Dries Van Noten S/S 2005 Paris

[AlexN]

Dries van Noten?

Dreeze (like "trees" with a "d") van (like the automobile) No-tin

 

[zonder]

I "loved" this collection...- 2 favourites

 

[Lena]

thanks for the colse up pictures zonder,
(btw, zonder's photos credited to firstview)

just another hit collection that sold out in most key sell points, Dries is absolutely talented and wearable

 

[Fabulyss]

I'm so in love with this collection It is still one of my all time favorites!

 

[LadyJunon]

Looking back at this show 20 years later (I was 2 when it happened), I feel that this collection is Dries' Womenswear "Magnum Opus". It really represents all the reasons why I fell in love with Dries as a designer.

 

[eugenius]

They sold this at the old Louis Boston (RIP). It looked a million times better in real life than it did on a youtube clip.

 

[LadyJunon]

They sold this at the old Louis Boston (RIP). It looked a million times better in real life than it did on a youtube clip.

I can imagine...

 

[Avonlea]

One of my favorite set designs. It's on a par with Ford's Gucci fur covered runway. So chic and cinematic.

 

[MulletProof]

They sold this at the old Louis Boston (RIP). It looked a million times better in real life than it did on a youtube clip.

I was too young to be able to afford any of this but.. heart still skips a beat whenever something from that period (2004-2006) crosses my way. He did great stuff before that and here and there ever since but to me, these couple of years are still such a carefully measured dose of elegance, wanderlust, romanticism, sobriety, heaviness/lightness. Looking back, I think the collection he showed a year later (Fall 2006) ended up being stronger.. there was less grandiosity about it because it was another show and not an anniversary celebration like this one, but I think the clothes and styling have endured the test of time far better and become more representative of his legacy.

I wish I could find the book that came out with this.. I haven't even looked for it but I remember it was good (according to the couple of members here that got their hands on it) and not a lot of copies were made.

I saved some decent detailed shots some time ago.. I'll try to post them later today, the collection can be found anywhere but the pics here expired and it's also harder to find back shots and closeups, they're not HQs but still show the textiles a bit better.

 

[LadyJunon]

One of my favorite set designs. It's on a par with Ford's Gucci fur covered runway. So chic and cinematic.

Courtesy of Etienne Russo and Villa Eugénie.
Shows why Chanel picked him up back in the late 90s.

 

[MulletProof]

via le rage

 

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[eugenius]

I was too young to be able to afford any of this but...

And the funny thing is, at this point, his clothes were more on the affordable side. Sure, it was still “expensive designer clothes”, but his price point was more on the cheaper side of “expensive.” I remember he had a mens wool pea coat around $700. That same coat would’ve retailed for at least $1k w other brands. When I look at his stuff now, a lot of it just LOOKS expensive.

And, looking back at the responses from yesteryear, I can’t help but feel nostalgic for when the conversation around here was more lighter. Now, we’ve gotten rather tedious in our reviews. Not as fun, IMO.

Regardless, thanks for posting the images, Mulllett. Definitely a sight for sore eyes.

 

[MulletProof]

^ so many things changed!.. the demographic is completely different now (mostly guys) and that's always affected the tone of conversations here, and also, I think we were very spoiled back then, you had shows like this but Junya Watanabe that season was way better than this, Bruno Pieters was beautiful.. there was so much everywhere and for everyone that I think it stimulated confidence in what you liked and what you didn't like and less of an effort to convince/combat others or be cynical even about the things you do like (my case!). It's ultimately the ultra corporate direction fashion took after the crisis of 2008.. this strictly money and zero competitiveness in terms of creativity keeps the people who do care a bit starved, trying to justify the unjustifiable and/or biting the next person haha

I kind of wish I had experienced the pre-08 cost of fashion you mention.. but I really have no idea.. it's kind of comforting to grow up with inflation as your second shadow.

 

[Maayan]

The whole show in HQ.

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