A.F. Vandevorst black embellished jacket with red hand beaded sleeves — spring 2016

Size: 36, fits generously

Shoulder to shoulder: 47 cm / 18.5 inch

Armpit to armpit: 45 cm / 17.7 inch

Length: 60 cm / 23.6 inch

Sleeves: 67 cm / 26.4 inch

 

Composition:

unknown

 

Details:

Black jacket

The front is decorated with hand beading

Sequins, press buttons, triangles as embellishment

Geometric shapes with square studs

Round silver discs in floral-like shapes

Silver chains between the sequins

Contrasting sleeves with overlaid red mesh

The sleeves are fully covered with metal discs and suare studs

Cuffed sleeves with fringe ends

Ribbons across the front with black fringe

Three hooks to close the bottom part of the jacket

Separate wide black fabric belt

Fully lined

Comes with its model passport

From the spring 2016 runway collection

 

Condition: 4,5/5

Very good conditionn sticker residu on the inside near the brand label

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SKU: AFVABLAEMBJ Category:

Description

About A.F. Vandevorst

A.F. Vandevorst is a Belgian label created in 1997 by the couple Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst.

In 1987, both An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx met on their first day as students at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Instantly they felt like they matched, both on a personal and a creative level.

After graduating, An Vandevorst went to work for Maison Martin Margiela and became the first assistant of Dries Van Noten later on. Filip Arickx completed his obligatory military service, worked as a freelance stylist afterwards and went to work for Dirk Bikkembergs.

Vandevorst and Arickx united in 1997 to create their label A.F. Vandevorst. This was a time when the fashion world was eagerly awaiting a second wave of talent to follow in the footsteps of the famous ‘Antwerp Six’:  Ann Demeulemeester,Walter van BeirendonckDries Van NotenDirk Van SaeneDirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee.Arickx and Vandevorst remember their first collection — shown in Paris for fall 1998— as being overflowing, perhaps overly so, with ideas.

Nonetheless, Dries Van Noten supported the couple with sales and distribution.

The A.F. Vandevorst aesthetic is marked by a combination of feminine draping and strong masculine tailoring. Filip and An look for inspiration to military and nurse uniforms, lingerie and fetish subculture. Appropriately, their footwear line, launched in 2003, is called Fetish.

A.F. Vandevorst also has a diffusion line, A Friend, selling pieces at more retail friendly prices.

They have been growing very slowly and recently gained momentum with their fall 2015 collection, which was nothing short of an art happening, with models wearing gasmasks and getting spraypainted by artist Joris Van de Moortel while walking the runway.

Additional information

Weight 0.9 kg
Womens size

Condition