Description
Similar items
-
SoldMaison Margiela MM6 black long tabi gloves with silver mirrored paint — fall 2018
-
Lieve Van Gorp blue cable knit chest piece with long ties and open sides — 1990’s
-
Maison Martin Margiela neon yellow multi-strand knitted rope necklace — fall 2007
-
Lieve Van Gorp black lighter with printed logo in white
-
A.F. Vandevorst dark navy harem trousers with cargo pockets and lining trim — fall 2014
-
A.F. Vandevorst white maxi dress with pleated front skirt on padding and open back — fall 2015
-
A.F. Vandevorst brown oversized dress in wrinkled paper — spring 2004
-
A.F. Vandevorst black pointy ankle booties on a stiletto heel with curved croco panel (37)
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.
