Amidst all the fuss and rapid rate of fashion week, Dries Van Noten's collections always seem to slow down the atmosphere as it encourages the audience to take time to reflect upon the madness that is fashion week. While there seem to be the two polar opposite aesthetics of excess and extravagance vs minimalism and reductivism, Dries Van Noten's latest collection perfectly contemporised the two.
Van Noten referenced the opulence and wealth of the overabundance atmosphere which the fashion industry portrays and pinned it against the impoverishment of those with less in his collection. Looking through the collection, it told a story which depicted the struggles of socio-economic classes both in the present, past as well as future. With each collection, Van Noten tells a story, it is not always marked by joy or happiness however, it always has a sense of purpose. This also pertains to his collections, they are incessantly commemorated by a sense of purpose, each piece is able to hold it's own against the beauty, styling, background and even the endlessly busy nature of fashion week.
Dries Van Noten re-defines the western doctrine of luxury and opulence, luxury should not be staged or boasted rather it should be understated and intrinsic. The embellishments of the gold pleating and hints of bead work on the tops and skirts, imply and hint at the luxurious nature of the Dries Van Noten woman. The structures of many garments are not tough and fixed, instead gentle and kind to movement, allowing freedom to the wearer as Van Noten wishes not to hold a distinction between the wearer and the garment. Instead granting the wearer and garment to develop a much more organic relationship.
Images from style.com. View the full collection here.
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