Dries van Noten News & Analysis

Fashion Show Review

Making Monsters With Rick Owens

23 January 2021 • By Tim Blanks

His work has always cast a dark shadow, as a kind of elemental counterpoint to the rest of fashion.

Fashion Show Review

Making Monsters With Rick Owens

His work has always cast a dark shadow, as a kind of elemental counterpoint to the rest of fashion.

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Watch All the Talks from VOICES 2020, BoF’s Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers

4 December 2020 • By BoF Team

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Watch All the Talks from VOICES 2020, BoF’s Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers

Fashion insiders including Remo Ruffini, Dries Van Noten, Samira Nasr, Virgil Abloh and José Neves were joined by experts from the wider worlds of science, technology, politics, economics and more to reflect on a year of global crisis and what’s next for the fashion industry and beyond.

The BoF Podcast: Dries Van Noten on Making Retail Meaningful in the Pandemic

29 October 2020 • By BoF Team

29 October 2020 • By BoF Team

BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks speaks with the Belgian designer about his new community-centred art hub and why the clothing store could do with a makeover.

The BoF Podcast: Dries Van Noten on Making Retail Meaningful in the Pandemic

BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks speaks with the Belgian designer about his new community-centred art hub and why the clothing store could do with a makeover.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

At Dries Van Noten, New Ways of Seeing

1 October 2020 • By Tim Blanks

At a time when his usual methods of creation and communication were curtailed, Van Noten and his team were compelled down new paths.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

At Dries Van Noten, New Ways of Seeing

At a time when his usual methods of creation and communication were curtailed, Van Noten and his team were compelled down new paths.

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What Happened to Rethinking the Fashion System?

17 July 2020 • By Vikram Alexei Kansara

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What Happened to Rethinking the Fashion System?

For brands big and small, there is real value in rethinking the industry’s traditional system of showing, delivering and discounting collections to better match today’s globalised, digital world. But meaningful change may take 12 to 24 months.

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Is Fashion Going Back to Normal?

13 July 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

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Is Fashion Going Back to Normal?

The labels taking part in the Paris men’s showcase largely stuck to their aesthetic codes, presenting pragmatic and reassuring collections that felt like seeing an old friend, with some intriguing format twists, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Dries Van Noten, Spring/Summer 2005

9 July 2020 • By Tim Blanks

The Belgian designer’s golden anniversary outing underscored the ineffable balance of emotion, intelligence and extravagance that distinguishes his shows.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Dries Van Noten, Spring/Summer 2005

The Belgian designer’s golden anniversary outing underscored the ineffable balance of emotion, intelligence and extravagance that distinguishes his shows.

The Death of Fashion Shows? Not So Fast.

3 July 2020 • By Tim Blanks

‘I come to praise shows, not to bury them,’ writes Tim Blanks as he kicks off a journey through his top fashion shows of all-time.

The Death of Fashion Shows? Not So Fast.

‘I come to praise shows, not to bury them,’ writes Tim Blanks as he kicks off a journey through his top fashion shows of all-time.

News & Analysis

Global Fashion Agenda Calls on Industry to Rebuild Sustainably

19 May 2020 • By Sarah Kent

19 May 2020 • By Sarah Kent

The industry advocacy group has laid out six key focus areas for senior executives, calling on the industry to 'future proof' its business model by placing sustainability at its core.

News & Analysis

Global Fashion Agenda Calls on Industry to Rebuild Sustainably

The industry advocacy group has laid out six key focus areas for senior executives, calling on the industry to 'future proof' its business model by placing sustainability at its core.

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Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

15 May 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

In recent weeks, three different groups of designers and retailers have proposed shifts to the industry’s product delivery and discounting calendars in a bid to create healthier, more profitable businesses. Can they pull it off?