B. Åkerlund & A.F. Vandevorst drop their captivating new t-shirt collaboration

[D]ropping in stores next week is a captivating new collaboration from A.F. Vandevorst and the iconic stylist and activist B. Åkerlund. A 10-piece capsule collection, it features daring imagery from the A.F. Vandevorst archive to celebrate the brands 20 year anniversary. Photographed by Åkerlund’s regular collaborator Ekaterina Belinskaya, who shot the artist for HUNGER #14, the shoot captures the boundary-breaking brand perfectly. The reinterpretation of the brand’s notorious history will coincide with a series of events, including an artistic exhibition feautring the hospital beds from the SS1999 show alongside the display of the t-shirt capsule.

Launching at Opening Ceremony LA and New York on 19th April, the two stores will present a 20 year anniversary installation and an intimate book signing for their newly released book ‘ENDE NEU’. Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst are the married couple behind the Belgian design house, and are celebrating two decades of their cult label. Meeting in 1987, the pair have since collaborated with fascinating artists and showed collections during Paris Couture Week.

B. Åkerlund is just as boundary-pushing as A.F. Vandevorst: a  Swedish born fashion activist and costume designer, she’s influenced the industry for over 20 years styling the likes of Madonna to Nicki Minaj. B. “moves freely between fashion, film, music and art”, appreciating creative freedom she expresses herself by transforming “visions into realities” and expresses “personalities through style”, just as A.F. Vandevorst do too.

A.F. Vandevorst’s 20 year anniversary installation and t-shirt display will launch simultaneously at  Opening Ceremony New York on April19th. For more details click here.