A.F Vandevorst news and archive

Polimoda appoints An Vandevorst Head of Fashion Design

Italian fashion school Polimoda has named An Vandevorst as the new Head of Fashion Design Department. Vandevorst is the successor of Massimiliano Giornetti, who was promoted to director of the academy this year. He continued his work as head of department until the end of the academic year, and now hands over the baton to Vandevorst. Vandevorst...

Business

Belgian brand A.F. Vandevorst to shut down after 22 years

Belgian fashion label A.F. Vandevorst is shutting down. The brand of An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx will be discontinued after 22 years, the couple told WWD. The collection currently in stores will be the last of the label. “We are humbled and honoured to be known for exploring new boundaries; for creating a strong DNA with collections in a...

Fashion Featured

Fashion tries to prove women can look good in bin bags

Top fashion designers set out Sunday to prove the saying that a stylish woman can even look good in a bin bag. Belgian husband and wife team Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst turned black plastic bin liners and dry cleaning sheaths into skirts and elaborate embroidered ball gowns in their debut Paris haute couture show. Haute couture is the very...

Fashion

Paris Couture Week to debut US labels

Two high-end American labels will make their Paris haute couture debuts Sunday in a week when the French capital pays tribute to two of fashion's legends. New York-based Proenza Schouler and Californian house Rodarte -- who normally present their collections at New York fashion week -- have been invited into the elite haute couture fold, which...

Design

Smallest traveling store

Designer A.F. Vandevorst will be hosting the Smallest Travelling Store in Paris for one night at Super 8 on May 24th. The event will showcase a video project featuring personalities from the worlds of fashion and the Internet. This first edition will cover blogs, video and journalists. Interviews will be held with e-personas Sarah Mower, Diane...

Video

PFW: A.F. Vandevorst AW11

For AW11, designer brand A.F. Vandevorst teamed up with Dutch artists Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters, who combine the worlds of nature and textile. The new collection materializes the beauty, shape and language of form seen in animals. The artists mold on the animal itself, allowing only the claws of the feet to remain seen. Materials used...