Contrasts

The contrast between the first pictures - showing sales of expensive designer shoes by names such as Maison Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Tim Van Steenbergen - and the last picture, taken just next door, could not be bigger.

Dries Van Noten

copyright Scott Schuman

I am thrilled to be able to show you yet another national hero, Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten as photographed by Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist,  author of  www.thesartorialist.com. 

You can read Dries Van Noten's  bio here: http://www.driesvannoten.be/info-bio.php

and look at what he was showing in Paris here:
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/31672/

Cristina

Cristina who is Greek, Italian and German has her own communications-design company in Brussels. 

Its clothes designers are what she likes most about Belgium. She was delighted to show her favorite Dries van Noten coat and blouse for the camera.

Modepaleis and Cathedral

Seen from the junction of the Nationalestraat and the Kammenstraat, the Antwerp Cathedral and het Modepaleis - literally “Palace of Fashion” - give this part of the city a special ambience, even on a dreary rainy winter evening. 

Both are landmarks on the tourist trail and striking reminders of Antwerp’s glorious past and its present renown as a fashion mecca.