Antwerp Academy showcases eccentric collections upon departure of Walter van Beirendonck

For Walter van Beirendonck's final graduation show as head of fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp had a lot going for it. A hundred and fifty metres long, double catwalk had been laid across the floor of the Waagnatie, an industrial warehouse on the quay of the Meir. Almost twenty gigantic disco balls were suspended between the runways, speckling the concrete walls with light.