Dear Diane and Shaded Viewers //
This past Thursday, Friday and Saturday marked the final graduation fashion shows for 11 Master's students hailing from Antwerp's famed Royal Academy. I attend, along with Diane, the night of the international jury which read something like a "who's who" in fashion:
Raf Simons - Designer / Creative Director Dior, Lucas Ossendrijver – Designer Lanvin Mens, David Bradshaw – Stylist / Creative Consultant Versace, Nicholas Kirkwood – Shoe Designer, Peter Philips – Creative Director Chanel Make-Up, Olivier Rizzo – Stylist / Creative Consultant, Willy Vanderperre – Photographer, John Skelton – Founder LN-CC, Sara Maino – Senior Fashion Editor Vogue Italia / Talents, Thomas Persson – Editor in Chief / Creative Director Acne Paper, Penny Martin – Editor in Chief The Gentlewoman and Gitte Jonsdatter – Director of Strategy MUUSE.
Below is the 2012 class picture, along with an overview of each students select runway images, graphic materials and/or reference that inspired their final graduation collection.
Charlotte Pringels // Knotwork
Miquel Bouttens // Painting An Invisible Moon
Tabitha Osler // Coal Mine Canary
Eva Dunis // The Sacred Cow
Jon Sofferud // As Though The Earth Had Opened, And The Skies Split
Aniss Aouar // A Super Drunk Hero
So Takayama // 0+0
Rey Benedict Pador // One More Try
Wali Mohammed Barrech // For Love
Manon Kundig // Bowerbird
Marius Janusauskas // Sleeping Beauties
Forthcoming is our report on the Academy Awards and general show review.
// Kristopher Arden-Houser
