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europeanafashion: Photograph by Karel Fonteyne. The Antwerp Six...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:08 +0200

Photograph by Karel Fonteyne.

The Antwerp Six (L to R: Marina Yee,Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene) and Martin Margiela were the first generation of fashion students from the Antwerp Academy to rise to international success in 1986 (date of the picture). Although Martin Margiela was not part of the group in 1986 (breakthrough period), they all studied together in the late 1970ies, graduating in 1980 and 1981. This dynamic period was a time of innovation in music (punk), fashion (glamour versus anti-fashion), and art (direct actions, underground movements), which was absorbed by these youngsters into their creations at the fashion department. What follows are some silhouettes of their early years.

europeanafashion: “Rainbow” Sandal with kid upper. Platform...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:15:16 +0200

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“Rainbow” Sandal with kid upper. Platform sole and heel with layers of cork lined with multicoloured suede. The model was created for Judy Garland in 1938. © Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Firenze/Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence

europeanafashion: Alphonse Mucha, one panel of Les...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:38 +0200

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Alphonse Mucha, one panel of Les Saisons, 1896. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0

europeanafashion: Photographer unknown, courtesy of MoMu...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:14 +0200

europeanafashion:

Photographer unknown, courtesy of MoMu archive.

Graduation silhouette from the collection, ‘Half Wild, half Child’ by Olivier Rizzo, 1993.

europeanafashion: Photographer unknown. Graduation silhouette...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:13:52 +0200

europeanafashion:

Photographer unknown.

Graduation silhouette by Erik Verdonck, 1993.

europeanafashion: Anonymous, dressing gown in viscose, silk...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:13:18 +0200

europeanafashion:

Anonymous, dressing gown in viscose, silk taffeta, silk crepe and crepe de chine with marabou, ca. 1920. Collection: Modesammlung Wien Museum. © Museen der Stadt Wien

europeanafashion: Yves Klein, L’Arbre, grande éponge bleue,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:34 +0200

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Yves Klein, L’Arbre, grande éponge bleue, 1962. Centre Pompidou. Image from Loungerie’s photostream on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/. Rights: image used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

europeanafashion: Anonymous, overcoat with 18th c. embroidery...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:48 +0200

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Anonymous, overcoat with 18th c. embroidery from the Mediterranean region, 1920s. Donated by Vilma Matchette. Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation. © Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

europeanafashion: Profile portrait of Sophie Dorothea Gleim,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:59 +0200

europeanafashion:

Profile portrait of Sophie Dorothea Gleim, 1780. Rights: Gleimhaus Halberstadt. Image used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/