Fashion shopping in Belgium
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Stijl
Brussels’ top fashion showroom not only has labels by Belgian icons like Antwerp Sixers Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten, but also emerging new designers like Cathy Pill, whose atelier is just around the corner. Climb the wooden staircase at the back to the 1st floor to hunt for end-of-season bargains.
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Sjapoo
Milliner Ria Dewilde’s atelier is out the back of her boutique (north of Vrijdagmarkt), where she sells her one-off creations. Many are crafted along 1920s lines for everyday wear, as well as more elaborate hats for weddings and christenings. Ria also sells hand-picked Belgian- and French-design clothing.
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Véronique Branquinho
Véronique Branquinho’s classic tailoring for men and women has confirmed her reputation as one of the new generations of fashion academy graduates to pick up the baton and run with it. Black features heavily in her collections, with occasional splashes of silver and gold.
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Olivier Strelli
Congo-born Strelli is to Belgium what Georgio Armani is to Italy – an internationally renowned designer creating tailored men’s and women’s fashion that transitions seamlessly from the boardroom to cocktail parties and beyond. This light-filled boutique is Strelli’s HQ.
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Martin Margiela
Margiela is often tagged the unofficial seventh member of the Antwerp Six (he graduated from Antwerp’s fashion academy in 1980). Shoes, accessories, men’s and women’s body-skimming fashions in understated colours are artfully arranged in this white-on-white boutique.
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Nicolas Woit
Vintage fabrics found at flea markets and Barbie dolls from the ‘50s and ‘60s (such as the perma-tanned Hawaiian Barbie on display) are the inspiration for the fashions of this Brussels-born designer, who trained with Issey Miyake and Thierry Mugler in Paris.
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Fish & Chips
Lifelike stoner and skater mannequins are hard to tell apart from much of the clientele at this edgy streetwear emporium where DJs spin hard beats. The upstairs café is great for leafing through clubbing fliers over a freshly squeezed juice.
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Huis a Boon
Staff at this 1884-established shop still slide forest-green leather boxes out from the oak shelves lining the walls, lifting the lid and unwrapping the tissue paper to show you the soft leather, kid and other delicate gloves nestled inside.
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Eva Bos
Eva Bos, fashion designer and teacher at Ghent’s fashion academy, sources ‘the real treasures’ from the ‘50s and ‘60s to stock at her vintage boutique. There are also new designs here, including some by Eva’s most talented students.
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Walter
Antwerp Sixer Van Beirendonck now heads-up the fashion department at his alma mater around the corner, while displaying his outrageous menswear collections in this stark, gallery-like converted garage.
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Het Modepaleis
Capped by a dome, this landmark 1881 curved, corner building is the elegant ‘fashion palace’ of Antwerp Six designer, Dries Van Noten, and worth a look for the architecture alone.
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Ann Demeulemeester
The monochrome men’s and women’s fashions of this Antwerp Six pioneer reflect the monastic backdrop of her flagship store in ‘t Zuid.
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