Introduction
Christine Mathys was the co-founder and business partner of Belgian designer Dries Van Noten. She helped establish the Antwerp company behind his label and managed its commercial side alongside Van Noten’s creative work during its formative period. The house’s international profile began with his menswear launch and the Antwerp Six presentation in London in 1986.
After Mathys died in 1999, Van Noten assumed responsibility for both the creative and business sides of the company. Her connection to fashion education continues through the Christine Mathys Award at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, given in her memory to a graduating collection selected for its passion for fashion. Her contribution was commercial and organisational, providing the business partnership that supported the label’s early development.
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Career history
1986
Christine Mathys helped turn the label's richly developed aesthetic into a stable business without flattening its independence.
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