Forty years ago, a group of young fashion designers from Antwerp travelled to London and turned the international fashion world on its head. In The Six, the six designers themselves look back on their breakthrough, their friendships and differences, and on a period in which an exceptional generation from Antwerp rewrote the rules of fashion.

Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene and Marina Yee quickly became world-famous as ‘the Antwerp Six’. With their radical and widely varying designs, they put Antwerp and Belgium firmly on the international fashion map. But were they really such a close-knit group, or did that myth arise mainly in the international press?

Following Dries and Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, documentary-maker Reiner Holzemer delves once again into the world of Belgian fashion. This time, for the first time ever, he brings together the six voices behind one of the greatest success stories in Belgian fashion history. A unique glimpse behind the myth of the Antwerp Six and at the lasting influence of six designers who changed international fashion forever.