Flemish fashion designers are struggling to survive. Late last year
Belgian fashion label Sandrina Fasoli suspended activities because they
could not find a capital investment while Walter Van Beirendonck was
forced to close his fashion store in Antwerp just like Olivier Strelli
and hat designer Christophe Coppens. With even established names
struggling to survive, the Flemish government has decided to set up a
Flemish Fashion House that will provide affordable workshop and retail
space, an advisory centre and a fashion fund to assist designers with
practical and financial support. The Flemish...
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