Kris Van Assche

Menswear

Our Favorite Looks From Men’s Fashion Week

We covered the men’s collections in Paris for the first time this season. Here’s the finest of what we saw.

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  • John Ortved
  • Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 / 4:13 PM
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Dior Homme Goes Femme

The most commonly written thing about Dior Homme, is how often it’s worn by the girls (not by any scientific measure, we’re just guessing). Since Hedi Slimane made everything baby-food-skinny in 2001, women have made the tailored men’s suits their own and so it follows, naturally, that Dior Homme would finally make something specifically for [...]

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Dior Wants LV’s Baubles

photo courtesy wwdMeet Camille Miceli. She’s the woman responsible for the brilliant plastic, paper chain necklaces on Louis Vuitton’s AW09 runway. After stints at Alaia and Chanel, she worked in Louis’ PR department right when Marc took over as Creative Director before working her way to the head of costume jewelry collections, a post she’s [...]

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Fashion Is Fun

WWWWD: The Man Issue

Just in time for the long weekend, the latest issue of WWWWD has arrived to amuse us all. As always we have more than a few favorite moments including but certainly not limited to: —A timeline of manhood that includes Three Men and a Baby, Tom Brady, Paula Poundstone, Dante, and Lil Bow Wow. Enough [...]

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People Are Talking

Kris Van Assche Replaced with Gareth Pugh?

Everyone’s wondering why Delphine Arnault – Bernard‘s daughter – was front row at Gareth Pugh this week, sparking rumors that LVMH is gearing up to add the young designer to their luxury constellation. So here’s the other part to that rumor: We hear that not only has Gareth already joined LVMH, but he’s set to [...]

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People Are Talking

Is Hedi Going Back to Dior Homme?

A little fashion spy in LA tells us that Dior Homme is trying to get Hedi Slimane back into place. According to them, Kris Van Assche is feeling the same corporate bullshit that Hedi felt and has had it with the whole thing. Meanwhile, Dior itself is realizing that perhaps the reason Dior Homme was [...]

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Would You Wear

Teenage Mutant Ninja Clothes: Should Boys Wear Turtlenecks?

With 70s styles emerging as the go-to look for stylish boys this fall, we’re starting to wonder if the male turtleneck – that staple of 1970s American college campus style – is also going to make a comeback. We love the way girls are layering shrunken turtlenecks under dresses and jumpers this fall, but is [...]

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Trendspotting

Would You Wear a Fanny Pack?

The Times Style section has an amusing article on an item that, embarrassingly enough, I’d been thinking about for the last few weeks: the fanny pack. The universally mocked “bag” usually equals lame tourist, but it’s now being reinvented by some very not-lame (unlame?) designers. Kris Van Assche (newly of Dior Homme) has a day-glow [...]

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