There’s no sensation quite like picking up an item of discounted clothing from your fave Belgian designer, staring ahead both misty-eyed and blank-eyed while thinking how proud your mother is about your economising right now. The designer stock sales are taking over Antwerp and Brussels once more and here is a nifty list of the locations you should strategize to ransack first.
Frankrijklei 93
2000 Antwerp
Saturday May 6 – Sunday May 14
9 AM – 7PM
Men’s and women’s footwear
Only cash
Woody ‘s-Gravemade for Rosier 41
Rosier 41
2000 Antwerp
Monday May 8 – Saturday May 13
10:30 AM – 6 PM
Menswear, womenswear, accessories, fabrics
Cash and debit card accepted
Leopoldstraat 27
2000 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10 – Sunday May 14: 10 AM – 6 PM
May 13: 10 AM – 5 PM
Womenswear, fabrics, accessories
Cash and debit card accepted
Atelier Solarshop
Dambruggestraat 48
2060 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10 – Sunday May 14
12 PM – 6:30 PM
Unisex collections, fabrics
Cash, debit card and Visa accepte
Kasteelpleinstraat 64
2000 Antwerp
Monday May 8 – Saturday May 13
10 AM – 6 PM
Lingerie, swimwear
Cash, debit card and Visa accepted
Nationalestraat 95
2000 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10 – Saturday May 13
11 AM – 6 PM
Menswear, womenswear, footwear, fabric
Felix Pakhuis (Zuilenzaal)
Godefriduskaai 30
2000 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10: 10 AM – 7PM
Thursday May 11 – Friday May 12: 10 AM – 6 PM
Saturday May: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday May 14: 12 PM – 5 PM
Menswear, womenswear, fabrics, accessories
Cash and debit card accepted
Oude Koornmarkt 58
2000 Antwerp
Thursday May 11 – Friday May 12: 11 AM – 7 PM
Saturday May 13: 11 AM – 6PM
Sunday May 14: 12 PM – 6 PM
Only cash
Tolstraat 39
2000 Antwerp
Monday May 8 – Tuesday May 9: 10 AM – 5 PM
Wednesday May 10: 10 AM – 4 PM
Thursday May 11: 10 AM – 5 PM
Friday May 12: 10 AM – 2 PM
Designer vintage
Cash, debit card and Visa accepted
MAISON MARGIELA BRUSSELS
Nationalestraat 91
2000 Antwerp
Tuesday May 9 – Friday May 12: 2 PM – 6 PM
Saturday May 13: 11:30 AM – 6 PM
Menswear, womenswear, footwear, accessories
Cash, debit card and Visa accepted
Rombaut: cash only
Godefriduskaai 36
2000 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10: 11 AM – 6 PM
Thursday May 11 – Saturday May 13: 1 PM – 6PM
Sunday May 14: 11 AM – 6 PM
Menswear, womenswear, accessories
Cash, debit card and Visa accepted
Leopoldstraat 53
2000 Antwerp
Wednesday May 10: 10 AM – 6:30 PM
Thursday May 11 – Saturday May 13: 10 AM – 6 PM
Menswear, footwear, accessories
Cash, debit card and Visa accepte
Entrepotkaai 1
2000 Antwerp
May 19 – May 20
Womenswear, unisex collections, accessories
Stay updated for more info here.
If you happen to find yourself in London, however, the Dover Street Market sales (up to 80% discount) will be able to claim your coins from Thursday May 11 until Sunday May 14 (11 AM – 7 PM).
For a full list of Brussels and Antwerp stock sales, go here.
Images: resp. SS16 & AW16 collections, top image Raf Simons AW16