In Antwerp, you can’t swing a chic calfskin handbag without bumping into a painfully stylish designer flagship”“ it is, as they say Belgium’s most fashionable city. And local label Christian Wijnants has now joined the ranks with his first Antwerp flagship on Steenhouwersvest in the Sint-Andries district, burrowed between the street’s famously curated antique stores and a smattering of the high-end boutiques beginning to migrate to the area.

Best known for his collections of softy tailored jersey, knitwear and natural fabrics, that combine aesthetics inspired by nature, abstraction, sculpture and femininity ”“ the store is a brick and mortar incarnation of the collection itself.

Designed in collaboration with Swedish architect Andreas Bozarth Fornell and landscape designers Bart Haverkamp and Pieter Croes, the 100 square meter space which houses the Christian Wijnants ready-to-wear and accessories collections, does so inside a tastefully color blocked concrete and marble casing looking out to a flourishing green garden backdrop.

A visit to Christian Wijnant’s flagship feels as if you’re taking a textural journey through his world of fashion, nature, art and architecture.

http://www.christianwijnants.com/

Christian Wijnants Antwerp
Steenhouwersvest 36, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
+32 3 284 41 76

(This trip was hosted by Visit Flanders in collaboration with Visit Antwerp. All opinions and recommendations are our own).

Jenny is Melting Butter’s Founding Editor. She’s NYC based via Melbourne, London and Amsterdam. Her hotspot recommendations have also appeared in The Observer, ForbesLife, Belle Magazine, National Geographic Traveler Magazine and Gotham Magazine.

(Christian Wijnants Antwerp Flagship photos by Boy Kortekaas)

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