Antwerp Six

The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential avant garde fashion designers who graduated 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 the London fashion fair with their 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

See also

• Haute Couture

External links

• Fashion in Antwerp" from the Antwerp tourism office