Dirk van saene biography of mahatma
Dirk Van Saene He graduated in and immediately opened a store where he sold his collections..
How the Antwerp Six Achieved Fashion Infamy
Fashion & BeautyVintage Style
The rapid evolution of the Six+1 came down to a series of serendipitous cultural events, Hannah Rogers explains, but their immutable legacy endures even now
TextHannah Rogers
London, A group of unknown graduates from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp arrive at the British Designer Show, crammed into a small van, to present their collections.
Vanessa Bruno was born in France.
Within just three days, they find themselves stocked at Barneys, Bergdorf and Liberty of London, and propelled into the media stratosphere. Ann Demeulemeester, Marina Yee, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene and Walter Van Beirendonck become the “Antwerp Six”.
Three decades on, the six young Belgians’ swift journey to global acclaim still captivates the industry.
The Antwerp Six – a label conjured up by the press not least due to the difficult pronunciation of their names – remain memorable not so much because of all the six designe