SHOW + EXPO 2026
5 + 6 JUNI
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp is prepping for the biggest fashion happening of the year! On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June 2026, the Antwerp Fashion Department will be in the spotlight with its end-of-year défilé. Visitors and professionals from home and abroad gather at the Waagnatie for the SHOW of Antwerp's fashion students. Fashion lovers can also pass by the Academy on Saturday 6 June to admire the fashion masters' designs up close during their EXPO.
The Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp - AP Hogeschool, is proud to show the designs of its fashion students to the public.
More than 120 ambitious young fashion makers from across the world will bring their designs to life on the SHOW catwalk. From the famous skirts of the first-year students, over the widely trumpeted historical costumes and world costumes to the final Masterpieces: the Antwerp Fashion Department resolutely chooses each time to give all students a platform.
At the EXPO, 16 masters students will present their collections in a monumental jury installation. These installations can only be admired on Saturday 6 June on a first come first served principle. A unique opportunity to admire the designs up close before seeing them flash by on the catwalk!
Artistic director Brandon Wen:
“Get ready y’all! Fashion’s coming for you. This year has not been an easy one. The Ministry of Education has cut funding for international students, a lifeline of this institution, and the political state of the world has left a lot of people in fashion questioning their relevance, I’d be lying if I said we didn’t need everyone’s support right now. BUT DESPITE ALL THIS, the fashion department pushes forward stronger than ever, there is electricity in the joy of what we do. I’ve never had so much fun teaching and the creative energy of our students right now flows through all of us that have the privilege to work with them. Come be a part of this, people need to see why it is so important to defend beauty.”
Ticket sale is open, so be quick to get your spot!
Tickets → www.showww.be
SHOW 2026
6 + 7 JUNI
Waagnatie, Rijnkaai 150, Antwerp
17:00 → VIP (more info via this link)
18:00 → Opening SHOW site → BAR + FOOD
19:30 → SHOW 2026 – 1+2Ba
20:30 → break 1
21:15 → SHOW 2026 – 3Ba
22:00 → break 2
22:45 → SHOW 2026 – Masters
TICKETS SHOW
55€ seating [cat 1]
45€ seating [cat 2]
25€ standing
EXPO 2026
6 JUNI
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Mutsaardstraat 31, 2000 Antwerp
11:00-16:00 → EXPO visits (last entry at 15:30) - free entrance
Antwerp Fashion Masters 2026
- Enak Baeken (België)
- Bartosz Borowski (Polen)
- Jeron Grünewald (Duitsland)
- Vincent Körber (Duitsland)
- Anna Lackner (Oostenrijk)
- Carla Lázaro Bonet (Spanje)
- Liang Suwen (China)
- Yichun Liu (China)
- Lars Mertens (België)
- Stan Peeters (België)
- Yvonne Schichtel (VS)
- Tristan Stieners (België)
- Conor Turley (België / Ierland)
- Byron Wang (Taiwan)
- Mateusz Wyczesany (Polen)
- Feng Zhangchong (China)
www.showww.be
www.royalacademyantwerp.be
@antwerpfashionofficial