Fabric sketches in the window of designer Dries Van Noten. Van Noten was one of the spritely tribe of Belgians who burst on the Paris scene in the 80's, another of whom is a favorite of mine, the mysterious Martin Margiela. Margiela. Like another Antwerp star, Ann Demeulemeester, Margiela blends couture finesse and bohemian affectation. Now he is gone and his label, like that of Alexander McQueen, will carry on with surrogates. St Pauls in place of St Peters.
Years ago, we were visiting a friend in Antwerp. We passed a simple stucco house which our friend said had been designed by Le Corbusier. I asked if we could stop, which we did, and our friend, declaring that he knew the inhabitant, knocked on the door. An upstairs window opened and a sleepy woman, coffee cup in hand, leaned out to see who was knocking. It was Ann Demeulemeester.
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