Dries Van Noten Autumn / Winter 2016

PARIS — The reported spirit animating the Dries Van Noten women’s collection for Autumn / Winter 2016 is esoteric even by this page’s standards (“morbid affair between the Marchesa Luisa Casati and the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio” according to Vogue, in case you’re wondering), but that is to take nothing away from the sensation felt almost immediately upon even passing glance. Slick hair and smokey eye made for a cast of haunting beauties, an arresting army capable of the most extreme elegance. Taking to the runway Wednesday afternoon amongst others were ten models from across the Next network including Julie Hoomans, Estella Brons, Caroline Reagan, Lineisy Montero, Yana Van Ginneken, Katlin Aas, Odette Pavlova, Selena Forrest, Klementyna Dmowska, and Liza Ostanina walked in the Dries Van Noten Autumn / Winter 2016 runway show Wednesday afternoon. Credits include: Client, Dries Van Noten; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Autumn / Winter 2016; Clothing design, Dries Van Noten; Styling, Nancy Rohde; Hair, Sam McKnight; Makeup, Peter Philips; Production, Villa Eugénie; Casting, Piergiorgio Del Moro, Samuel Ellis; Video, Damien Neva at Next Management.