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A new Off The Record with two of Belgium’s greatest, @an_vandevorst & @filiparickx (@afvandevorst). Long before “world-building” became fashion’s favourite buzzword, An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx were creating one of fashion’s most poetic universes. One where military references met tenderness, surrealism met precision, and every collection felt like another chapter in an ongoing love story. They didn’t just build a brand, they built a language, together.

They met on their very first day at the Antwerp Royal Academy in 1987, fell in love, and founded A.F. Vandevorst in 1996. For over two decades, they created work that was unmistakably their own: intimate, uncompromising, deeply emotional and quietly influential. To me, they embody everything Belgian fashion can be. The first designer piece I ever bought was an A.F. Vandevorst tank top from one of their final archive sales before they closed the ready-to-wear chapter of the brand. I still treasure it.

Sitting down with An and Filip for a second time felt like one of those rare full-circle moments. The people whose work shaped so much of the way I think about fashion have become people I genuinely look up to and, somehow, friends. There’s something about all being from Antwerp, having a similar vision and most importantly respect and love for one another. (I’m still convinced I’m their long-lost daughter in another life 🥹). Merci dear An & Filip, love love love 🖤 
#afvandevorst #offtherecord #antwerpfashion
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PARIS inferno 🥵🔥---> LONDON 🖤 best time
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@gq party 2006 or 2026? 

PFW SS27 recap. Hot, sweaty, and very frikkin grateful for it all. 🖤 Every day I catch myself thinking how surreal it is that, in just a year, I’ve built something that came straight from my heart. What started as a genuine love for learning, educating, and sharing has turned into opportunities I could have only dreamed of, and introduced me to some of the most inspiring people along the way. Building your own business is exciting, overwhelming, rewarding, and terrifying all at once. One day you’re creating because you love it, the next you’re suddenly running a company. But seeing it grow, little by little, makes every late night worth it. One thing I’m certain of: my dad would be really proud. Sometimes I still wish I could have asked him how he did it all. 

Writing this while on my way to Berlin Fashion Week, where it all started last year with my first keynote ever. And now we’re back and I can’t help but reflect (honestly, I should do this more, but those who know me, know I’m always onto the next thing lol, yes I do sometimes forget to breathe, who else?:)) Thank you to everyone who’s been here, watched a video, didn’t unfollow bc of millions of stories and vids lol, shared kind words, or supported @whatstrendingtmw in any way. It means more than you know and it’s just the beginning :) 

Yep, this photo was taken at @driesvannoten SS27… in 40°C heat, what else? 

Also, if you’re in Belgium, go get the new @elle_belgie summer edition, bc my new column is out now!!! Yayyy! 

#pfw

Post @julianklausner’ Dries SS27, best show of the season, hands down. Yes, I had tears in my eyes. And yes, I almost never cry.

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BTS at @driesvannoten 🖤

Favorite bean @katfromfinance and I in a 42 degrees parigi before a high snob party

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It’s always time for coke zero, even at 10am, obvi

@kenzo girls

Yep, i got to stay at the most gorgeous hotel everrrr, @bus_palladium, mad

Cuties post @vetements_official SS27 show

@tyrone_dylan 🖤🥹

@vetements_official SS27

@afvandevorst family 🖤 coming home 🖤

Like fr fr @bus_palladium

Dries VN icecreams, love

Frow besties @vetements_official

Well yeah, Paris and Lindsay in 2006, what can
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