Fashion Nerds

Germany / Belgium

Bernhard Willhelm

  • Grotesque imagery
  • Narrative clothing
  • Ironic dress codes

Bernhard Willhelm graduated from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1998 and built a fashion world rich in storytelling and strange humour. His collections bring exaggerated, sometimes grotesque imagery into dialogue with everyday clothing and high fashion.

Five looks to know

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 1 — Bernhard Willhelm, Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 1

Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Josh Paul Thomas / Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm
Bernhard Willhelm — Look 19 — Bernhard Willhelm, Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 19

Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Josh Paul Thomas / Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm
Bernhard Willhelm — Look 38 — Bernhard Willhelm, Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 38

Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Josh Paul Thomas / Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm
Bernhard Willhelm — Look 57 — Bernhard Willhelm, Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 57

Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Josh Paul Thomas / Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm
Bernhard Willhelm — Look 75 — Bernhard Willhelm, Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Bernhard Willhelm — Look 75

Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Josh Paul Thomas / Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Fall 2019

1 piece

About Bernhard Willhelm

In 2006, he and business partner Jutta Kraus donated their apparel archive to MoMu, prompting a retrospective that presented his collections as immersive environments.