Dries Van Noten F/W 07.08 Paris

[BaroqueRockstar]

i swear, dries has the magical ability to make everything look good. some pieces i just stare at, and it i can't explain why i like it. something about his collections just always feels so right, so well put together, and very few people can do that.

[static]

Subtly gorgeous

[nqth]

Dries is doing dark. I think he is more Dries with colours and prints. The grey over size sometimes looks quite Pradaish (sorry)

What about the socks? Very Prada.

[adorefaith]

my god...its just perfect...
if i had a wardrobe full of this stuff i'd be a happy woman

[cutxpaste]

^same here, if i were rich, i'd buy all of this in a heartbeat .

[Pastry]

ho-lee cow
how beautiful is this collection?! so focused, so consice, and chock full of wonderful options. I don't remember a Dries collection this good since Spring 2004.

[sardine]

Originally Posted by BaroqueRockstar

i swear, dries has the magical ability to make everything look good. some pieces i just stare at, and it i can't explain why i like it. something about his collections just always feels so right, so well put together, and very few people can do that.

yes yes YES.
I love it. Stricking.

[Pastry]

Originally Posted by nqth

What about the socks? Very Prada.

Prada didn't invent the sock-and-shoe combo

[Caffeine]

let me be a minority here...Dries is just doing a typical Dries' collection. it's a solid collection but it didn't excite me at all.

[dreadfull]

Oh man

THis collection is absolutely Fabulous.
I remember way back when I stumbles across Dries by accident and fell in love

If i were a size 2 and won the lottery i would buy every single piece of this collection. I just think that every item would work so well in real life, not just on a catwalk.

[city girl]

i'm usually more attracted to his casual sporty looking clothes but those prints are rich and gorgeous

[Lucia-]

OMG, the second girl (Masha?) in post #55 looks so hypnotized or something

I really like the colours!

[peacelover142002]

Oy, Sarah Mower didn't like it:

PARIS, February 28, 2007 – Dries Van Noten has an almost tribal following of faithful customers who unconditionally love and buy what he designs, season in, season out. Last time around, that band was enthusiastically joined by a hardcore cohort of fashion enthusiasts who spotted something brilliantly right-on in his clean, sporty, brightly colored Spring collection. Sadly, that enthusiasm ebbed away for Fall amid a disappointing welter of dreary colors and awkward shapes.

Something of the sporty theme was still there, though, in adaptations of classic, quilted-nylon country jackets, which, granted, nodded to the puffer-ish theme that’s been generally cropping up in the collections. Van Noten’s other idea, true to his taste for multiethnic references, was Indian paisley, which came abstracted into black-and-white print or picked out in sequined embroideries. Neither of those devices was enough to lift things anywhere near the level of last season’s blockbuster, however. Partly it was due to the relentless parade of gray, mustard, khaki, and dulled orange, though equal blame must be attributed to the baggy dropped-crotch divided skirts, and the ugly orthopedic shoes with ankle-thickening socks. Once sifted by expert buyers, there will likely be nothing much here to turn off the women who rely on Van Noten. But in this show, the characteristic alternative joyousness of his perspective sank from view.

– Sarah Mower

style.com

Oh well. I like a lot of it - especially the wide leg pants and the print dresses.

[Lena]

adorable

my fave piece from Dries collection


also love the colour mood


all pics credited at Gettyimages

[nqth]

Originally Posted by Pastry

Prada didn't invent the sock-and-shoe combo

But it still looks Pradish:-P (And was it just last season?)