He has left an unmistakable impression on this internationally renowned school, as a teacher after and as head of the department from to He himself is a graduate, and he not long thereafter enjoyed his breakthrough as one of the Antwerp Six. From through he designed the W. Wild and Lethal Trash line for Mustang, the German jeans manufacturers, which was geared towards the rapidly growing youth segment.
From to , Van Beirendonck was creative director for Scapa Sports. He has moreover continued to design in his own name. After his dog Sado died, Walter Van Beirendonck created a new mascot. As an alter ego with extra-terrestrial origins, notably the planet Dork, Puk Puk can do and say whatever he likes. He shows up in videos, on clothing and on invitations, even in the form of a watch in the Welcome Little Stranger collection.
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Under the name W. His shows are futuristic spectacles or party scenes with quirky casts who flaunt the normative idea of beauty. His models have a variety of body shapes, ranging from muscular bodybuilders and big bears to tender boys, fantasy figures and frail girls. Walter Van Beirendonck has a love of science fiction, the supernatural and spirituality.
In his collections, he regularly combines aliens and references to E. He invites us to look at the whole universe with new eyes. Through the extraterrestrial, the designer calls our attention to natural phenomena and environmental issues. The alien in Welcome Little Stranger , for Spring-Summer , for example, is wearing a wig made of grass.
His first collection, as did his pet bull terrier who was depicted on the clothes and invitations, bore the name Sado. In his Paradise Pleasure Productions collection for Autumn-Winter , he called attention to safe sex by wrapping his models entirely in latex.
