Like Paris and New York in particular, Antwerp is one of the top haute-couture venues. It enjoys a rich heritage dating back to the Renaissance thanks to its port, which made it one of the largest European ports of that time, a heritage that still endures today as it is the second largest European port. It became one of the high places of fashion during the 1980s with the "Antwerp Six", a position it still holds today (notably thanks to the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, which offers one of the best training courses in the world).

This central position in the field of fashion and haute couture is also represented by the presence in this city of the Flanders Fashion Institute, which offers support to fashion designers in the management and promotion of their creations on an international level.

Antwerp gained notoriety at the end of the 1990s and during 2000 and 2010, with the appointment of some of its creators to senior positions in major houses such as Christian Dior and Calvin Klein.

Antwerp is a city not to be neglected in the field of fashion; despite its relative youth in the world of fashion and haute-couture, it now enjoys an international reputation that allows it to be recognised as one of the emerging fashion capitals.