Shopping in Antwerp + Van Beirendonck = TOP weekend!
Opened on September 14 “The World Dream Awake“, the first major retrospective of fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck.
In recent decades Van Beirendonck has built an impressive international career. His colorful collections and spectacular fashion shows began in Paris in the year 1990 under the Companies L.T & Label, The social issues he raises in his work make him distinct in the world of Antwerp fashion: technology, art, pop culture, ethnicity… everything is explored in his designs.
The new exhibition provides a selection of the most extraordinary Beirendonck silhouettes – a survey of his world, inspiration and projects.
The narrative character of his work, his fascination with ethnography, spiritualism and the supernatural, ritual, science fiction and technology are discussed through his art form. You might wonder how he gives us his interpretation to socially imposed ideas? How he incorporates themes such as ecology, AIDS and mass consumption in his designs and presentations?
The Van Beirendonck exhibition is not just catwalk collections but also features costumes he designed for U2’s PopMart tour and includes photographic and video projects by fashion photographer Nick Knight / SHOWstudio.com, stylist Simon Foxton and the men’s British GQ Style.
The museum is open from Tuesday till Sunday from 10am till 6pm daily and you can find more info on the website of the Museum of Fashion.
Enjoy Antwerp, and take your rest break in the Leopold Hotel
