Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential avant garde fashion designers who graduated from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1980-1981. At the Academy they were taught by Linda Loppa. The fashion collective presented a distinct, radical vision for fashion during the 1980s that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design. The breakthrough occurred in 1986 as the group rented a truck and set out for the London fashion fair with their collections. Martin Margiela, another Belgian contemporary, was not actually part of the group that showed in London, although he is often mistakenly described as one of the Antwerp Six; he had moved to Paris, where he worked initially for Jean-Paul Gaultier. Linda Loppa is now the dean of the prestigious fashion school Polimoda.Walter Van BeirendonckAnn DemeulemeesterDries Van NotenDirk Van SaeneDirk BikkembergsMarina Yee. }
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- Antwerp_Six abstract "The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential avant garde fashion designers who graduated from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1980-1981. At the Academy they were taught by Linda Loppa. The fashion collective presented a distinct, radical vision for fashion during the 1980s that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design. The breakthrough occurred in 1986 as the group rented a truck and set out for the London fashion fair with their collections. Martin Margiela, another Belgian contemporary, was not actually part of the group that showed in London, although he is often mistakenly described as one of the Antwerp Six; he had moved to Paris, where he worked initially for Jean-Paul Gaultier. Linda Loppa is now the dean of the prestigious fashion school Polimoda.Walter Van BeirendonckAnn DemeulemeesterDries Van NotenDirk Van SaeneDirk BikkembergsMarina Yee".