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Dries Van Noten

Founder, Dries Van Noten

One of the ‘Antwerp Six,’ the third-generation designer has built a profitable fashion business, known for its intelligent prints, on his own terms.

Dries Van Noten
Fashion Week

Another Way of Looking at the Real World at Loewe

Seeming randomness is an Anderson signature. But those wayward touches lead you to the mind — and the hand — behind the enterprise. There are no accidents.

Fashion Week

Another Way of Looking at the Real World at Loewe

Seeming randomness is an Anderson signature. But those wayward touches lead you to the mind — and the hand — behind the enterprise. There are no accidents.


Fashion Week

Visual Overload at Dries Van Noten

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.

Fashion Week

Visual Overload at Dries Van Noten

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.


News & Analysis

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.

News & Analysis

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.


Workplace & Talent

At Carolina Herrera, Executing Elegance with Agility

Leaning into its conviction that constant change is the new normal in fashion, Carolina Herrera encourages all employees to be nimble in their operations — granting them the creative autonomy to succeed.

Workplace & Talent

At Carolina Herrera, Executing Elegance with Agility

Leaning into its conviction that constant change is the new normal in fashion, Carolina Herrera encourages all employees to be nimble in their operations — granting them the creative autonomy to succeed.


Fashion Week

The Return of Ready-to-Wear

In Paris, real clothes triumphed over high concept, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

The Return of Ready-to-Wear

In Paris, real clothes triumphed over high concept, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Celebrating Contrasts at Dries Van Noten

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.

Fashion Week

Celebrating Contrasts at Dries Van Noten

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.


Fashion Week

Searching for Heroes at Dries Van Noten

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.

Fashion Week

Searching for Heroes at Dries Van Noten

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.


News & Analysis

Acne Studios Takes Minority Investment

IDG Capital and Hong Kong-based I.T Group have acquired stakes of 30.1 percent and 10.9 percent of the company.

News & Analysis

Acne Studios Takes Minority Investment

IDG Capital and Hong Kong-based I.T Group have acquired stakes of 30.1 percent and 10.9 percent of the company.


Retail

Need Supply Co. and Totokaelo Form New Retail Group

The indie-luxe retailers are joining forces in order to compete more effectively on a global scale.

Retail

Need Supply Co. and Totokaelo Form New Retail Group

The indie-luxe retailers are joining forces in order to compete more effectively on a global scale.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.


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