Antwerp Royal Academy

[travolta]

cute

 

[ionn26]

damn..well anyways i'll keep posting images if anyone cares to talk about them..or if anyone is too lazy to go to the site which i recommend! forget
st. martins-I went there briefly-theatre costume design-and they didn't look this good!

This last piece is SOOOOOOOOOOO wearble.. I see resemblance of OWN... YUMMY....

Although most of the pieces are not wearable.. I can see where they are pushing for the details which will ultimately influence their thinking, concept and design when the student get out to the real world!

Cudos to them!

**Please do not quote pictures**

 

[softgrey]

thank you so much for bringing this up strawbutterb...

and thanks for all the great pics...they're wonderful...

 

[travolta]

no problem-this site is my guilty pleasure!

 

[Scott]

Yeah,this was last year's collections. I love seeing the early stuff....so much imagination!

I adore every single one of these collections!

Strawbutter,thanks for this I think you're right..we talk so much about Belgian designers but rarely do we talk much about the student's work.

 

[MulletProof]

oh I absolutely adore that last shot! That dress is gorgeous!

ditto.

absolutely beautiful ...makes me want to be a designer

 

[Meg]

Wow, some of those are amazing!!!! I especially love the 1st years work with shapes and the first couple of collections by the second years. Truly truly amazing. I wish these were available for purchase. I love the way that 'porceline' masks almost extend the height of the models. v. cool.

 

[princess_tess]

God...! that first denim dress is amazing... the girls collection is adorable... im liking this very much...!

 

[Scott]

phenomenal...this is student work?!?!?!!...
unbelievable...what's are they feeding those students???

WOW!!!..

I think its just proof of how serious that school is at churning out the best and most immaculate talents in the world. Indeed,you never see this kind of work from any other school's early courses. It's really amazing what they've already done....and what they're continuing to do.

 

[maarit]

strawbutterb, thanks for bringing this to our attention. amazing!

 

[enak]

I still can't believe some of this is first years work, just amazing.

 

[Missoni~Heiress]

i dont think i could wear any of that

 

[softgrey]

vg...when you're at school, you don't have to design clothes for people to wear...you can design just for the sake of design...that's the beauty of it...

creative freedom...

after school you have to always worry about the business side of things...and if it will sell...

that's what's so great about being in school...and if you're lucky...you get to be around other people as creative as you are...looks like there's quite a lot of talent there...

maybe that's the difference...european designers go to school and really study fashion...and design...americans aren't so serioius about the design...they are more focused on the business side of it...and will it sell...

i wish more people on this side of the ocean paid attention to design...
beautiful things make life so much more pleasant... the arts are so valuable to society... i feel like we don't pay enough attention to the arts in the US...

art feeds the soul...

 

[AlexN]

I'm with all of Softie's sentiments in this thread. Unbelievable.

 

[Estella*]

wow, this is great stuff! i´m off to their site...thanks for sharing!

 

[faust]

vg...when you're at school, you don't have to design clothes for people to wear...you can design just for the sake of design...that's the beauty of it...

creative freedom...

after school you have to always worry about the business side of things...and if it will sell...

that's what's so great about being in school...and if you're lucky...you get to be around other people as creative as you are...looks like there's quite a lot of talent there...

maybe that's the difference...european designers go to school and really study fashion...and design...americans aren't so serioius about the design...they are more focused on the business side of it...and will it sell...

i wish more people on this side of the ocean paid attention to design...
beautiful things make life so much more pleasant... the arts are so valuable to society... i feel like we don't pay enough attention to the arts in the US...

art feeds the soul...

2nd (well, 3rd, after Alex).

 

[oceanharlot]

wow... the one collection with the Kabuki masks is ab fab!

 

[Scott]

Ultimately,each year's assignment(if you want to call it that)is supposed to help with the student's identity for when they do graduate and get out in the real world. Its quite benficial.

Actually,I've heard that shop,Labels Inc.,which carries alot of overstock of Belgian designer's collections,does sell the work of student's. Personally,I think I'd wear some of what's been shown here.

And in looking at these collections again,I must say,there's definitive influence from their instructor...Walter Van Beirendock.

 

[Alura]

It was an amazing show, very professional and beautiful. If you ever have the chance to go there (tickets can be bought for it), do it!
Can you actually believe that most people thought this year was less exciting than previous ones?!? I also loved the work of Alexandra Mein, a 4th year graduate.
Some (gossiping) people even suggested that Viktor&Rolf get some of their ideas from these shows, because they attend them and in 2003 one of the student used 'deer horns' (don't know the English word for it) and they used it in their season after that... and now they used the helmets as well... makes you think huh? The collection with the 'Kabuki masks' was outstanding too.

More by Alexandra Mein


On a side note: the shoes at these shows are very beautiful too, you often see they are a bit neglected at Graduation shows. I was stunned by some of the high heels they used, probably by other designers since the show is sponsored by many Antwerp stores too.

 

[jennifer~]

Wonderful, all-around.