Dries van Noten
hen it comes to rocking the fashion world, Antwerp has a surprisingly active track record. Straddling the banks of the river Scheldt in Dutch-speaking Flanders, the small Belgian city leapt onto the international fashion stage in 1986 when six young designers, graduates of the city’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, hired a van and drove to London to present their collections at the British Designer Show. Together, their distinct styles captured the rebellious spirit of the decade and enamoured press and
