The Six

Forty years ago, a group of young Antwerp fashion designers went to London and turned the international fashion world upside down. In The Six, the six designers themselves look back on their breakthrough, their mutual friendships and differences, and on a period in which an exceptional generation from Antwerp rewrote the rules of fashion. Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene and Marina Yee quickly became world-famous as 'the Zes van Antwerpen'. With their radical and highly diverse designs, they put Antwerp and Belgium permanently on the international fashion map. But were they really such a close-knit group, or did that myth primarily arise in the international press? Na Dries and Martin Margiela: In His Own Words documentary maker Reiner Holzemer dives into the Belgian fashion world once again. This time he brings together for the first time the six voices behind one of the greatest success stories in Belgian fashion history. A unique look behind the myth of the Antwerp Six and at the lasting influence of six designers who changed international fashion forever.