A.F. Vandevorst grey wrinkled wool maxi coat with interwoven metallic — fall 2015

699.00

Size: unkown (seems S)

Shoulder to shoulder: 45 cm / 17.7 inch

Armpit to armpit: 43 cm / 16.9 inch

Length: 150 cm / 59 inch

Sleeves: 64 cm / 25.2 inch

 

Composition:

Unknown (Wool with metal threads)

 

Details:

Dark grey coat

Maxi length

Trenchcoat-style

Interwoven with metallic threads

Can be scrunched and wrinkled as desired (not so extreme as on the runway)

Separate fabric belt

Front closure with black hidden buttons

Two front pockets

One inner pocket

Belts around the cuffs

The trenchcoat flaps and shoulders are semi-detached from the bodice

Fully lined

From the fall 2015 runway collection

Comes with two model passports

Press-sample sticker inside the outer pocker

 

Condition: 4,5/5

Excellent condition, some paint splats on the back because of the runway performance, usage on one wrist belt

 

*PLEASE NOTE: the coat is extremely heavy*

In stock

SKU: AFGRWRMMC Categories: ,

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