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Kris Van Assche

Artistic Director, Berluti

The designer’s integration of streetwear into the rigorous and established codes of Dior Homme have won over a new fan base for the brand.

Kris Van Assche
News & Analysis

Top Fashion Schools in Belgium: Examining Antwerp's Approach

In BoF’s second annual global fashion schools ranking, Antwerp’s Royal Academy came fourth at both BA and MA level and was the only Belgian school to make the ranking. So how does Antwerp do it?

News & Analysis

Top Fashion Schools in Belgium: Examining Antwerp's Approach

In BoF’s second annual global fashion schools ranking, Antwerp’s Royal Academy came fourth at both BA and MA level and was the only Belgian school to make the ranking. So how does Antwerp do it?


Marketing

10 Campaigns of Autumn/Winter 2016

The Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign season could represent a notable turning point in the use of digital-native techniques in campaign imagery.

Marketing

10 Campaigns of Autumn/Winter 2016

The Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign season could represent a notable turning point in the use of digital-native techniques in campaign imagery.


Fashion Week

Controlling Chaos at Dior Homme

Van Assche talks about surrounding himself with crazy people as a vicarious inroad to altered states of consciousness, but the chaos is strictly controlled.

Fashion Week

Controlling Chaos at Dior Homme

Van Assche talks about surrounding himself with crazy people as a vicarious inroad to altered states of consciousness, but the chaos is strictly controlled.


Workplace & Talent

New Partners on BoF Careers: Ordre, Accademia Costume e Moda

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Workplace & Talent

New Partners on BoF Careers: Ordre, Accademia Costume e Moda

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.


Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.

Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.


Fashion Week

Narrative and Neorealism

In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.

Fashion Week

Narrative and Neorealism

In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.


Fashion Week

Defiant Discipline

Kris Van Assche offered a tucked-in-tense 1980s inspired collection, buttoned-up-tight as ever.

Fashion Week

Defiant Discipline

Kris Van Assche offered a tucked-in-tense 1980s inspired collection, buttoned-up-tight as ever.


News & Analysis

New Life in Paris

Once in short supply, young Paris-based labels like Officine Générale, Vetements and Jacquemus are building budding businesses. What’s changed?

News & Analysis

New Life in Paris

Once in short supply, young Paris-based labels like Officine Générale, Vetements and Jacquemus are building budding businesses. What’s changed?


News & Analysis

A Reality Check for Fashion's Status Quo

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.

News & Analysis

A Reality Check for Fashion's Status Quo

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.


News & Analysis

Christophe Lemaire: ‘Marketing Is Worthless If There Are No Good Products’

After years dividing his attention between his own label and his work for other brands, Christophe Lemaire is set to give the freshly rebranded ‘Lemaire’ his full attention.

News & Analysis

Christophe Lemaire: ‘Marketing Is Worthless If There Are No Good Products’

After years dividing his attention between his own label and his work for other brands, Christophe Lemaire is set to give the freshly rebranded ‘Lemaire’ his full attention.


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