A.F. Vandevorst A/W 2012

German artist Joseph Beuys has been a mascot-muse for An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx since they began. So it’s surprising that until now the Belgian duo never came around to this Fall’s conceit: conjuring Beuys’ female companion. The thought led them to choreographer Pina Bausch, a creative peer, and a mix of her masculine way of dressing and the bias-cut silks in which she costumes her dancers.