When a designer with an international, cult following of fashion insiders shifts his headquarters to Brussels, could it mean that the Belgian city better known for its frites, waffles and EU bureaucracy will be the next fashion hotspot? I sat down with Brussels' new transplant, David Szeto, in his huge 2 story space (see above) to learn the reasons behind his move from Paris, Szeto's long-standing home base. Antwerp,
of course, is the reigning champion of Belgian fashion, having produced
the avant-garde group of designers known as the Antwerp Six, all of
whom graduated from Antwerp's famous Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
More recently, the school has gained recognition for nurturing
designers like Bruno Pieters, Kris van Assche and Haider Ackerman. But,
if David's recent move is anything to go by, then maybe we'll be talking about the Brussels Six as well someday.
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