Kammenstraat 83, Antwerp. Late 2026.
Eight months ago, Sixth Bloom House did not exist.
There is a moment we keep coming back to. The first sample box. Two of us on the floor, cutting tape, pulling out a tee that had lived for months as a drawing, a fabric swatch, an argument about grams per square metre. We held it up. We didn't say much. One of us said heavier, the other said shorter, and that was the whole conversation — because we both already knew.
That is more or less how this has worked ever since. Two people, one opinion at a time, and a lot of holding things up to the light.
We are aware that eight months is nothing. We're opening a second store anyway.
What Kolperstraat taught us
Our first door is at Kolperstraat 17 in 's-Hertogenbosch, and it is open every day of the week. Everything we know about how our clothes actually land on people, we learned standing in that room.
Because there is a limit to what a product page can carry, and we run into it every day.
Garment dye is the clearest example. When a finished garment goes into the dye bath as one piece, the colour settles unevenly — richer at the seams, softer across the body, never quite the same twice. It is the reason no two of our tees are identical. It is also the single hardest thing to photograph. We have tried. Every time, the picture flattens exactly the thing that makes the piece worth owning.
The same goes for weight. There is a real difference between reading “325 GSM” and feeling a shirt hold its own shape when you lift it off the rail. And for fit — our silhouette is boxy and slightly cropped on purpose, and the only honest way to know whether that lands on your frame is to put it on.
In 's-Hertogenbosch we watch that happen every single day. Someone walks in unconvinced by a photograph, picks the garment up, and the conversation changes completely. You cannot fake that moment online, and once you've seen it a few thousand times you start wanting a second room to see it in.
Why Antwerp. Why that street.
We looked at a lot of cities. Antwerp kept winning, and Kammenstraat kept winning inside Antwerp.
If you know it, you know. A short, dense stretch in the middle of the city where independent labels, streetwear and archive stores have sat shoulder to shoulder for decades. No luxury-mall polish. No dead frontage. Just a street that has been serious about clothing far longer than we have — by some margin.
And the people who walk it look closely. They ask what the fabric is. They check the shoulder seam. They will absolutely tell you when something isn't right, and they do not care how long your brand has existed.
That is a hard place for an eight-month-old label to open a door. It is exactly why we want to. If the clothes are good, the street will say so. If they aren't, we'd rather find out on Kammenstraat than never find out at all.
Number 83 is ours.
What we're building in there
Same principles as 's-Hertogenbosch, more room to apply them. Minimal, structured, nothing decorative that isn't holding weight. Concrete, steel, controlled light. Space between the rails. Room to actually stand back and look.
The full range will be there to pick up — tees, hoodies, outerwear, caps. Fitting rooms cut for our silhouette rather than fighting it. And in the beginning, there is a good chance the person behind the counter is simply one of us.
What we are trying to avoid is the version of retail where someone walks in, is greeted three times, and leaves without touching anything. Come in. Take your time. Feel the fabric. That is the entire point.
Nothing changes — online or in Den Bosch
To be clear: the webshop stays exactly as it is. Same range, same worldwide shipping, same Klarna at checkout. And Kolperstraat 17 isn't going anywhere — it is our home store, open every day, and it stays exactly that.
Antwerp is an addition. Nothing is being traded for it.
See you on Kammenstraat
We're a few months out. We'll post the exact opening date, the hours and the opening-weekend plan here first — and on Instagram, and to the newsletter.
If you've bought from us in these first eight months — from a phone somewhere we've never been, or by walking into Kolperstraat and taking the piece off the rail yourself — thank you. Genuinely. This second door exists because of you, and we haven't forgotten a single one of you.
And if you haven't yet — come by anyway. Either address. Hold something up to the light. That's how this whole thing started.
Wout & Wilco
Sixth Bloom House
Sixth Bloom House 's-Hertogenbosch
Kolperstraat 17, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Open every day
Sixth Bloom House Antwerp
Kammenstraat 83, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Opening late 2026
A Letter From Wout & Wilco: Our Second Door Opens in Antwerp
Kammenstraat 83, Antwerp. Late 2026.
Eight months ago, Sixth Bloom House did not exist.
There is a moment we keep coming back to. The first sample box. Two of us on the floor, cutting tape, pulling out a tee that had lived for months as a drawing, a fabric swatch, an argument about grams per square metre. We held it up. We didn't say much. One of us said heavier, the other said shorter, and that was the whole conversation — because we both already knew.
That is more or less how this has worked ever since. Two people, one opinion at a time, and a lot of holding things up to the light.
We are aware that eight months is nothing. We're opening a second store anyway.
What Kolperstraat taught us
Our first door is at Kolperstraat 17 in 's-Hertogenbosch, and it is open every day of the week. Everything we know about how our clothes actually land on people, we learned standing in that room.
Because there is a limit to what a product page can carry, and we run into it every day.
Garment dye is the clearest example. When a finished garment goes into the dye bath as one piece, the colour settles unevenly — richer at the seams, softer across the body, never quite the same twice. It is the reason no two of our tees are identical. It is also the single hardest thing to photograph. We have tried. Every time, the picture flattens exactly the thing that makes the piece worth owning.
The same goes for weight. There is a real difference between reading “325 GSM” and feeling a shirt hold its own shape when you lift it off the rail. And for fit — our silhouette is boxy and slightly cropped on purpose, and the only honest way to know whether that lands on your frame is to put it on.
In 's-Hertogenbosch we watch that happen every single day. Someone walks in unconvinced by a photograph, picks the garment up, and the conversation changes completely. You cannot fake that moment online, and once you've seen it a few thousand times you start wanting a second room to see it in.
Why Antwerp. Why that street.
We looked at a lot of cities. Antwerp kept winning, and Kammenstraat kept winning inside Antwerp.
If you know it, you know. A short, dense stretch in the middle of the city where independent labels, streetwear and archive stores have sat shoulder to shoulder for decades. No luxury-mall polish. No dead frontage. Just a street that has been serious about clothing far longer than we have — by some margin.
And the people who walk it look closely. They ask what the fabric is. They check the shoulder seam. They will absolutely tell you when something isn't right, and they do not care how long your brand has existed.
That is a hard place for an eight-month-old label to open a door. It is exactly why we want to. If the clothes are good, the street will say so. If they aren't, we'd rather find out on Kammenstraat than never find out at all.
Number 83 is ours.
What we're building in there
Same principles as 's-Hertogenbosch, more room to apply them. Minimal, structured, nothing decorative that isn't holding weight. Concrete, steel, controlled light. Space between the rails. Room to actually stand back and look.
The full range will be there to pick up — tees, hoodies, outerwear, caps. Fitting rooms cut for our silhouette rather than fighting it. And in the beginning, there is a good chance the person behind the counter is simply one of us.
What we are trying to avoid is the version of retail where someone walks in, is greeted three times, and leaves without touching anything. Come in. Take your time. Feel the fabric. That is the entire point.
Nothing changes — online or in Den Bosch
To be clear: the webshop stays exactly as it is. Same range, same worldwide shipping, same Klarna at checkout. And Kolperstraat 17 isn't going anywhere — it is our home store, open every day, and it stays exactly that.
Antwerp is an addition. Nothing is being traded for it.
See you on Kammenstraat
We're a few months out. We'll post the exact opening date, the hours and the opening-weekend plan here first — and on Instagram, and to the newsletter.
If you've bought from us in these first eight months — from a phone somewhere we've never been, or by walking into Kolperstraat and taking the piece off the rail yourself — thank you. Genuinely. This second door exists because of you, and we haven't forgotten a single one of you.
And if you haven't yet — come by anyway. Either address. Hold something up to the light. That's how this whole thing started.
Wout & Wilco
Sixth Bloom House
Sixth Bloom House 's-Hertogenbosch
Kolperstraat 17, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Open every day
Sixth Bloom House Antwerp
Kammenstraat 83, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Opening late 2026