Global Intellect

Let’s bypass the Antwerp Six introduction, as one needn’t be a fashion historian to know that this city was built on fashion. Designers come out of Belgium with a certain confidence and willingness to take risks like a child from wonderfully supportive parents. Two full meandering days in this small city is enough to get a taste of the smorgasbord of
local shop options Antwerp has to offer: from well-organized vintage to recently-graduated designer startup boutiques to established heavy-hitters of Belgian descent.
Antwerp’s Fashion District is densely populated with shops of all stripes, so it’s best explored on foot. With high-street stores like H&M and international luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Gucci all around, we’ve selected some of the best, distinctively Antwerpen spots in our first of two loving looks at this shop-hopping city.
Walter
One third of the Antwerp Six, Dirk Van Saene and Walter Van Beirendonck opened this huge, airy shop […]

Original post by Ami Kealoha