Walter Van Beirendonck news and archive

Walter van Beirendonck becomes Polimoda mentor

Walter van Beirendonck will once again be a teacher for students. The Belgian fashion designer retired from his position as head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp around two years ago, a position he had held since 2007. He is now taking on the role of mentor at Polimoda, the Florentine fashion school...

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The zany Belgian designer keeping fashion fun

Always guaranteed to bring a touch of craziness and colour to Paris Fashion Week, Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck could not help having a dig Wednesday at the megabrands dominating the industry. Even by the veteran designer's zany standards, his latest menswear show was a wildly imaginative collection, featuring jackets with tentacles,...

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Video: Walter Van Beirendonck SS22 menswear collection

In this video, Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck has presented his SS22 menswear collection at Paris Men's Fashion Week (PFW). Watch the video below. Video: Walter Van Beirendonck via Vimeo

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Farfetch unveils Walter van Beirendonck archive collection

Farfetch has teamed up with vintage specialist House of Liza to launch a collection of Walter Van Beirendonck archive pieces, featuring 122 original designs from the Belgium designer’s body of work over the past 33 years. “There couldn’t be a better time for a reappraisal of Walter van Beirendonck’s design legacy: his influence can be seen on an...

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Video: Walter Van Beirendonck FW 2018/19 Haute Couture

Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-19 collection by Walter Van Beirendonck, Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture. Source: FF Channel, YouTube.

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'Little England' takes over catwalks in Paris ahead of the EU referendum

It may already be too late...But as Britain prepares to vote on whether to leave the EU, the Little England look has suddenly become fashionable. Cricket jumpers, brogues, boating blazers and even neo-Morris men popped up on the Paris catwalk Wednesday. Nor is fashion's new-found anglophilia confined to the upper classes. Sweatpants, parkas,...

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Should fashion schools focus on creativity or business?

London - The old debate of teaching bodies and whether students should be prepared better for the 'real' world has never been as relevant to fashion students as it is today. With saturated markets, overflowing fashion week calendars and store shelves piled to the hilt with fashion brands, it would be fair to say the world is no longer waiting...