In the 1980s, a team of pupils from the Royal Academy of Good Arts in Antwerp, Belgium attracted international consideration for their revolutionary, agenda-setting style: Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee. Now, as Van Beirendonck retires from his publish as head of the Academy’s vogue office, 5 of the “Antwerp Six” gave straight responses to issues from latest learners, covering the pressures of being a designer, how the industry has adjusted and remaining true to your self. Victoria Lebrun, 3rd calendar year: What is your finest memory of the Academy? Ann: “Mary Prijot, the lady who established the Manner Academy,…