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Fashion student Conor Turley designs queer capsule collection with Essentiel Antwerp

Following its collaboration with the now-graduated Paula Van Dyck, Belgian fashion label Essentiel Antwerp has once again partnered with the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The second collection comes from third-year student Conor Turley. Working alongside Essentiel Antwerp's design team, Turley reimagined...

Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Royal Academy of Fine Arts

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Royal Academy of Fine Arts recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international B2B...

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‘Show 2024’: Royal Academy of Fine Arts fashion students present designs

On Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 the students of the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp presented their designs at the Waagnatie event centre in Antwerp. The show was split up into three parts. During the first part of the show, the first-year and second-year bachelor students presented their projects. The...

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Dries Van Noten: A beacon of inspiration for young designers in Belgium and beyond

In the hallowed halls of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, the name Dries Van Noten resonates with a special kind of reverence. Van Noten announced his departure from his eponymous fashion house earlier today. However, the fashion world can be sure his legacy as one of the academy’s most illustrious alumni will live on. Van Noten's...

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Antwerp Fashion Academy alumnus Brandon Wen presents first show as academy's department director

On Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp presented its end-of-the-year student fashion show entitled ‘Show 23’, directed by former student and the department's new creative director Brandon Wen. The show took place in Antwerp, where 5,000 fashion enthusiasts from the Belgian city...

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Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Komono celebrate fifth anniversary of partnership

The fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and Belgian eyewear brand Komono are celebrating five years of collaborating with the launch of the special 'retrospective collection' as per a press release. For this special collection, three Master students from the academy have teamed up with Komono to create an innovative...

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‘Antwerp Cyber Six’: Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp alumni to present at Haute Couture Week

On the last day of Paris Haute Couture Week, on January 26, a group of six Antwerp-based fashion designers who all graduated from the city’s Royal Academy of Arts, will present a ‘digital couture collection’ in collaboration with digital fashion network Mutani, as per the Mutani newsletter. The collective collection has been named ‘The Antwerp...

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Meet Brandon Wen, the new creative director of the Fashion Department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp

Last June the world renowned Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts said goodbye to its legendary head of the fashion department, Walter Van Beirendonck. After much speculation Brandon Wen was appointed as the new creative director, a clear choice from the academy towards fresh ideas and new paths for the department. We met with Brandon Wen just two weeks...

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Online fashion education: "This is the time to break classic standards"

All colleges and art academies in the Netherlands and Belgium are necessarily closed due to the corora virus. Fashion students receive only digital education. But how exactly does this work in this field, where everything revolves around the tactile experience and communication through materials? Students and teachers face major challenges,...