Van Noten, Dries
DRIES VAN NOTEN IS A BELGIAN FASHION DESIGNER, FOUNDER OF THE NOUVELLE VAGUE STYLE.
Dries Van Noten (1958) is a Belgian fashion designer. The son of tailors, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp. He is a progenitor of the nouvelle vague style that this school generates and the leader of the so-called “Antwerp sextet”. While still a student, he was noticed by the buyers of the New York department store Barney and the Whistles store who bought his first collection en bloc.
In 1985, he set up a small outpost in Antwerp, a boutique, and in 1986, he debuted on the London catwalk with a men’s collection. In the spring of 1987, he presented his women’s ready-to-wear collection. Five years later, he arrived in Paris. Eccentric but measured, he chose classic shapes and fabrics that he diversified and enhanced with original ideas and great sartorial skill. His collections are always experimental, but also respond to a shrewd commercial policy. It has three single-brand shops and is present in 500 points of sale worldwide.
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