Antwerp Six

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The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential clothing designers from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts that emerged in the 1980s and presented a distinct vision for fashion that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design.

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

Martin Margiela is often erroneously credited as member of the Antwerp Six too, though he was only part of the second generation, together with designers such as Lieve van Gorp.

[edit] See also

• Haute Couture

[edit] External links

• "Fashion in Antwerp" from the Antwerp tourism office
• Fashion Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts