shoulderblades:

tanga moreau backstage at dries van noten fall/winter 1997-98

photo by ronald stoops makeup by inge grognard

Dries Van Noten Spring-Summer 1998

embroidered kaftan

for this collection, we steered away from opulent ethnicity with a simpler collection that was more monochromatic in colourway, focusing on shades of white, blue, black and dark brown. although many of the shapes were inspired by silhouettes taken from Japanese, Chinese, African and even Belgian dress styles, the overall impression was less obviously exotic than earlier collections. What was interesting, however, was that because we had an African band to provide the music, everyone assumed the collection was based on that continent. I felt that it proved you can look at another group of cultures without screaming your points of reference. If we had chosen another kind of music, the whole interpretation might have been different. Perhaps, ethnicity is in the eye of the beholder, as much as in what i design. —DVN 

photo Patrick Robijn 

Dries Van Noten: Shape, Print, and Fabric (Cutting Edge) | Andrew Tucker | 1999

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seacow:

dries van noten spring summer 1999

petrole:

dries van noten fall winter 1996/97

prinsloo:

Karen Elson at Dries Van Noten Fall-Winter 1999

Dries Van Noten spring summer 92 menswear collection

Dries Van Noten Spring Summer 1997

cotonblanc:

spring–summer 1997, dries van noten

morsure:

dries van noten spring summer 1997

Kirsty Hume @ Dries Van Noten F/W 1999

Dries Van Noten S/S 1998 Menswear

Dries Van Noten S/S 1998