Fashionable giants add to Antwerp skyline
If you’ve been in Antwerp over the last month, you’ll probably have seen one or more of the pieces that make up Antwerp Icons, one of the Fashion Museum’s contributions to Happy Birthday Dear Academie
Giant fashion creations on show in Antwerp
For Antwerp Icons, 12 famous designers who graduated from the department – including Ann Demeulemeester, Maison Martin Margiela and Peter Pilotto – chose one of their favourite designs from their own collections. Designer Dirk Van Saene then created bodysuits for models based on each design. Photographer Ronald Stoops took the photos, which have been blown up to giant size, mounted on stacked shipping containers and placed in strategic locations around town. You can’t miss them.
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Lisa Bradshaw is the editor-in-chief of Flanders Today. She worked as an editor and journalist in her homeland, the United States, before moving to the awesome city of Ghent in 2004. If she’s not in the office, she’s probably at a film festival.
