Dries Van Noten, who retired from the runway earlier this year, said he has “complete confidence” in Julian Klausner as his successor. On Monday, the Puig-owned fashion house announced the appointment of Klausner, who designed womenswear alongside the Belgian founder for the past six years. This confirms a WWD report on Nov. 26 that Klausner … Read more
The Dries Van Noten fashion house seems poised to promote an inside talent in the wake of the founder’s retirement from the runway earlier this year, WWD has learned. According to market sources, the Puig-owned company recently halted a monthslong search process that had it interviewing a wide range of number-two talents at various fashion … Read more
What comes after quiet luxury? A thirst for newness in fashion, which is fueling unprecedented creative upheaval at European fashion houses, observers say. “A classic industry solution is new creative energy and ideas,” luxury analyst Luca Solca wrote in a recent report for Bernstein, which argues that the global slowdown in luxury goods has unleashed … Read more
As the last stop during fashion month, Paris is always the best place to gauge the direction in which fashion is headed, and for spring 2025, those in the French capital swung back toward what has historically been their strong suit: opulence. From Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo to Jessica Crawley at the Al Tayer Group, … Read more
MILAN — Runway fireworks are not only fashion-related: The alchemy that brings to life what’s essentially a performance has to do with many elements that contribute to the spectacle, be it a gargantuan production or a demure affair. As Milan Fashion Week is underway, WWD sat down with Etienne Russo, the mastermind behind international creative … Read more
The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens is partly reopening this weekend, allowing the Belgian city of Antwerp to show off the life and work of perhaps its most famous citizen. The Rubens House may not have as many paintings as Madrid’s Prado Museum – which has the largest collection of the Flemish … Read more
For Dries Van Noten’s farewell show on Saturday, there was hardly a celebrity in sight. Instead, scores of fellow designers turned out to celebrate a colleague they hailed as a master of his craft. Champagne flowed at the pre-show cocktail where Van Noten himself mingled with industry figures such as Thom Browne, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Haider … Read more
LONDON — It was never meant to be a farewell collection, but there it is. Mytheresa is saying auf Wiedersehen, or goodbye in English, to Dries Van Noten with an exclusive summer capsule that will launch on Wednesday. The 25-piece summer collection is awash in color and print, and is Van Noten’s last collaboration with an … Read more
Retailers will have a hard time saying goodbye to Dries Van Noten, who told WWD of his plans to step down from the creative helm of his company later this year. They said they’ll miss the color, lightness of touch, and gardener’s love of florals that he brought to men’s and women’s fashion alike. Here, … Read more
What a loss. WWD’s exclusive on Dries Van Noten‘s announcement Tuesday that he’d be stepping down from the brand he founded 38 years ago hurt. Particularly among fashion-world lifers who attended his shows and collected his pieces over the years, it felt like a death. But what it means for the industry also feels profound … Read more
