Vandevorst also has a diffusion line, A Friend, selling pieces at more retail friendly prices. Appropriately, their footwear line, launched in 2003, is called Fetish.Ī.F. Filip and An look for inspiration to military and nurse uniforms, lingerie and fetish subculture.
Vandevorst aesthetic is marked by a combination of feminine draping and strong masculine tailoring. Nonetheless, Dries Van Noten supported the couple with sales and distribution. Arickx and Vandevorst remember their first collection - shown in Paris for fall 1998- as being overflowing, perhaps overly so, with ideas. 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 Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee. Vandevorst and Arickx united in 1997 to create their label A.F. Filip Arickx completed his obligatory military service, worked as a freelance stylist afterwards and went to work for Dirk Bikkembergs. Instantly they felt like they matched, both on a personal and a creative level.Īfter graduating, An Vandevorst went to work for Maison Martin Margiela and became the first assistant of Dries Van Noten later on. In 1987, both An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx met on their first day as students at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Vandevorst is a Belgian label created in 1997 by the couple Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst.
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