#antwerp-six

#antwerp-six

"The name is a paradox. They never functioned as a collective," says Kaat Debo, MoMu's director. "Some of them still describe that label as a blessing and a curse. But they were friends."

The exhibition highlights the works of Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, and Marina Yee, showcasing their individual paths and collective impact in the design and fashion industry.

I thought about how Marcelo Mastroianni once spoke of a paradoxical nostalgia del futuro, beyond the lost paradises imagined by Proust, and how we continue to pursue our dreams knowing that, at some point, we can look back on them with love.