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Designer Walter Van Beirendonck Belgian

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In a collection that oscillated between childlike naiveté and darker, ominous, forces, Walter Van Beirendonck presented this suit made of nursery fabrics. The designer's fascination for childhood as a site of both fairytales and dreams as well as trauma and terror, is an enduring theme in his collections, which fuse childlike wonder with artistic and social engagement.

Ensemble, Walter Van Beirendonck (Belgian, born 1957), (a) cotton, (b) cotton, (c) cotton, (d, e) cotton, rubber, Belgian

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