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    From within the womb of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, the Fashion Department has emerged as one of the most prestigious fashion programmes in the world.

    Since the early 1980’s, the Antwerp Fashion Department has been known at an international level as a place for creativity, taste and ambition. Its unique vision has made it a place where young hopefuls and industry professionals alike flock to be inspired and motivated by the next generation of fashion creatives. The Fashion Department is proud to send off a new influx of talent into the world every year like The Antwerp Six, A.F. Vandevorst, Haider Ackermann, Kris Van Assche, Demna Gvasalia, Glenn Martens, Minju Kim, Shuting Qiu, Meryll Rogge and many others.

    The Fashion Department is proud to show the designs of its fashion students to the public during the SHOW.
    More than a hunderd ambitious young fashion makers from across the world will bring their designs to life on the SHOW catwalk. From the famous skirts of the firstyear students, over the widely trumpeted historical costumes and world costumes to the final Masterpieces: the Antwerp Fashion Department resolutely chooses to give all students a platform!

    What began as a small end-of-year presentation within the walls of the Academy evolved into the annual, ever-surprising June SHOW, becoming an indispensable tradition for some 5000 fashion enthusiasts, representatives of major fashion houses, and other industry insiders.

    Save the date: 4 + 5 June → SHOW 2027
    Ticket → www.showww.be

    SHOW became WWWSHOWW (2020 & 2021)

    During the unpredictable and turbulent year 2020, regardless of the circumstances, the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp succeeded in spotlighting the end-of-year collections of all its students in an innovative way.

    Pandemic or not, all students at the Academy deserved the same opportunities and visibility as their predecessors. The entire team of the Fashion Department wanted to explore new paths and got to work with their network of creative professionals to build a dynamic digital platform WWWSHOWW that became a true experience not only for the students but also for viewers from all over the world.

    Fashion students showed their work on a virtual catwalk, which brought drawings, photos and videos to life by means of technical gadgets and different 'camera positions'. The graduating masters showed their collections not only in the digital environment. The public was given a unseen glimpse into the world of the young fashion masters: via the 'Blind Date video calls' they talked to fashion masters such as Raf Simons, Demna Gvasalia, Stephen Jones and Christian Lacroix about their collections and - as the icing on the cake - the Antwerp Handelsbeurs was transformed into the perfect setting for their inspiring 'grande finale'. 

    The first WWWSHOWW was broadcast on Saturday 27 June 2020 and immediately reached 11.000 viewers from 80 different countries that same evening. In the meantime WWWSHOWW 2020 was streamed more than 50.000 times and the entire international press wrote about the innovative approach of the Antwerp fashion department. Watch HERE.

    In the year 2021 Academy also chose to tell a new chapter of the WWWSHOWW story on Saturday 19 June 2021.

    2020.showww.be + 2021.showww.be

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    Fri 05 Jun
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    Sat 06 Jun

    SHOW + EXPO 2026

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    FASHION AWARDS 2026

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    Fri 06 Jun
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    Sat 07 Jun

    SHOW + EXPO 2025

    SHOW 6 + 7 JUNI 2025 - WAAGNATIE /// EXPO 2025 7 JUNI 2025 - ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP

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    FASHION AWARDS 2025

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    Fri 31 May
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    Sat 01 Jun

    SHOW + EXPO 2024

    Vrijdag 31 mei en zaterdag 1 juni 2024 staat de Antwerpse Modeafdeling in de schijnwerpers met haar eindejaarsdefilé. Bezoekers en professionals uit binnen- en buitenland stromen samen in de Waagnatie voor de SHOW van de Antwerpse modestudenten.

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    SHOW 2024 — It's a wrap!

    SHOW + EXPO 2024 was a blast! Thank you all for coming <3

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    FASHION AWARDS 2024

    Big congrats to all students!

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    Fri 09 Jun
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    Sat 10 Jun

    SHOW + EXPO 2023

    The Antwerp Fashion Department is getting ready for the biggest fashion happening of the year! The 360th anniversary of the Academy and the 60th of its Fashion Department make this edition extra festive. On Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June, all fashion lovers and professionals are expected at the Waagnatie for the SHOW and EXPO of Antwerp fashion students.

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    Brandon Wen - new creative director of the Fashion Department

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    Fri 03 Jun
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    Sat 04 Jun

    SHOW 2022 → Antwerp Fashion Department

    Save the date for the fashion celebration of the year! 3 + 4 June at Waagnatie!

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    Sat 19 Jun

    WWWSHOWWW 2021

    www.showww.be of the Antwerp Fashion Department

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    Fri 07 Jun
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    Fri 07 Jun

    SHOW 2019

    The annual fashion SHOW will take place on June 7th and 8th in the Antwerp Waagnatie.

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