FRANCE: FASHION - At Dries Van Noten's catwalk presentation on Wednesday (September 26), masculine elements are juxtaposed with feminine ones and eveningwear is transformed into daywear
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FRANCE: FASHION - At Dries Van Noten's catwalk presentation on Wednesday (September 26), masculine elements are juxtaposed with feminine ones and eveningwear is transformed into daywear
- Title: FRANCE: FASHION - At Dries Van Noten's catwalk presentation on Wednesday (September 26), masculine elements are juxtaposed with feminine ones and eveningwear is transformed into daywear
- Date: 28th September 2012
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (SEPTEMBER 26, 2012) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** GUESTS WALKING INTO DRIES VAN NOTEN'S FASHION SHOW VENUE MODEL GETTING HER PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BACKSTAGE MODELS GETTING THEIR HAIR STYLED BACKSTAGE VARIOUS OF MODEL BEING PHOTOGRAPHED BACKSTAGE MODELS GETTING THEIR HAIR STYLED BACKSTAGE PHOTOGRAPHER BACKSTAGE VARIOUS OF MODEL GETTING HER MAKEUP APPLIED BACKSTAGE
- Embargoed: 13th October 2012 13:00
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- Topics: Fashion
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- Story Text: Belgian designer Dries Van Noten is well-known in the fashion industry for his inimitable talent to blend clashing colors and patterns. On Wednesday (September 26), Van Noten showed yet another collection full of contrasts on Day 2 of Paris Fashion Week.
"It was some couture, some grunge," Van Noten told Reuters backstage. "Masculine, feminine, day and night... With evening dresses, we only used the outside of the evening dress, the shell of the evening dress, but threw it on top of a man's pant with a man's shirt under it, so that nightwear becomes daywear and daywear becomes nightwear."
Indeed, each of the 54 looks shown on the runway revolved around eccentric combinations. Think chiffon worn over a basic white tank, or sheer organza shirts paired with metallic menswear jackets.
It was casual luxe, which was reflected not only in the clothes, but also in the low-key makeup and hair sported by the models. Mannequins sashayed down the catwalk rocking white sunglasses that recalled Kurt Cobain and limp tresses with visibly outgrown dark roots that channeled a grunge, devil-may-care attitude.
The collection was an ode to plaid, with a color palette comprised of variations on the traditional check pattern that included faded hues of orange, peach, green, grey and blue.
There was a chinoiserie feel to the floral prints, which Van Noten achieved using traditional screen printing techniques. "Digital prints are fantastic, it gives really the opportunity to engineer things, but I really wanted to discover kind of the beauty of screen printing again," he said. 'Simple things like three or four colors in one print, not one million colors like with the digital print."
Van Noten, who the New York Times once described as "one of fashion's most cerebral designers," was part of the Antwerp Six, a group of influential avant-garde designers that graduated from the Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the eighties. He launched his women's ready-to-wear label in 1986. In 2008, Van Noten won the prestigious International Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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