Dries Van Noten said goodbye to the catwalks in style this Saturday with the presentation of the latest collection signed by his hand, at the Paris Fashion Weekin a parade in which he was accompanied by some illustrious colleagues.
On thousands of very thin aluminum sheets that formed a catwalk, perfectly cut coats, transparencies and prints stood out, three of their classics, in this collection men’s spring-summer 2025Van Noten’s final work (Antwerp, 1958).
In a large industrial warehouse in La Courneuve, about 15 kilometers from Paristheir parade closed the day this Saturday, with a great party.
Your brand will be forty years old in 2025: It was founded in 1985 and is now majority owned by the Spanish group Puig, in which the designer has a minority stake.
The coat is the piece that opened and closed the show, revealing the designer attachment for this garment, in addition to his interest in technical fabrics.
The superimpositions, one of the great characteristics of her fashion, were present againalong with floral prints.
One of the pioneers in mixing materials and motifs in the same set, transparencies were another of the dominant tones in the designer’s final show, known as ‘the flamenco master of fashion’and very interested in traditional fabrics.
Of course, what he created throughout his long and coherent career could seem disconcerting to the uninitiated, when it is not, because he contributed his eclectic style. That of a man who masters the technique very well in the field of garment construction.
Navy blue, browns, greens, metallics and of course the timeless black were not missing in this farewell parade of one of the greats, one of the ‘Antwerp Six’a group of designers formed in the 1980s, also by Walter Van Beirendonck, Marina Yee, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene and Ann Demeulemeester.
They were creators who, together with the Japanese, contributed something different to European fashion.
A parade, this Saturday night, in which men and women of different ages They showed the proposals, with a transparent pink trench coat as one of the most special pieces.
In the beginning, Van Noten started making men’s fashion, and two years later he added the feminine. Both have coexisted throughout these almost four decades in which his career developed.
Instead of a retrospective parade, as did Yves Saint Laurent at the Pompidou in 2002Van Noten’s was a new collection.
At this farewell, guests included colleagues such as Diane Von Furstenberg; Harry Reed, by Nina Ricci; Véronique Nichanian, from the Hermès men’s line; Ann Demeulemeester and Walter Van Beirendonck, among others.
Van Noten himself received a special ovation, with the audience on their feet, when going out to say hello after the parade. Some even cried with emotion.
After the parade a great party began. An event that, without a doubt, will be remembered in the recent history of fashion.
