypurplepig.blogspot.com

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  10. dat lijkt mij wel een interessante tentoonstelling Anni.
    Fijne dag en groetjes, DIetmut

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  11. De Belgische mode is toch echt doorgebroken. Wel extreem.

    Groetjes,
    Filip

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