Dress

Dress by Dirk van Saene from S/S 2008. Size in the dress is 42 (see measurements) 

Material: cotton

Measurements: pit to pit 46 cm, waist 40cm, length , 117 cm

Dress is never worn

Who is Dirk van Saene? After graduating from the fashion department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Dirk Van Saene opened his own shop almost immediately: ‘Beauties & Heroes’. He does not follow trends and does not let himself be limited by pigeonholes. In 1990, he designed a commercial collection for the Belgian raincoat manufacturer Bartsons. A few months later, he showed his own collection for the first time in Paris, but an international breakthrough failed to materialise. Van Saene refused to be dictated by growth pressure or marketing and designed collections according to his own rhythm, which he produced in collaboration with small, independent Italian and Flemish studios. In addition, he worked for the Belgian brand Scapa for several years, for designer Veronique Branquinho and entered into a collaboration with the Belgian leather goods house Delvaux. Since 2009, he has also taught master students at the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 2013, he opened the boutique ‘DVS’, where he sold the creations of other designers in addition to his own designs for several years. In 2019 he won the jury prize of the 'Belgian Fashion Awards' for his personal and unconventional way of working in a rapidly changing fashion sector.