Paris Fashion Week: Dries Van Noten’s symphony of color and print
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Belgian designer Dries Van Noten’s collection was a symphony of clashing ‘so-bad-they’re-good’ color blocks, textures and prints.
The color palette included burnt orange, jade and caramel, with flashes of metallic embroidery. Draped, asymmetrical dresses, cape-sleeve shirts and knee-length skirts had as many as four contrasting prints, with bonsai, ikat, feather motifs and floral motifs alternately bringing to mind mid-century modern interiors, Chinoiserie and Spirographs.
Coats in nubby tweeds came with single fur lapels, and chunky turtleneck sweaters two-toned. A skirt in a caramel-colored plasticky-swirl was reminiscent of a woodcut.
Van Noten described the look as ‘a dialogue between Ziggy and Diaghilev.’ And it’s true, the collection wasn’t so much designed as orchestrated, with sweeping gestures across a broad stage. Bravo maestro!
-- Booth Moore in Paris
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Drires Van Noten fall-winter 2011 runway collection photo gallery
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