22 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks
In embracing an icon like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Van Noten could be signalling his need to destroy the cage he thinks the world has made for him — making for an enthralling collection.
28 February 2019 • By Tim Blanks
Fading summer flowers struck the designer as the germ of a collection. How do you make such a cliché strange but still desirable? He got the emotional response he was after.
19 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks
The collection felt a little over-familiar — a statement that was strong without being particularly bold, minus the arcana that has always been his special spice.
27 September 2018 • By Tim Blanks
The collection was Dries at his very best, working the contrasts between high and low and marrying the functional beauty of workwear to the embroidered glories of something approaching couture.
23 June 2018 • By Tim Blanks
The show opened and closed with a boy in a bathing suit — a basic blank slate — and the simplicity of that statement defined everything that came after.
News Bites
6 June 2018 • By Tamison O'Connor
1 March 2018 • By Tim Blanks
The powerful collection was brash and glam, creating hybrids of other times and places that prove seductive in this moment.
19 January 2018 • By Tim Blanks
The designer appeared to stake yet another claim to the title of fashion’s unlikeliest psychonaut, but it was hard not to expect more from the result.
Careers
9 January 2018 • By BoF Team
VOICES
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