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366: 360: 302: 25: 204:, although he is often mistakenly described as one of the Antwerp Six because he also emerged from the Antwerp scene immediately before the "Antwerp six" came to being. He subsequently moved to 141:. The press began referring to them as a group beginning in about 1990 after the group in 1986 drove in a van from Belgium to present at a London tradeshow and unexpectedly made an impact. 190:
during the 1980s that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design. The breakthrough occurred in 1986 as the group rented a truck and set out for the
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with their collections. The reporters couldn't pronounce their names so began collectively referring to them as the Antwerp Six.
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collective presented a distinct, radical vision for
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