A.F. Vandevorst black long military coat or dress with silver cross buttons — fall 2011

Size: S

Shoulder to shoulder: 40 cm

Armpit to armpit 41 cm

Sleeves: 53 cm

Length front: 88 cm

Length back: 108 cm

 

Composition:

100% polyester

 

Details:

Black long coat

Can be worn as a mini-dress

Faux suède fabric

Military-style

Folded front panel

7 silver hemispherical buttons on the front with embossed cross

Slit button closures along the left side of the chest

The front panel can be closed for a minimalist look

Tailored back with pleated back fabric that creates a diagonal tail

Trademark A.F. Vandevorst overlapping shoulder panels

Long sleeves

Hidden side zipper

Front panel closure with snap buttons

The coat must be pulled over the head

Unlined

From the fall 2011 collection

 

Condition: 3,5/5

Regular wear with two lighter stripes on the bottom front

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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 Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk 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