Black leather studded tool belt designed by A.F. Vandevorst for their in-house staff

Size:

Waist circumference: 90 – 103 cm

Width square pouch: 17 cm

Length square pouch: 25 cm

Width larger pouch: 32 cm

Length larger pouch: 27 cm

 

Composition:

100% leather

 

Details:

Black toolbelt for fashion designers

Designed by A.F. Vandevorst for their in house staff

Removable pouches on each side

Long rectangular pocket with flap,

with an extra smaller pocket on the front

Curved saddle-style pouch on the other side

The saddle pouch has multiple small pockets

A large slit pouch across the width

Four pouches for pens and smaller items

One larger pouch with miniature pocket attached to it’s front

Silver studs and hardware

The belt is broken up by square metal rings

Extra stiff leather

Handmade and One of a kind

 

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 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 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.

Sadly, they are closing down with their last collection being spring 2020.

Additional information

Weight 0.9 kg
Condition