Six Belgian fashion designers — Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee — who graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp’s fashion department in 1980–1981 (under Mary Prijot) and were collectively branded by British press during the 1986 British Designer Show at Olympia, London. Often discussed alongside Martin Margiela (1979 graduate; “Antwerp 6+1”) and the next generation including Raf Simons.
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- Walter Van Beirendonck → Member of
- Ann Demeulemeester → Member of
- Dries Van Noten → Member of
- Dirk Van Saene → Member of
- Dirk Bikkembergs → Member of
- Marina Yee → Member of
- Geert Bruloot → Organised breakthrough of
- The Antwerp Six (MoMu retrospective) → Subject of
- Martin Margiela → Adjacent to
Posts
- Antwerp Six: A Fashion-Architecture Map primary 19 May 2026