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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...

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In pictures: Graduations shows of KABK and Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts

The summer holiday is approaching, and that means the period of graduation shows has arrived. Last weekend students of the Textile & Fashion bachelor of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, and the Fashion bachelor and master students of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp showed their projects. Last year the shows were entirely...

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Graduation show Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp: a parade of footage on a digital 3D catwalk

On Saturday 27 June the WWWSHOWW from the Antwerp Academy went live for a worldwide network of fashion lovers. This year the academy presented the work of 122 bachelor students and 9 master students in an alienating digital 3D landscape built by creative agency Random Studio. Fashion students showed their work on a virtual catwalk, which brought...