A.F. Vandevorst blue and beige geometric skirt hand-painted by Katrien Wuyts — spring 2011

Description Shop the look Sold A.F. Vandevorst beige draped top with waxed canvas shoulder panel and open back — spring 2011 Read more Similar items A.F. Vandevorst black midi-skirt with second skirt hanging from the side — fall 2006 €239.00 Add to cart Junya Watanabe black folded midi-skirt mimicking skorts — fall 2019 €139.00 Add to cart Marc Jacobs denim flared mermaid skirt with wavy panelling — spring 2023 €129.00 Add to cart Sold Issey Miyake Pleats Please black pleated trousers with straight legs and pockets — circa 2020 €169.00 Read more Maison Margiela gold-lined denim trousers with upwards folded cuffs — fall 2015 €159.00 Add to cart Sold Kaat Tilley black short curved skirt with swirling piping and floor-length fringes — 1990’s €219.00 Read more About A.F. Vandevorst A.F. Vandevorst is a Belgian label created in 1997 by the couple Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst. In 1987, both An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx met on their first day as students at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Instantly they felt like they matched, both on a personal and a creative level. After graduating, An Vandevorst went to work for Maison Martin Margiela and became the first assistant of Dries Van Noten later on. Filip Arickx completed his obligatory military service, worked as a freelance stylist afterwards and went to work for Dirk Bikkembergs. Vandevorst and Arickx united in 1997 to create their label A.F. Vandevorst. 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.Arickx and Vandevorst remember their first collection — shown in Paris for fall 1998— as being overflowing, perhaps overly so, with ideas. Nonetheless, Dries Van Noten supported the couple with sales and distribution. The A.F. Vandevorst aesthetic is marked by a combination of feminine draping and strong masculine tailoring. Filip and An look for inspiration to military and nurse uniforms, lingerie and fetish subculture. Appropriately, their footwear line, launched in 2003, is called Fetish. A.F. Vandevorst also has a diffusion line, A Friend, selling pieces at more retail friendly prices. They have been growing very slowly and recently gained momentum with their fall 2015 collection, which was nothing short of an art happening, with models wearing gasmasks and getting spraypainted by artist Joris Van de Moortel while walking the runway.