DRIES VAN NOTEN - A CARPET BUENOS AIRES TO PARIS

Dries Van Noten S/S 2015 An erudite Pre-Raphaelite. Passionate of Arts and Crafts. Barefoot in an early morning dewey pasture. The romance and mystery of mid-summer's night. A love of individual garments and a disregard for the conventions of dressing and cover. A warrior for love, a soaringly free spirit. STRUCTURE: Loose, floating, elongated, nonchalent, asymetric, layered, unconventional, defiant. PRINTS: Worldly, herbaceous, tradition revisited. colour block stripes, pixelated traditional motifs such as arc-typical Men's Neck-tie, bandana and pyjama patterns, a Cannabis leaf inspiration. EMBROIDERY: Festive, eclectic, figurative, hand embellishment, metals, ribbons, fraying and fringing. FABRICS: Diaphanous, translucent with opaque, Bloomsbury-esque silk brocades. Horta, Raw silk, silk chiffon, lurex, “summer fur” rainbow ribbons on organza, natural cottons, languid viscose. PALATE: Kaleidoscopic, vivid, muted, keen, pigment, grass, earth.. ACCESSORIES: Sponge soled footwear reproduced in leathers and hide. Willowy twigs and roots reproduced in metals adorn necklines and wrists. Boob Tubes, a harness structure moulds the body. Clutches and holdalls in springbok and kangaroo. A bra. A cummerbund. SOUNDTRACK Max Colombie AKA Oscar And The Wolf. A 23 year old Belgian musician and painter and a rendition of his summer festival hit Strange Entity. SET A carpet by Buenos Aires based visual Artist Alexandra Kehayoglou as runway. Exclusively com