Dries Van Noten F/W 08.09 Paris

[eeyore]

not feeling it but i'm sure the details will be exquisite.

thanks for sharing!

 

[FogUponLA]

Overall, I love it. The black pieces infused with bits of color and pattern are beautiful. The colors and patterns are so vibrant...it's stunning.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Love the colors and the prints are AMAZING.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Not bad but i still dont like it,terrible shapes and porportions.Some cute dresses, i think his client will be happy about this collection though.

 

[seanutbutter]

Looks like someone had a little too much fun with prints.

 

[cavanaugh]

this looks good, i cant wait for detail shots

the fur works for me

 

[MulletProof]

This is far from being my favorite Dries moment but it does feel like an improvement from his last collection, which I admittedly disliked on a personal level despite achieving marvelously his goal with such a complex and masterful execution in prints and colours .. this feels similar, only better, definitely more refined.. the tropical atmosphere still gives me migraine, which is what truly bothers me of what he's been doing in womenswear.. it's not the amount of prints at all or the clashing of colours he's been playing with.. god knows that's his forte.. it's just possibly.. the inspiration next to the result. they give me unintentional flashes of.. Pucci . I guess my expectations on Dries grow higher every time and they definitely were up above today after seeing his gorgeous menswear show.. I was wishing he'd channel some of that for women too..
having said that, I do like this collection very much, I can see myself in half of the pieces of the show..

 

[gomtik]

Fabulous collection! I loved the patterns: so fun!

 

[rollagasper]

I see this as a continuation from last season. Nothing too interesting in terms of shapes but some of the prints are great. And of course, the shoes.

 

[MissMagAddict]

Source | WWD | Thurs Feb 28th

In the beautiful fall collection he showed on Wednesday, Dries Van Noten displayed his considerable skill at combining patterns, textures and materials. Here, one of his remarkable blends: a multicolored sweater with a fur piece at its neck, worn with long leather gloves and bangles strung into a necklace.

Dries Van Noten: No gray flannels here. Not content to merely color his woman's world, Dries Van Noten wants to marbleize, flower, engineer, bead and sequin it with remarkable style. Which is what he did for fall to exquisite effect.

Van Noten approached the season feeling that he hadn't explored spring's print motif to its fullest, so he made trips to Switzerland and Lyon to scour the archives of the great fabric houses. He came away with rich material, including an old wax printing motif, discoveries he incorporated into his own fabric development, ending with a remarkable assortment so intense — some single prints feature 40 colors — it could easily have exploded into a great big head-spinning mess.

Yet for all the euphoria of its materials — even the sequins were printed — a determined control marks Van Noten's work, which is why the visual opulence never turned gratuitous. Even when prints were combined in layers or within a single garment, there was never a sense of the slightest disorder, let alone of mayhem. The clothes had a refinement that was more than the sum of their colors. Tunics floated gracefully over skirts or pants; serenely shaped column dresses cut to midcalf featured different motifs at torso and hem. Sweaters with webby or graphic constructions lent a cozy side to the pattern play, while the flou of mousseline and chiffon was kept in check under tailored jackets and aged-looking furs.

Certainly the collection had its share of eccentricity; where else have you seen bangle bracelets strung in multiples and tied into necklaces? But Van Noten never sacrificed chic for shenanigans, which resulted in a near-perfect fusion of both with urbanity.

 

[kiddokiddo]

I'm usually not much of a print or fur person, but his prints are absolutely gorgeous this season, the colors are exquisite and the fur touch really works here...his last fall was a personal fav of mine, this comes really close to it. And no one does slouchy, fluid silhouette effortless like he does and the layerings are stylists' dream. I enjoy this very much

 

[mirrra]

loving the colors and silhouettes, i'd love to see details

 

[fouroclock]

I don't wanna throw this around carelessly, but I'm convinced Dries is the modern Poiret. Exotic prints, French cuts...

 

[oomarhatelier]

i loooooooooooooove it, the silhouette the lenght of the clothes, the alive colours and prints, very beautiful

 

[Ella Petrovsky]

The blue fur is questionable..

 

[luckyme]

this is starting to seriously win me over. the more I see it the deeper I fall for it. I'm not gushing yet but the sheer layers and the trippie prints really are amazing to look at.

 

[snowqueen]

I like it , the colours are fab, kinda boho vibe love it

 

[helena]

really lovely collection from Dries. Love some of this.

 

[softgrey]

i am loving it as well...

mixing the fur with the sporty nylon bits and the flowing printed chiffons, etc...
really masterfully done...

the styling is pretty much genius imo...

 

[helena]

I adore one particular violet chiffon skirt thing.......but the furs look brilliant.....but not in a glitzy 'fabulous' sort of way.

I was in the Dries store in Paris this week and it was, unfortunately full of lots of bling-ey over the top face lifted types.....they looked terrible and were buying half the store