The Mode Natie, at the corner of Antwerp’s Nationalestraat and Drukkerijstraat, is the creative fashion heart of the city. The MoMu Fashion Museum, the Fashion Academy and the Flanders Fashion Institute have all set up base here. The interior is stripped-down, minimal, all very skeletal and austere. Perhaps more Yohji than Yamamoto himself.
The Antwerp fashion scene is clustered in and around Nationalestraat and serves as a source of inspiration for the entire neighbourhood. Antwerp is known worldwide for designers such as Raf Simons, Ann Demeulemeester and Martin Margiela – all of whom graduated from the Antwerp Academy of Arts.
