Mademoiselle*
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A couple of weeks ago I went shopping in Antwerp. I expected a lot of it because I heard some great things about 'fashioncity' Antwerp! & of course 3 of my favourite designers: ANN DEMEULENMEESTER, DRIES VAN NOTEN & WALTER VON BEIRENDONCK are from Antwerp.
But I wasn't really impressed actually. Of course Ann Demeulenmeester & Dries van Noten were great! (Walter von Beirendoncks shop was closed.. and so was the Fashion Museum unfortunatelly..) But I thought it was a lot of the same things you have EVERYWHERE! Zara.. H&M.. & the Louis Vuitton shizzle.. and I could only find a few vintage shops (those are my favourite
) I even prefer my own city Amsterdam!
So did I do something wrong? Or is Antwerp just not extremely cool?
Is there someone from Antwerp here?
('nd by the way is the Fashionmuseum worth visiting?)
But I wasn't really impressed actually. Of course Ann Demeulenmeester & Dries van Noten were great! (Walter von Beirendoncks shop was closed.. and so was the Fashion Museum unfortunatelly..) But I thought it was a lot of the same things you have EVERYWHERE! Zara.. H&M.. & the Louis Vuitton shizzle.. and I could only find a few vintage shops (those are my favourite
) I even prefer my own city Amsterdam!So did I do something wrong? Or is Antwerp just not extremely cool?
Is there someone from Antwerp here?
('nd by the way is the Fashionmuseum worth visiting?)
sorry...but my english sucks...I will do my best and write everything in english 
Decadent!
Step by step (with antik batik, isabel marant, joseph, Martine Sitbon, Barbara Bui, Annemie Verbeke, Sophie D'hoore etc), also on the other side of the street a shop which sells Westwood (forgot the name) and try the raisinbread from bakery Goossens, reaaaallly good!! There's also a shop ( walking from oudaan to lombardevest= korte gasthuisstraat) called closing date with mainly english designers (westwood etc),a shu uemura ( really like the make up) and a dknystore. Opposite the neuhause chocolaterie there's L'occitane (french parfumerie, really nice) and in the huidevetterstraat you'll find Max Mara, Tommy Hilfigher, Scapa, Ventilo, frattelli & Rossetti, petit bateau, and shops where they sell the trad. ralph Lauren, puma etc..You def. should go to princess blue at the Schrijnwerkersstraat ( Helmut Lang, Marc Jacobs, Adidas, Blaak etc )and on the other side of the street there's désiré de lille, they make excellent crêpes!! At the lombardevest there's Louis which sells the great belgian designers (demeulemeester, vandevorst, leroy and ackermann), but also balenciaga and rick owens. Also very near is Ave, it's a second handstore but the clothes are customized. Go a bit futher and you'll find Anna Heylen (also ex royal antw academy), A.P.C ( french brand) and Ganterie A.Boon ( and old glove shop with excellent service,still in the old store you should get your leather gloves there!!). Nearby there's of course dries van noten etc. Don't forget to walk through the Kloosterstraat where you'll find nice deco shops and Francis ( 
) You should take a walk and look at the architecture (also near the river 'de schelde' and take a drink at 'Het zuiderterras' designed by Bob van reet (well known belgian architecture) where you have a nice view over the water or visit a gallery or designshop (Vitrapoint, Obumex..). 
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