A.F. Vandevorst gold glowmesh top with open side and leather straps — spring 2011

Size: unknown (S-M)

Armpit to armpit (only the gold part) : 34 cm

Length (excluding the front drape) : 44 cm

Collar circumference: 41 cm

 

Composition:

Gold glowmesh outer

Silk lining

 

Details:

Gold top

Entirely made of glowmesh

Standing collar neckline with snap button closure

The collar is partially separated from the bodice

One adjustable leather straps across the shoulder

Open at one side

Two adjustable leather straps at the hip of the open side

Excessive draped fabric at that side, that can be left loose or put partly into the bottom (see the runway look)

Diagonal seam across the front, creating a drape

Partially open at the back

A small tuck at the back hem, making the top fall straight down

Fully lined in brown silk

Comes with it’s runway/lookbook model tag

From the spring 2011 runway collection

 

Condition: 4,5/5

Excellent condition

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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

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