Walter van Beirendonck<\/a>, head of the Fashion Department. \u201cWhen they graduate, they should have a voice. They should have a strong character and ambition if they are going to make it one way or another in fashion\u201d.
\nThe Academy students have never been afraid to comment on serious issues from consumerism through globalisation, to gender and while the works by the first-year students are primarily exercises in deconstruction, the third-years and the MA-graduates present fully fledged, well-researched and bold collections. These are the six young hopefuls from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts who will shape fashion\u2019s future.
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Shone Puipia. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Shone Puipia<\/h3>\n
\u201cI am very much interested in the power of fashion to convey a vision \u2013 giving insight into a constructed world, a dreamscape\u201d, comments the 23-year old, Thailand-born designer on his fiery collection of frilled, fringed and ribboned pieces. Colourful and exquisitely embellished this is indeed a collection for\u2013well, a wild bunch.
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Emmanuel A Ryngaert. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Emmanuel A. Ryngaert<\/h3>\n
Emmanuel Ryngaert, who studied furniture design before coming to fashion, presented a hyper-original collection inspired by modular furniture and Meccano toys. Emmanuel\u2019s pieces equipped with perforations at the seams and connector elements were constructed without sewing and are kept together with industrial foam. The incongruous, outlandish pieces contrast nicely with the luxurious fabrics.
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Timo Z\u00fcndorf. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Timo Z\u00fcndorf<\/h3>\n
The German-born designer looks at the fashion\u2019s beloved punk motives and rediscovers the classics. Z\u00fcndorf\u2019s pieces, beautifully torn and delightfully deconstructed evoke the works by Margiela, Simons and Westwood, though there\u2019s something unmistakably contemporary and normcore in his Haute Punk looks.
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Jennifer Dols. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Jennifer Dols<\/h3>\n
Jennifer Dols reinterprets the traditional motive of \u201cla belle et la bete\u201d, portraying the beauty and the beast as contrasting parts of one\u2019s personality. Her \u201cshe-monster\u201d is, however, an extremely fashionable beast who dons faux fur, Margelian puffed jackets and Victorian blouses in an equally luscious way.
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Charlotte de Geyter Pittoors. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Charlotte de Geyter Pittoors<\/h3>\n
Charlotte de Geyter Pittoors\u2019 poetic collection \u201cHow To Catch A Fish\u201d explores happiness. Or rather, what can makes you happy in our fast-living, speed-driven world. The designer\u2019s recipe is to slow down, look around and get closer to nature, while wearing exquisitely embellished shoes and light fabrics. Charlotte\u2019s Ellsworth Kelly-inspired collection is probably the happiest and the brightest of all.
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Jannike Sommar. Courtesy Catwalkpictures.com \u2013 Etienne Tordoir<\/p>\n
Jannike Sommar<\/h3>\n
Puffed sleeves, broad shoulders, long hems and chains \u2013 Jannike Sommar looks into the matters of power, empowerment and powerlessness. In the collection inspired by the TV series \u201cOrange is the new black\u201d the designer reinterprets the codes of prison uniforms. Her \u201cMiss\u201d collection is a fascinating study on the construction of power relations within an enclosed marginal space. \u201cWomen in prison are deprived of their power\u201d, explains the designer. \u201cBut by creating their own world, they are taking the power back.\u201d
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Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp<\/p>\n