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Florentina Leitner: “Do we really need more fashion?”

The recent graduate on why fashion shouldn’t be forgotten during a pandemic, what fashion school doesn’t prepare you for and the importance of sparking joy with her creation.

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Julia Ballardt: The poetry of punk

The German designer Julia Ballardt is inspired in her collection by the subculture’s signature emblems of belonging.

Royal Academy Antwerp  –  Jun 2020

The thinking behind the first digital show of The Royal Academy of Arts Antwerp

How can dreaming become a tool to create something new?

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Nico Verhaegen designs an ode to nomadic existence

An unusual parallel is drawn between shamans and bike messengers in Verhaegen’s recent graduate collection.

Royal Academy Antwerp  –  Oct 2017

Antwerp grad Joanna Chlust on filling in the details

Whatever you think Joanna’s graduation collection is about you are probably wrong.

Royal Academy Antwerp  –  Aug 2017

Balancing hyperstrongness and hyperfragility with Sofie Nieuwborg

The Antwerp Academy graduate talked us through the inspiration behind her MA collection.