Dries Van Noten
Designer: Dries Van Noten

• “Dries Van Noten, who drew a glitterati crowd as the first big name of the nine-day Paris fashion shows, returned to his favoured masculine-feminine hunting ground, but with a tartan twist.” {AFP}
• “A unique spin on the grunge theme, and at the same time, a casual (read: not overly precious) take on ruffled femininity.” {All The Rage/Los Angeles Times}
• “Dries Van Noten once said: ‘The more clashing it is, the more that I like it!’ This statement should have been proven true by the Antwerp designer’s patterned and flowery ode to spring–a commanding show that mixed up wildly divergent textures, styles, cuts and shapes.” {The Associated Press}
• “The delight was in the mix –Dries is a masterful stylist–but also in the fact that each piece was a beaut in and of itself. I would like to watch that show over and over again. And then I would like to wrap my whole self in all that flannel.” {The Cut/New York Magazine}
• “If you happened to get a surge of teen spirit this afternoon, thank Dries Van Noten.” {Daily Front Row}
• “Dries Van Noten–one of fashion’s leading playmakers and trendsetters–found the one element that had arguably been missing from his stylish and elegant oeuvre–sex. ” {Fashion Wire Daily}
• “A gorgeous collection fitting for socialites strolling in the holiday.” {Grazia Daily Magazine}
• “I found the Dries Van Noten show curious but interesting: mostly for its inky colors and plaids, but curious for its runny silhouette. Dare I say grunge?” {On The Runway/The New York Times}
• “As evidence of the designer’s genius–the whole collection was very un-grungy, given the sheer abundance or the genre’s tropes it utilized. Long and lean lines, delicate ties and bows, handfuls of sparkle, and clean, ethereal layers of organza, crepe, silk, and mousseline made this a collection more for the confidant woman than the angsty teen.” {Refinery29}
• “It was definitely Van Noten’s most seductive investigation of the masculine/feminine dynamic that is at the heart of his aesthetic.” {Style.com}
• “At this moment, with everything from unease and uncertainty to full-blown horror eddying around us, Van Noten seemed to want to locate a sense of enveloping comfort in spring, rendered in weightless, floating, uplifting ways.” {Vogue.com}
• Check, mate. That was the position, or rather its sartorial equivalent, that we found ourselves in this afternoon as Dries Van Noten presented a spring/summer 2013 collection that was heavy on all things check, grid and plaid.” {Vogue.com UK}
• “In a dissertation on finding the magic in sartorial reality, and within one’s own distinctive vernacular, Van Noten took the young, gritty concepts of punk and grunge and transported them to a place grown-up, elegant and drop-dead gorgeous.” {WWD}