A.F. Vandevorst black saddle waistcoat with built-in corset — fall 2000

Size: unknown (XS-S)

Shoulder to shoulder: 31 cm

Armpit to armpit: 38  cm

Waist: 34 cm

Length: 57 – 66 cm

 

Composition:

Unknown, looks like wool, cotton, horsehair

 

Details:

Black saddle waistcoat

Deformed curvy back with bumps

The back is inspired by the shape of a horse saddle

The top layer has a cropped cutaway front

Built in corset on the front, reinforced with horsehair

The bottom of the corset is curved

The corset closes with hooks down the front

From the fall 2000 collection

Comes with it’s runway/model tag

 

Condition: 4,5/5

Very good condition

 

*PLEASE NOTE: the painted trousers are part of the FW2015 A.F. Vandevorst performance and will not be sold commercially. Only museums can inquire for purchase or loans*

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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 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 1.1 kg
Womens size

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Condition