Dries Van Noten Menswear F/W 2025.26 Paris

[j02215]

Good lord, quite a way to alienate decades of existing customers.

 

[NoInvite]

I guess I will have to stock up.

 

[Salvatore]

this will be also how tomford will be as a surprise anticlimax lost in alternate universe and more brands with these new CD´s

2025 will be start of a new circus season for years to come

I hate that you are probably right. 😭

I was a DVN customer for over a decade buying some pieces from each collection, but when he stopped doing the relaxed opulence, I found it hard to find anything. Here, there is nothing I desire because it is too much of the Margiela man, like @avonlea002 said, and I am not a Margiela. I hope he gets it together.

 

[tourbillions]

why is he trying so hard

 

[helmutnotdead]

I feel betrayed after the spring summer show. I absolutely hate this.

 

[Living Proof]

Well, at least the tiktokers seem to like it…

 

[yslforever]

I hate that you are probably right. 😭

I was a DVN customer for over a decade buying some pieces from each collection, but when he stopped doing the relaxed opulence, I found it hard to find anything. Here, there is nothing I desire because it is too much of the Margiela man, like @avonlea002 said, and I am not a Margiela. I hope he gets it together.

With a hint of Sean McGirr
(and that's not a compliment in my mind)

 

[donna tartan]

Pretentious

 

[Alquimista]

Horrible try hard

And of course zero masculinity

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I am surprised like everybody because this feels more like a Galliano dandy than Dries.
The good news is that this is not another post-PPhilo collection in Paris.

 

[IndigoHomme]

A very dark and a well made version of the Gucci that Michele never did

 

[EDEN21]

Like many others commented, I immediately saw this and thought "did this guy find a dossier of Galliano's left over Margiela designs in some Parisian dumpster and turn them into a DVN collection?"

Tragic. Nobody needed this but of course this is exactly the sort of thing "HF twt" eats up LOL

 

[jeanclaude]

So we finally discovered where Galliano went after Margiela...could someone remind this guy he is at Dries Van Noten, please??

 

[VogueDisciple93]

It hurts how disappointing this is. If this is what we have to look forward to they should just shut the brand down.

 

[youthinasia]

I’m glad we all share the same thoughts. I thought JG at Margiela as soon as I saw this. I miss the manly Dries man. Can we have him back for a bit please?

 

[reese06]

Feels very Nosferatu! And DVN for me is very positive, subtle joy, and an ode to nature and life.

This... however. It's about theatre kids reading too much Anne Rice's books. CHOP CHOP

Came here for this comment as I just watched it on Sunday. With that said, it’s a bit too twinkish for me.

I love the romanticism and art direction, independent of the collection.

 

[justpassingthrough]

Wasn’t he JUST appointed last month??? I understand he’s internal but still, the amount of time he had to create a debut collection is insane. Don’t get me wrong. It’s bad. And it’s not reading DVN. Like at all. But also, what do you expect from someone who had FIVE weeks?

 

[tourbillions]

five weeks is quite generous, for some houses who do every fashion week and pre-collections, five weeks is probably all they haver regularly.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Wasn’t he JUST appointed last month??? I understand he’s internal but still, the amount of time he had to create a debut collection is insane. Don’t get me wrong. It’s bad. And it’s not reading DVN. Like at all. But also, what do you expect from someone who had FIVE weeks?

Hm.....he had months, not just 5 weeks. Wasn't he there for years? He knew the company's design process and also led the studio's Women's SS25 show. Dries' retirement announcement was in March 2024, so stop making excuses for him. I fear people will point this out when the new new Celine flops; I've already seen one comment saying Michael just arrived a few days ago in Jan. Honey, the new new Celine guy has already had months since the announcement...

 

[lhhbl]

This on the runway would have no one saying it looks like Galliano for Margiela (but I agree it kind of does in the photos).
I love it! beautiful pieces.