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Antwerp Academy Student Suicide Calls Teaching Methods into Question

The fashion programme at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, led by Walter Van Beirendonck, is one of the most prestigious in the world. But after a recent suicide, current and former students have come forward with accounts of depression and drug abuse, calling teaching methods into question.    
Inside the MoMu Fashion Museum at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp | Source: Getty Images
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  • Lauren Sherman

ANTWERP, Belgium —

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