BELGIAN FASHION DESIGN
1999

Edited by Luc Derycke and Sandra Van De Veire


metamorphosis
language
art
architecture
street
language (re-appearance)
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function
craft
history
codes
bareness
material
body
identity
androgyny
media
entourage


WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK.
W.&L.T. Welcome Little Stranger Spring/Summer 1997.
Photo: Ronald Stoops


WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK: "I think that any designer who sees something of his being worn on the street becomes quite emotional about it. It's undeniable. The fact that somebody paid money for it, that it is being worn ... that really gives you a thrill. I think that even if your work is very experimental, in the end what happens on the street is the important thing. In the end it is on the street that an idea is accepted or not, or adopted."

WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK. W.&L.T. Cosmic Culture Clash Autumn/Winter
1994-1995. First W.&L.T.show in Paris. Photo: Alegonde Van Alsenay