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4 Mar

Dries Van Noten Delves Into Fragrance, Beauty: EXCLUSIVE

Dries Van Noten Delves Into Fragrance, Beauty: EXCLUSIVE
PARIS — Dries Van Noten approached fragrance and lipstick similar to he sets about creating his fashion, garden or home decor: with a clash of concepts and a riot of colours, prints and textures. When joining the Puig group in 2018, the designer knew straight away he desired to dive into the world of perfume and sweetness. “We began quite immediately exchanging ideas and dealing on concepts,” he said. “I don’t go for the simple way. As I make garments for a whole lot of several types of people, it will be strange to do a dictate of perfume, that you just say: ‘That is the one smell.’ I wanted really to have quite a spread.” On March 2, the initial results will...
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5 Nov

Dries Van Noten on Cultivating a Slow Fashion Brand

Dries Van Noten on Cultivating a Slow Fashion Brand
Dries Van Noten is all about slow fashion. Speaking on the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, the Belgian designer said he likes to remind young designers that it took him 10 years after graduating in 1982 to stage his first fashion show. “And even then it was a men’s show, really small, after which the ladies’s show was even later. So take your time. That I believe for each young designer, it’s vital, because some people just begin to run after which the issues are there,” he said in a conversation with WWD West Coast executive editor Booth Moore. The 2023 recipient of WWD’s Designer of the 12 months award, Van Noten has quite the opposite cultivated a slow and regular approach...
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