Monthly Archives: August 2017

8 days and counting!

August 19, 2017 – 12:47

8 days and counting… Besides his work in fashion, Dirk Van Saene is also an acclaimed painter and ceramicist. This silk dress (S/S 2016), with the title “I Feel Perfectly Terrible”, is a beautiful example of how Van Saene uses printed reproductions of his paintings on fabric. Portrayed on the dress is Edith “Little Edie” […]

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9 days and counting…

August 18, 2017 – 09:18

9 days and counting… The A/W 2013 collection by Dries Van Noten was inspired by the 1930s dancing duo, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This resulted in a mix of masculine cuts and materials, embellished with softer touches, including feather embroidery and pearls.

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10 days and counting…

August 17, 2017 – 14:15

10 days and counting…“On a windy night when the moon is bright and my eyes can wander through worlds of light.” Words from Emily Brontë’s poem I’m Happiest When Most Away are arranged across the collar of Veronique Branquinho’s silhouette for A/W 2015. This collection forms the start of a creative love affair with Brontë and […]

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11 days and counting!

August 16, 2017 – 10:49

11 days and counting… To celebrate our almost-15th-birthday we introduce you to an outstanding achievement of Belgian bobbin lace makers. The lace coverlet (King Baudouin Foundation) was probably commissioned for a European royal family around 1750. It would have been used on special occasions, like weddings or births, as in Europe it was the custom […]

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12 days and counting!

August 15, 2017 – 10:48

it’s time for a silhouette by Belgian designer duo A.F.Vandevorst who have now been in business for more than 20 years. In their Spring/Summer 2016 collection, they told the story of an Eastern woman’s trip to the West on her motorbike. This Goth-inspired sari with mirrored embroideries from our MoMu collection subtly blends the East […]

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13 days and counting!

August 14, 2017 – 16:47

On the 3rd day of our stylish countdown, we want to honour British milliner Stephen Jones. Although MoMu’s collection policy focuses mainly on Belgian designers, we are proud to have the largest collection of Stephen Jones outside Great-Britain. Stephen Jones’ refined and whimsical millinery is always exquisitely crafted and is often made of radical and […]

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60 seconds on the expo: the anti-pluie

August 14, 2017 – 12:13

60 seconds on the expo – This week MoMu director Kaat Debo focuses on the anti-pluie, an ultra light coat in transparent polyester voile. It was one of the innovations Margiela presented with the help of the in-house expertise at Hermès #momuantwerp #hermès #martinmargiela #mmm #visitantwerp #thisisantwerp Een bericht gedeeld door MoMu – Fashion Museum […]

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14 days and counting!

August 13, 2017 – 10:00

It’s almost MoMu’s 15th  birthday and today we wanted to celebrate with Ann Salens. Long before the emergence of the Antwerp Six, Salens was the first avant-garde fashion designer in Belgium. Salens did not study fashion design, and created in a twilight zone between art and fashion: between the worlds of the luxurious and the […]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – 15 Years of MoMu -

August 12, 2017 – 08:14

15 days and counting… On Sunday 27th of August, MoMu is celebrating its 15th Birthday, which means we are toasting to 15 years of groundbreaking fashion exhibitions in Antwerp. To count down in style to our celebration, we will be posting 15 highlights from our extensive and diverse collection. We proudly dedicate the first one […]

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SCREENING: We Margiela, documentary

August 11, 2017 – 11:22

Martin Margiela managed to stay anonymous during his time as creative director of his own label Maison Martin Margiela. This raised a lot of curiosity among fashion enthusiasts wondering who the master mind was behind the label. For the first time, co-founder Jenny Meirens and members of the creative team that stood at the heart […]

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