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EuropeanlocationsareinLondonandPar-
is—justbuilthisbiggestflagshipstorein
theworld,a10,000-square-footpalace,on
Nationalestraat.WhenBelgian-born,New
York–basedDianeVonFurstenbergvisited
Antwerprecentlyforthegrandopeningof
herDVFboutique,whichisjustaroundthe
cornerfromVanNoten’sstore,shewastak-
enabackbythecity.“WalkingtheNational-
estraatandvisitingallthedesigners’shops,includingDriesVanNoten,Veronique
Branquinho,AnnDemeulemeester,andthe
multibrandWalterVanBeirendonck…you
areveryquicklymadeawarethatevenif
Antwerpisasmallcity,ithasbecomeavery
importantfashioncapital,”shesays.
Antwerpfirstcametofashionattention
inthemid-1980s,
whenagroupofambi-
tiousdesignersknownastheAntwerp
Six—Demeulemeester,VanNoten,Van
Beirendonck,DirkBikkembergs,Marina
Yee,andDirkVanSaene—sweptontothe
sceneafterstudyingatAntwerp’sRoyal
AcademyofFineArts.Quicklybecoming
darlingsofthefashionworld,theyputthis
cityofonly473,000onthestylemap.Today,theflockoftalentedyoungdesignersgradu-
atingeachyearfromthefamedRoyalAcad-
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AsAntwerp has becomemore andmore a style
capital of Europe, the nightlife in this thumping,
dance-oriented heart of Flanders has become in-
creasingly chic. The hottest clubs in town aremostly
concentrated in theHet Zuid area, not far from
where themajority of the coolest youngdesigners
have their shops. Some favoriteswith the locals
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25,
), salsa-fueled
Café Local
(Waalsekaai 25,
), and
CaféCapi-
tal
(Rubenslei 37,
) inside the
city’s Stadtpark. If you’re looking for a drink not
accompaniedby livemusic or powerful DJ beats,
try one of Antwerp’s “brown cafes”— smoke-filled
pubs such as
Billenkletser
(Hoogstraat 22), where
regulars sit at creaky, chewed-upwooden tables
and sample hundreds of different beers. Or, for
a rare drinking experience, head to
DeVagant
(Reyndersstraat 25), which servesmore than200
types of jenevers, old-school juniper-flavoredginlike
spirits from this part of theworld that aremostly
associatedwithWWI. Only legally allowed to be
sold inBelgium, theNetherlands, and certain parts
of France andGermany, this potent drink boasts a
new, young following inAntwerp—meaning the
bar is now often packedwith hipsters aswell as
old-timers, all sampling this cool “grandpa” drink
until four a.m., the closing time.
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